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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Comedy Channel). While we watch campy old movies (Rocketship X-M; The Corpse Vanishes), three outer-space wisecrackers provide tongue-in-cheek patter from the front row. This goofy stunt, first cooked up for a Minneapolis UHF station, is funnier than it has any right...
There were no jokes, no patter in the three long-distance hookups. "It's more serious, but very open, agreeable," says Bush. And private. "Part of the reason for phone calls is that you build a relationship that is confidential, where you can speak freely ((and)) frankly discuss differences," he says...
Each is taking a different approach to the job of getting laughs and viewers. Modeled after MTV, the Comedy Channel will have a stable of veejay- like hosts who will provide comedy patter while introducing an array of clips: scenes from comedy movies, snippets of old TV series, excerpts from stand-up performances and other laughtoids. An occasional full-length movie will intervene, but mostly the comedy will come in quick bursts, aimed at a new generation of TV "grazers," viewers who flip around the dial with their remote control. Says HBO chief Michael Fuchs: "We're looking to make...
...newspapers run whores' phone numbers?" Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight would like to know. But he is an excitable character. "They run odds and point spreads on all the games. Is betting on basketball, football or baseball less illegal than prostitution?" It is, judging from the easy patter heard at every corner of sports. Make that every corner of society...
...university, the script is too long, and the main characters are unlikable. The score, which Sullivan used to indulge his Wagnerian pretenses, lacks any memorable tunes. Gilbert and Sulivan devotees won't be completely disappointed, though, because Princess Ida contains all of the elements the pair is famous for. Patter songs, topical jokes and absurd characters abound, and the part undergraduate, part professional cast makes the most of what they are given...