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...created a character--call it Clubber Lang,call it B.A. Baracus, no real difference--thatgave him the notoriety to put his goals withinreach. He had a hit movie, a hit TV series, a coolcartoon series. He was everywhere, on cerealboxes, on lunchboxes--my pal John's brother had aMr. T air freshener in his car. It was cool. Butthis character at the same time ensured that Mr. Twould never achieve any kind of lasting greatness.There were only so many parts he could havepossibly played; he just couldn't escape thecharacter he rode to fame. It's kind of tragic...
...late '70s, Davis' pal Quincy Jones began urging him to revisit the Evans sessions, but for 15 years Davis declined. Then, at age 65, perhaps sensing that his time was running out, he relented. At the famous jazz festival in Montreux, Switzerland, Jones assembled the original Evans scores and led the orchestra with Davis on solo. The result, Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux, is Davis' final live album. Recorded only weeks before he died, it is an excruciatingly openhearted struggle by a master defiantly raging against the dying of the light...
Arafat to Rabin: Shake, Pal...
...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...