Word: rollered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Children in attendance said they wereparticularly enthralled with Coco, a real-liverhesus monkey, and Zippy, the roller-skatingchimpanzee. The similarities between Zippy and thefictitious Curious George were highlighted byhaving a real-live man in a yellow hat followZippy around as he did his roller skating tricks.In many of the Reys' book, the fictional man inthe yellow hat chased after Curious George on hisadventures...
...these prices for real? Ground beef, 87 cents per lb. Oranges, eight for $1. Car batteries, $25. Videocassette recorders, $180. Yes, but that is just the beginning of the surprises. Here comes a clerk -- whooosh! -- on roller skates. And just look at these 20-ft. mountains of merchandise, from catsup to cameras, mustard to mufflers. Disoriented yet? This is the green zone, where groceries are sold. For everything from mouthwash to antifreeze, go to the blue zone. Tired? Here, sit down on one of the convenient wooden benches and sip some free cider or coffee with other weary shoppers...
Forget it; pigs will fly first. Ditto your other crazy notion, the one about the roller-skating trains. What else...
Musically he is just as busy: discussing a movie deal with Universal Pictures for a cinematic version of his roller-skating-trains musical Starlight, bruiting the possibility of writing a movie score for his Trump Tower neighbor Steven Spielberg, and launching plans for a U.S. production company with Director Harold Prince to seek out and stage new American musicals. "Music is born into Andrew," says Brightman. "Music just comes out of him. Without it, he wouldn't be Andrew...
...such moment occurred during rehearsals for Starlight, when Lloyd Webber argued vehemently with Nunn over two bars of music the director had inserted in order to help the skaters negotiate a dangerous maneuver. Insisted Nunn: "You either have those bars, Andrew, or you'll have a few roller-skating deaths." "O.K.," Lloyd Webber shot back, "either we have deaths or I withdraw the score!" The composer prevailed (and the skaters survived...