Word: stan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pesci is Vinny, an amateur New York lawyer who travels with his fiance to rural South Carolina to defend two alleged murderers. Someone has shot Jimmy Willis, and the local police believe this someone to be Vinny's cousin Bill Gambini (Ralph Macchio) and his college buddy Stan (Mitchell Whitfield). Some local eyewitnesses mistakenly identify them--in classic television sitcom fashion--effectively destroying their thus far innocent road trip to California...
...device straight out of the "There's Company Guide to Humor." Bill realizes only after leaving a convenience store that he has accidentally taken a can of tuna fish. When a policeman apprehends them, they assume it has to do with the Chicken of the Sea. This situation permits Stan witty one-liners like: "I'm being booked for accessory to shoplifting" before he realizes the serious nature of his arrest...
...audience chuckles through a variant of the Jack Tripper Misunderstanding Theme when Vinny first arrives at the jail. Stan assumes this newcomer is just another prison rapist--not an attorney with the power to prevent a trip to the electric chair--and consequently lambastes him. Stan is shocked when Vinny responds to his unappreciative welcome with such comments as: "I mean, it's your ass, not mine," and "I think you should be down on your fucking knees...
While Harvard was tossing up bricks, Dartmouth point guard Mike Crotty (brother of former Virginia guard John Crotty) scored a team-high 11 points without missing a shot, while his ball handling kept the Crimson on its heels for most of the night. Big Green forward Stan Kowaleski added nine on 3-4 shooting from downtown...
...Crimson must take advantage of Dartmouth's lack of height. Starting forward Stan Kowalewski, 6'7", and center Michael Lombard, 6'8", are the only major contributers over...