Word: showbiz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...version of Bruce's fantasy on "pissing-in-the-sink" (a single fused word for the common yet forbidden or once-forbidden act). Lenny actually only created this routine in the sixties when he'd lost the easy-going winsome style and had become a wired and often menacing showbiz kamikaze. But the piece is great, and, as Speiser runs it down, what's immediately thrust on you besides the pleasure of belly laughter is the recognition that no matter how good an actor he is, you can't naturally play a fifties audience. Since Bruce's whole schtick hinged...
...book has been touted by showbiz types like Actor Anthony Perkins, Columnist Rex Reed and Playwright Neil Simon (if he's gloomy, he says, he downs it twice a day like a pill, with a glass of water). To be sure, some of these enthusiasts whose advertised endorsements boosted the book's sales happen to be patients of Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz-the husband-and-wife team who wrote the book with the help of a friend, Jean Owen. But the bestseller obviously has other less prejudiced fans as well. "It seems like something a good friend...
Like the farm lands around it, the state fair is big business now. Seeking to lure people away from their TV sets, the State Fair Board spent $1.3 million to give a showbiz touch to the event. This year's theme is Hawaii, and so lots of the girls appear in ersatz Hawaiian print dresses. Ordinary sno-cones become "Hawaiian delights," and the entrance to the fairgrounds is crowned by wooden cutout pineapples. Fair Director Fulk offers a rationale: "People in the islands eat a lot of pork, and Iowa is a big producer of pork, so we should...
CASTING a Crucifixion drama has sometimes been more dramatic than the Passion play itself. Nikos Kazantzakis, for one, even made the ritual into a powerful tragic novel. But in Manhattan, the casting for the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (TIME, Nov. 9) has been mostly showbiz. Long lines of hopefuls crowded outside the Mark Hellinger Theater last week to read for parts in a touring concert company that goes on the road July 12. Jesus will be Shawn Phillips (left), a blond, bearded Texan with silky hair almost to his waist. Yvonne Elliman, star of the Decca recording, will play...
...Murphy assures his audiences: "The war is going great." Murphy's age is a handicap, as is his admission that he was on Technicolor Inc.'s payroll while serving in the Senate. Head to head, Tunney probably would win. Republicans hope Reagan's ample coattails will drag his old showbiz pal along...