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...networks have nontraditional-comedy pilots in contention for next fall. NBC is considering a live-improv sitcom. Dharma & Greg creator Chuck Lorre is working on an interactive sitcom, whose viewers will vote on plot twists, for Fox, which is also developing a series about a bunny puppet who lands a starring role in a children's show. But the networks are hardly abandoning the traditional sitcom. ABC is hedging its bets this spring with two very conventional-looking ones, starring Damon Wayans and Joan Cusack. Even Apatow says, "I like cinematic comedy, but I still think the best show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: More Than Yuks Redux | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...Chirac's choice of Jean Tiberi, a loyal but mediocre lieutenant, as his successor in 1995. "It was a terrible mistake," an official of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (rpr) party now admits. "It became immediately apparent that Tiberi had no breadth, that he was a pathetic puppet who knew nothing about the world. We put Forrest Gump in the mayor's chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Paris Turning? | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...minister, Bulent Ecevit, and its president, Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Ecevit is a classic Turkish machine politician, who's used to looking the other way at corruption in order to hang on to power. Sezer, meanwhile, was put up by the three-part coalition that was in power as a puppet, someone who would go along to get along. But like a Supreme Court Justice who doesn't vote the way you want, he's turned into a reformer and a real thorn in the side of those in power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Turkey Be Plucked From Its Financial Meltdown? | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

Gusmorino and Lee also successfully defeated "Devil's Beastchild," Mickey Mouse, Santa Claus, Karl Marx, James Joyce, Britney Spears, Mr. Rogers, Red Sox player Nomar Garciaparra, "Gonzo, the chicken-loving vaguely humanoid puppet" and "Alf, the cat-loving alien...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Homer Simpson to Alf, Write-In Candidates Get Votes | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

PETS.COM SOCK PUPPET His company may have folded, but he lives on to annoy another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 15 Who Had Their 15 | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

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