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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same person. The series (created by Seinfeld with writer Larry David) is, like several other new-generation sitcoms, an outgrowth of stand-up comedy material. Episodes spin off the sort of trivial incidents and observations that Seinfeld dwells on in his monologues. (Jerry feels guilty over a gift pen; Jerry's girlfriend thinks he picks his nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passing The Sitcom Torch | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...dust." Feeding Frenzy uses sepulchral organ chords and a throbbing bass line to drive home its point that civilization has bloodied its own waters; Garrett sings, "Computers and shovels, churches and brothels/ Mannequins and skeletons, cities and dust bowls/ Here we go again/ Hear the clamor of the feeding pen." Garrett, who ran unsuccessfully for the Australian Senate in 1984, sings like a man on a mission, his voice stoked with righteous indignation as he lashes out at racial bigotry, mindless materialism and ecological irresponsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riffs for The Apocalypse | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...impressive as he promised they would be. Moderates may be enraged that the illusion of a New Democrat evaporated, revealing a tax-and-spend liberal. And liberals may be disappointed that the fights they have pursued for twelve frustrating years cannot end with the stroke of a presidential pen...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Shaping 'New Democratic' Illusions | 4/28/1993 | See Source »

WITH TWO STROKES OF THE PEN, THE FEDERAL COMmunications Commission created a lot of static in the entertainment business. By adopting the most sweeping price controls in a decade, the agency angered the cable-television industry, ordering cable systems throughout the country to cut rates for most services up to 10%, a move that could save subscribers an aggregate $1.2 billion. Rates will now be regulated by Washington and local governments. While cable companies complained, consumer groups and local governments say the FCC did not go far enough. In a separate decision that left Hollywood studios fuming, the FCC allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising Antennas in Show-Biz | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

...pen is from the Salt Lake City Marriott. (When did the Celtics last play the Jazz...?) The journalists are becoming more partisan. Is this allowed? I got booted from the dead show for cheering...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: A Night at the Boston Garden | 3/16/1993 | See Source »

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