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Rochon recommends the local Salvation Army Family Thrift Store, where he found a $40 plaid couch. "For 40 bucks it's in great shape," he said...

Author: By Brett R. Huff, | Title: Amid Artsy Posters And Persian Rugs, First-Years Play And Parents Pay | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...FOREVER PLAID. Even if you don't remember the bland, white, close-harmony pop groups, the Ed Sullivan Show variety acts and the '50s squeaky-cleanness being sent up in this off-Broadway review, the daffy humor and deft musicianship should prove charming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Jul. 23, 1990 | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

...FOREVER PLAID. Even if you don't remember the bland, white, close-harmony boy pop groups, Ed Sullivan Show variety acts and '50s squeaky-cleanness being sent up in this off-Broadway review, the daffy humor and deft musicianship should prove charming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Jul. 9, 1990 | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

They are retirees, some of them, queueing politely at the information kiosk by the escalator to the T, the husbands and wives in identical plaid pants and name tags that say "Elderhostel." The highlight of their visit will be a tour of Cambridge in the Old Town Trolley, which is actually...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: A People-Watcher's Field Guide | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

Then Baldwin and the Whiffles -- an Ur-nerd quartet in plaid cummerbunds and smug smiles -- launch into a rendition of Sh-Boom at the charm-school talent show, and Cry-Baby takes off to parody paradise. It becomes a real musical (new songs, production numbers) and a careering melodrama: Grease with grit. Cliches collide, and so do jalopies; lightning strikes; the jailhouse rocks. Lovers lose themselves in a French-kissing dance that would have been banned on Bandstand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Teen Tough | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

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