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...Unlike most pop musicians who regarded a sullen look as a statement of cool, the Beatles were giddily exuberant and naturally humorous. They were huge fans of the Goons, a British comedy ensemble featuring Sellers and Spike Milligan, whose anarchic radio and TV shows were a '50s foreshadow of Monty Python. Just as they took to their record producer, George Martin, because he had produced comedy records with Sellers and the Goons, so they felt a kinship with Shenson. At this point, Shenson could have easily opted for a standard pop film formula. A sitcom writer could devise a fluffy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Many Years From Then | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

Kessler broke into the theatrical writing scene with his senior thesis, a play called "Darlene," which was adapted into a screenplay under the direction of Spike Lee, who Kessler met in a seminar the director taught at Harvard...

Author: By Julia G. Kiechel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "Sopranos" Screenwriter Returns to Harvard | 11/29/2000 | See Source »

...price hike in and of itself comes as a surprise to no one, seeing as how the team has made it an offseason tradition these past four years. But a spike as steep as this one--the largest ever by the Red Sox and, as far as anyone can tell, the biggest in baseball history as well--was enough to make you cough up your Thanksgiving dinner...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legends of the Fall: For Sox Fans, It's Time to Take One for the Team | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

Most of those seats, though, belong to season holders. The people hardest hit by the spike will be the average fan. Infield grandstand seats will now run at $40 apiece, up nearly 50 percent from last year. And a lower bleacher seat will now cost you 20 bucks, up 25 percent from last season...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legends of the Fall: For Sox Fans, It's Time to Take One for the Team | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

Although official data has not yet been tabulated, UHS Director Dr. David S. Rosenthal '59 said UHS doctors saw a spike in alcohol-related cases over the weekend, beginning Saturday morning and continuing through the afternoon...

Author: By Nina R. Sassoon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big Game Brought Heavy Drinking | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

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