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...sing much better than a shower warbler," carped one drama critic. But on creaky knee and in creakier voice, Joe Namath scored big with his audience in Li'l Abner. Making his musical debut at Atlanta's Civic Center, the former New York Jet nimbly slipped through some opening-night tight spots. When upstaged by a squealing pig, he simply outbellowed the boorish ham. Later, when his pitch wandered way offsides in a love duet with Hee-Haw's Misty Rowe as Daisy Mae, off-Broadway Joe just laughed along with the twittering crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 4, 1980 | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

...those with the time, skill and persistence, home labor can pay off. Victor Sanchez, a Teaneck, N.J., salesman, figured that with just three hours work he could install a new shower by himself-saving $150. Chicago Architect John Dix and his wife estimate that the painting bills alone for the condominium they are refurbishing themselves would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Sound of America Hammering | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...shower stall. An attractive, restless blond, whose search for sexual fulfillment will lead her to an ominous rented room. A man, whose schizophrenic lust turns him into a knife-wielding killer in a cheap wig and dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knife of Brian | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...obsession into a career. De Palma's last seven films, from Sisters in 1973 to the current Dressed to Kill, have been informed by Hitchcock's work until some of them begin to look like remakes. Dressed to Kill is the most explicit of these homages: that shower (in a Long Island home instead of in the Bates Motel), those blonds (Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen instead of Janet Leigh and Vera Miles), that transvestite killer (Mr. X instead of Anthony Perkins), plus a prowl through a museum, lifted from Vertigo, and a sound-effects trick from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knife of Brian | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...bullpen is back. Sporting a new mustache, Rich Gossage is once again catapulting 95 mph golf balls toward home plate. The only worry is that the Goose might trip and fall as he lumbers eagerly to the mound. George Steinbrenner has already built Gossage his own padded shower room and is considering strapping the playful monster into a 400-ft. baby harness to preserve his health and impeccable record...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Chicken Little | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

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