Word: roach
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Kung Fu is essentially an Oriental successor to the Bump, which in turn was preceded on the dance floor by the Philly-Dog, the Boston Monkey, the Boogaloo, the Frug, the Roach, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, Jack-the-Ripper, the Fly, La Pachanga, the Dish Rag, the Slop, the Hully Gully, the Horse, the Twist and the Madison (renamed the Stomp). And before that, as exhumed by late-night World War II movies, there was Frank Sinatra jitterbugging...
...living is more than having harmless drunken fun--they're selfish and cruel and irresponsible throughout. This is a thirties high society movie that you just can't pardon. It isn't even very witty. With Billie Burke, the Good Witch in Oz, as Youngs's puritanical wife. Hal Roach produced this in 1937; directed by Norman Macleod...
...Saturday at Paul's Mall in Boston and is, as everybody must know, the single dominant figure in jazz. He started out as a Charlie Parker protege in the late 40s, playing bop trumpet, and after Bird died picked up a few proteges of his own--people like Max Roach, Herbie Hancock and John Coltrane were all in his band at one time. Miles went from hot to cool, and then in the late 60s back to hot again, and now his music is spacey and heavily rock-influenced. But be forewarned: rumor has it that he plays only...
Other expected stars include Cornell's Pat Roach, a 1:50 half miler, and Navy long distancemen Jeff and Jim Kramer...
Very Tough. Kojak shows New York City in all its roach-and-racketeering misery. The directors neatly capture the alternately plodding and explosive rhythm of police work. But ultimately the show is a one-man operation. "Kojak is Telly," says Universal Television's Vice President Tom Tannenbaum, who chased Savalas around Europe to snag him for the part. "He's a suave, bright guy who always gives you the forbidding feeling that he can get very tough...