Word: offbeat
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...explain why the paper has never won a Pulitzer Prize. But the knee-jerk conception of USA Today as a vapid, happy-news paper has been an outdated cliche for more than a decade. True, early versions of the paper, founded in 1982, were known for columns like Offbeat USA ("The Human Side of the News")--glib news bits that sent the message "Hey, we know this is news, but don't be scared. We'll make it easy...
...nation's major film-production companies, churning out fast and cheap entertainment with actors, plot devices and production values borrowed from the small screen. Much of this is niche oriented, but the formula has also produced some widely popular hits, such as the schoolroom drama GTO and the offbeat hospital comedy Leave it to the Nurses...
...rushing to fill the gap with wildly varying routes and styles of service. Indigo and an unprecedented transatlantic Boeing Business Jet service offered by Germany's Lufthansa Airlines are aimed at executive travelers. Others, like JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways, are profitably targeting bargain hunters. Some are even more offbeat: Want to fly among skimpily clad hostesses from Atlanta or Newark, N.J., for a golf weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C.? Try Hooters Air. Feel the urge to disrobe once you're airborne? Fly Naked...
According to those on the Lampoon with Meyer, his flair for offbeat comedy dates back to his days at Harvard...
...probably the biggest media mogul you've never heard of. Born in Egypt and reared in Israel, Haim Saban is the self-made billionaire who turned an offbeat Japanese kids' TV show into a global franchise: the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He lives on a six-acre estate in Beverly Hills, Calif., and keeps a fairly low profile. So why is he buying a group of major German TV networks and a film library...