Word: pal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...close to tragic news events or real-life misfortune. Rob Burnett recalls Letterman turned down a gag for a segment called Charts and Graphs -- "Dyslexics' Favorite Beatles," featuring names like ULAP and OGNRI; the host said it made fun of a serious disability. Comedian Jeff Altman, another Letterman pal from the Comedy Store days, remembers a guest appearance on Late Night in which he made a lewd crack that included the word "genitals." Letterman didn't laugh, and Altman complained about it later at dinner. "I said, 'You could have helped me out a little there.' Dave said, "Maybe...
...time fillers, something to divert us from the fact that this film really has no center. Hanks and Ryan are, as usual, charming, and so are Malinger as destiny's underage enabler, Gaby Hoffmann as his girlfriend, eagerly egging him on, and Rosie O'Donnell as Ryan's newspaper pal. They are all given some chuckly lines to say, but no killers. Like everything else in this movie, they lack madness, and they fail to draw you out of yourself into a truly absorbing alternative reality. Mostly, Sleepless in Seattle leaves you feeling restless in the audience...
...Presidents always know the perfect thing to give a pal -- an ambassadorship. Secretary of State Warren Christopher recently sent Bill Clinton a list of four career diplomats whom he was recommending to become ambassadors. The President scribbled a no next to each name on the list and wrote at the top, "Where are all our friends?" One candidate has since been promised an embassy, one is leaving government, two are still waiting...
...opened during the 1963-64 Broadway season, this sweet, sly string quartet of a musical was drowned out by the brass of Funny Girl and the percussion of Hello, Dolly! -- not to mention star turns by Bea Lillie in High Spirits, Bert Lahr in Foxy and Bob Fosse in Pal Joey. During the decades since, She Loves Me has become a closet favorite of theater insiders. At last, the cognoscenti have let the rest of the world in on the secret. A perfect revival opened last week, a 2 1/2-hour nonstop smile punctuated by laughter and a lacing of sentimental...
...Sully, a 60-year-old handyman with a bad knee, will enact Good Guy Without a Grain of Sense. Sully's sidekick Rub plays Loyal Shortie with the Brain of a Beagle. The lawyer Wirf, representing Sully in a workmen's comp case, will remain Drunk & Useless but a Pal...