Word: pump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years umpiring in the American League. Luciano shaped himself into one of baseball's most recognizable physiques. Very visible to start with because of his 6'4, 250-lb fame, he became even more conspicuous on the field with a variety of never before-seen histrionics: the sextuple pump out call, the "outoutoutoutoutout" call at first base, the smoking finger gun-downs of strike-out victims. Luciano animated baseball's mundanities, no runs, no hits, no men left could...
Instead of going for the conventional Saturday Night Special, though, Brandon buys a nice, big pump-action shotgun, which Jamie shudders at the thought of using. She doesn't want to be reduced to a common vigilante and tells Brandon that she's strong enough to fight Derek without the gun. "Strong don't mean jackshit when you're dealing with crazy. "Brandon says, pumping the gun for emphasis. Now this is funny stuff...
...PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES Music and lyrics by the performers
Some musicals-the good ones, that is-knock audiences off their feet with brassy numbers. Others touch their hearts with sentimental ballads. Pump Boys and Dinettes is different: it tickles the funny bone and makes everybody feel, just for the evening, like a good ole boy or a good ole girl. Country music, in other words, has come to Broadway...
...Pump Boys are the four fellows who ladle out the high octane on Highway 57, somewhere in the South. The Dinettes are the Cupp sisters, Prudie and Rhetta, who run the Double Cupp Diner next door. "Y'all come down to the Double Cupp," they sing, "where you know we'll treat you nice." Beyond that, the plot is as thin as a dime tip. Like many recent musicals-Sophisticated Ladies, for example-Pump Boys is a night of songs, 20 in all. Most have been written by Jim Warm, who also plays the chief gas jockey...