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...ever was as well. After two solid shows, the third episode, hosted by Barrymore, was just terrible—a laughless hour-and-a-half marred by endless unfunny skits, flubbed line readings and an amount of crack-ups that crossed the line from endearing to unprofessional. But that stinker was probably an anomaly. After all, it aired the day after an anthrax scare in the building, it was the third straight show after the always obsessed-over season premiere and it didn’t have a single appearance by the invaluable Morgan. And there are some signs that...
...shape before the attacks in the U.S. Even well-managed, profitable airlines have been flying by the seat of their pants in the months since the economic slump began. Analysts estimate that even a 3% drop in passenger traffic can make the difference between a profitable year and a stinker. Within 14 days of the attacks, at least 16,000 people working for European airlines were told they would soon lose their jobs...
...place, as will FedEx and Visa. EDS, who last year gave us the "cat herders" treat, is back with a running-of-the-squirrels Pamplona thing. And Bob Dole is hawking - well, it's sort of a surprise, which we won't spoil in case the game's a stinker...
...good hit. She knows them by name and by injury. "Look, Matt Koch is playing," she points out. "He had an injured vertebra last year." She erupts when junior Jerry Bailey scores. "Hey, that guy was in my clinic at 4 yesterday pretending he was sick! That little stinker...
...early August. The reason The Sixth Sense has been so successful is because it's wonderfully tricky--not since The Crying Game have we been so utterly fooled that we must see the movie a second time to figure out its secrets. Bruce Willis finally produced a non-stinker and he has M. Night Shyamalan to thank; the Indian writer-director carefully wove together the necessary elements of reality and fantasy to create a truly spooky moviegoing experience. It's movies like these, the ones that open out of nowhere and slowly build a following sans hype, that restore...