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Word: splasher (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...left movieland, unwanted and disgusted, five years ago-Tonight's Jack Paar was conquering the West Coast with some of the most wildly funny shows of his career. Paar and guests (among them: Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Hans Conreid) splashed inspired nonsense all over the screen. Biggest splasher: muffin-faced Pianist and Professional Psychopath Oscar Levant ("On my own show I wear black tie and strait jacket"). Oscar warmly congratulated Paar-"You have the most responsive audience since Adolf Hitler in the good old days"-offered capsule analyses of a few colleagues. Eddie and Liz: "How high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Busy Air | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

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