Word: shtick
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...Williams, who took as many standing 8 counts as Ali did in his career, gamely said in the post-fight interview that he wasn't really hurt, just dazed. "I spent the entire decade of the 80s dazed, so I'm used to it," countered Bonaduce, who has one shtick and works it harder than Yakov Smirnoff...
...perkily warbling, "W-IBG,/ Where your dial belongs the ev-en-ing through,/ W-IBG,/ Joe Niagara spins the hits for you." Known as the Rockin' Bird, Niagara had been with the station eight years before the music revolution, but the young pro fit smartly in any format. His shtick was to run the end of one sentence into the beginning of the next, then take a breath in the middle. It brought suspense to the simple craft of reading commercials you never knew. When he'd pause for a breath did it mean a thought. Had been concluded...
...know there are plenty of people out there (including lots of concerned mothers) who consider Affleck?s clean-cut, aw-shucks shtick a welcome reprieve from the sultry seductiveness of many Hollywood heartthrobs. It may not even be a shtick - I?m not sure Affleck is that good of an actor - he may really be just that benign in real life. But maybe he could do with a little bit of dirt under those nails, a few lines of concern around his eyes. Maybe he should check back with us in 25 years...
...guessed E, then you're correct, but don't be too cynical. This kind of shtick has landed Murphy huge box-office receipts, powered by the same people who lined up to see Big Mamma and The Nutty Professor 2. Anticipate another wildly physical, generally wacky comedy performance from him, but realize that the movie will be a one trick pony with cataracts and arthritic joints...
...many restaurateurs, silence isn't golden: they flaunt a boisterous atmosphere so that diners will think they're in a happening eatery. "In a lot of places, high noise levels are built in," says Tim Zagat, publisher of the dining guides. "It's part of the shtick." Reed Goldstein, manager of an Angelo & Maxie's steak house, is quite happy that his restaurant is known as one of New York's noisiest. "As the night goes on, it gets louder," he says. "We turn up the music. We don't get a lot of complaints. It's a happy feeling...