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...there is an element of showbiz in that, isn't there...
Soggy Borsch. Their first act of showbiz détente out of the way, the astronauts and cosmonauts settled down to other activities, including a meal four of them shared aboard Soyuz; Stafford bolted down three tubes of soggy borsch, only to resort to three Lomotil pills later. Soon it was show time again; as the lights and TV cameras clicked on for a joint press conference, the crews answered questions relayed from newsmen in Houston and Moscow. Leonov, fielding a question about the relative merits of Soviet and American space food, proved himself a deft diplomat. Said...
...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...