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...After seeing the various members of the two comedy groups frolic about in the London streets outside of Her Majesty's Theatre for a few minutes, the movie cuts to the famous Monty Python dead parrot skit. This sequence reveals the fundamental problem with the movie at the very outset. The group's first full-length motion picture, And Now For Something Completely Different, included this skit, complete with props and the suitable atmosphere of a pet shop. Seeing this skit performed again on the bare stage of a London auditorium leaves you flat; watching a grown man repeatedly slam...
...dreck in between are not the best ingedients for the definitive Gene Wilder film. There is neither enough originality nor direction to sustain this movie. Those fans who hoped it would symbolize Wilder's break with his past will be disappointed. Had Wilder decided at the outset just how much and what kind of comedy to use, his final result might have been more consistent and much more memorable...
...Carter was considering keeping Burns on. The President finally was persuaded by Vice President Walter Mondale and Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal that the Fed needed new leadership. About seven weeks ago, a candidate search team headed by Mondale was set up. The group knew almost from the outset that its ideal candidate would be a progressive businessman, preferably a Democrat (which Miller is). A list of a dozen names was drawn up; eventually it was pared to five. On it were Du Pont Chairman Irving Shapiro, General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones, Brookings Institution Chief Bruce MacLaury and Bank...
Except for this flurry and a brief offensive outburst by the Crimson at the outset of the game, it was like any other Tuesday night in downtown Hanover. The crowd was sparse, the Big Green offense was impotent, and Dartmouth's star center, Sterling Edmons, didn't even get his 20 points...
Litman brings energy, exuberance, and a somewhat different interpretation to the part. He portrays Nick as slightly more wise-ass and more adult, though he too suffers from a too rapid and mumbled delivery at the play's outset. He improves quickly and is especially good at reacting to Miller adding more grimaces and physical schtick to the role...