Word: superhits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...liveliest action on the TV screen these days is not interrupted by commercials. It does not involve cops, medics, superwomen, paterfamilial farceurs or country-rock carolers. It is not even rated by Nielsen. Television's new superhit is Yourself, the Athlete (or Racing Driver, or Op Artist, or Blackjack High Roller). The name of the game -which is provided by a wide and wildly competitive assortment of electronic contests that can be simply hooked into any TV set-is Jocktronics...
Until now, the commercial results have surprised eager entrepreneurs by their failure to attain superhit status. It may be that there is less to Bruce's legend than meets the enthusiast...
...actors, says Redford, were very much aware that Paramount was trying to steamroll a superhit and that they were expected to cooperate with the game plan by producing superhit performances. If the picture flopped, Redford understood only too well, "there would be a lot of whisperings about how Redford was wrong for the Gatsby role...
Some movie executives argue that despite his thorough knowledge of marketing, Yablans will not really be tested until he has to run Paramount without benefit of a Godfather-power superhit. Yablans may not stay around to prove himself. He has five more years to go on his contract and is already wondering aloud if he could break it to go into politics. "I'd like to run for elective office," he states with his customary candor. "And there is no sense unless you go all the way. Yes, I'd like to be President of the United States...