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...shows introduced last year with great fanfare--or at least as much fanfare as could be drummed up for programs built around former stars of Beverly Hills, 90210 and The Partridge Family--only four remain; all are struggling. Even the more established shows have seen their ratings fall. Ricki Lake, whose success prompted the current batch of trash-talking clones, has seen her ratings fall 10% since 1994. Rivera's numbers have dropped even more steeply, 20%, which may indicate that his conversion is not 100% altruistic. Other shows in similar straits--including Mark Walberg's and Jerry Springer...
...teenager, he was host on a show on Armed Forces Radio before returning to the States and attending the University of Arizona. He worked for the deadly B-movie studio Empire Pictures, flunked a veejay audition at mtv, then became a cult fave by making sly mock of Geraldo, Ricki and the rest of the wackpack on Talk Soup. He's been at Later for almost two years...
...unbelievable switcheroo which involves Fairfax posing as Phoebe's brother and taking up his position as a Yeoman of the Guard, allowing him to roam freely without suspicion. in a healthy dose of expletives, tacky clothes, a dangerous audience and it's as if you're in 16th-century Ricki Lake or Rolanda territory. But the scenario actually belongs to the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players' fall contribution to the Agassiz stage, The Yeomen of the Guard...
...Like Ricki and Rolanda, The Yeomen of the Guard's problems are obvious. To begin with, the orchestra is needlessly large and too often competes with the singing. There are some moments in the show where you just can't hear what is coming out of the singers' mouths, though the instruments' blasts couldn't be any clearer. In much of the first act, Blair's fine but tentative voice does not reach the audience with the strength it should, and it's hard to blame her. Outdoing an army of brass, wind, reeds, and percussion is no easy task...
...same thing as elitism unless there is some accepted standard of superiority that constitutes membership. When a group of hockey players lock themselves in a room drinking themselves into a coma becomes your idea of haute couture, then you've truly spent too much time watching "Ricki Lake...