Word: ripoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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E.D.T.) Laverne herself (Penny Marshall, that is) directed the first episode of this male Laverne & Shirley ripoff. It stars Jim Belushi (John's brother) and Michael Keaton as janitors who go to work for their uncle in a Chicago office building. Both actors appeared in quick flops last season (Who's Watching the Kids?, The Mary Tyler Moore Hour), but Working Stiffs could be their fastest cancellation yet. There are only so many jokes to be made about moving furniture, and none of them is funny...
...worst aspect of Meatballs is that it plays against his strengths. His combination of brashness and tenderness would work perfectly in a romantic comedy, something along the lines of Foul Play. Instead, Murray has tried to emulate Belushi: Meatballs is an Animal House ripoff, transplanted from the campus to a summer camp. The film demands that its star be wild and gross-characteristics for which Murray has no great affinity...
...much of the rest of the U.S., many Southerners felt the shortage was contrived. Declared a Shell dealer in Sandy Springs, Ga.: "My customers think it's all a ripoff, that the major oil companies are holding back. So do I." Reported Texaco Dealer H.W. Wayne of Atlanta: "I hear a lot of cussin' from my customers but they're not cussin' me. They're cussin' the oil companies and the politicians...
...because it would also virtually eliminate differences in interstate and intrastate rates. However, the words spoken five months ago by President Carter have an even more ominous ring now,"... there is potential war profiteering in the impending energy crisis. This could develop with the passing months as the biggest ripoff in history." Perhaps when considering this issue it would be wise to keep the independence cry of modern-day Texans in mind. "Remember Crystal City...
...about parliamentary procedure," said Sharon Talbot, "but I never got to hear the pro-family side. It's only fair that they should get to speak too." Linda Downs, editor of Woman Time, a bimonthly dealing with working women, said that businesswomen she knew thought the convention was a "ripoff because it was so onesided. The T-shirt brigade predominated, and that was unfortunate. The emotional issues predominated, and that too was unfortunate...