Word: spiel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into the big, clean American sound of WUSA, the sound of a decent generation." The disk jockey is a drunken, apolitical animal named Rheinhardt (Paul Newman), whose job is to plug crypto-fascism for good ole WUSA, a right-wing New Orleans radio station. By night he delivers his spiel under the heel of the station's jackboot-minded owner (Pat Hingle). By day he wallows in booze and self-pity ("I had it made and I woke up one morning, I looked down and fell off my life") in the arms of his pathetic paramour, a hooker named...
With Brown staying on the war issue. Tunney, too, joined the chorus, amplifying his earlier antiwar stand, making it the main theme of his homestretch spiel. "Why do I want to be a United States Senator?" intoned one of Tunney's final-days TV spots. "Because I want to help end the senseless killing in Southeast Asia." Most of Tunney's money went into TV, it seemed, because in the last few weeks he was all over the tube. It was enough to swing it. and though Tunney still seemed stiff and ill at ease up there before...
...panic at such conditions, he slipped out for a few drinks ten minutes before air time. During the broadcast, Breslin forgot the punch line to an otherwise effective speech. Then Mailer, contrary to instructions, leaped out of his seat and began to roam the set while he delivered his spiel. As cameramen frantically tried to keep him in their sights, they repeatedly picked up Breslin who was rocking back and forth in his chair with his head buried in his hands...
...concession, The Only Game in Town is a tempting trap. The odds look attractive: Elizabeth Taylor back at her fighting weight, Warren Beatty in his first film since Bonnie and Clyde, both directed by George Stevens (Shane, Giant). But the result is as empty as a croupier's spiel...
...running longer than Phyllis Diller, the runner-up. Held over for seven and a half months in Puerto Rico. He's got more than a hundred stunts, pre-tested for audience appeal. So there's no uncertainty about him when he sizes up the crowd. After a little opening spiel-"Hypnosis is a science and it is a fact" -he steps back, waves his hand, and says, "Won't you come up and join...