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...Blues is outspoken even by the more liberal standards of public television. It does not shy away from such slang as "the clap" and "a dose," or from crisply clinical descriptions of genitalia. What is surprising - and most commendable - is that a major company would finance such a show, apparently realizing that even the controversy that arises from it can only be salutary...
Meanwhile two volunteers went through the factory gates into the Aerovox parking lot to "bumpersticker" which is Southeastern. Massachusetts political slang for asking people if they want stickers placed on their cars...
...that part of the population will have to hibernate for half of each year to reduce demands on resources. A color spread shows how the oft-decried weathering of classical statuary can actually improve its aesthetic impact. Poet-Novelist David Slavitt modernizes Virgil's Georgics in irreverent slang that gives it surprising contemporary relevance ("Okay, Maecenas, whatever you say; farming it is: hints for happier cornfields...
...juxtaposes anachronistic speech with Brooklyn slang. and intersperses flowery phrasings with punchy and often vile lines. The comedy is similar to the Firesign Theatre's Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers. Like the Firesign Theatre, the best of Allen's humor comes down to playing with words...
This is Platts-Mills' first feature, and even by the lenient standard adopted for new work, Bronco Bullfrog is rough around the edges. Subtitles are required, not only because the East End accent and slang are often unintelligible (even to Londoners) but because the sound recording is atrocious...