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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...views with friends through an annual New Year's e-mail, in which he changes the lyrics of a song to reflect his thoughts. In January 2006, he opined on the private-equity boom through a remake of Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head--changed to "Capital keeps rainin' on my head/ So much is out there that the world is out of whack/ When will we see balance back?" The ending: "We need to be prepared for slim annuities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Human Barometer | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

Comden, who wrote the fabulous script with her partner Green, says of the original project, "All we knew was there?d be some scene where someone?d be singin?, and it would be rainin?." They concocted a period piece, set way back at the coming of talking pictures, 24 years earlier. (That would be like doing a retro-musical today based on the songs and movies of 1978. Shall we have a disco version of "Smokey and the Bandit"?) Kelly, Reynolds, Donald O?Connor and Jean Hagen make for a wonderfully comic quartet. And the unsung star was Roger Edens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Dancin? Man | 3/2/2002 | See Source »

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