Word: supers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hooray for Hollywood/ That phony super Coney Hollywood," lyricized Johnny Mercer 40 years ago in a sardonic paean to the legend: instant fame, endless sex and the money to pay for it all. Since then the illusion of celluloid glamour has turned into the tawdry reality of a Los Angeles neighborhood of 250,000 people harassed by crime and vice, mired in the flesh and drug trades and fast fading into the sunset of American cultural history. Now Hollywood is trying to stage a comeback-a drive to revive a decayed area that still attracts 3 million tourists a year...
...SUPER STANDBY. TWA's proposal will evidently be in essence a modification of Laker's stand-by plan. The fare would be close to Laker's. But instead of having to purchase their tickets at the flight gate, Skytrain-style, bargain travelers on TWA would be able to buy them in advance, either from the airline or a travel agent. The ticket would be good for any flight, on a space-available basis; if no seats are available when the passenger wants to leave, he can try another flight or return his ticket for the full purchase...
...Super-Duper...
...whole enterprise is fairly tacky, but it is also rather jaunty fun. The primary market for pictures like this is the rural drive-ins, but city slickers should also enjoy Smokey's transitory pleasures. Indeed, the movie is far lighter on its feet than most of the super-productions that the studios are currently hyping...
...grow wider...Mr. Kuhn will propose that the sight of the World Series be moved permanently to some friendly metropolis in the Sunbelt, perhaps one that has a large, domed enclosure waiting to be filled--New Orleans say, or Houston--or rotated each year, in the style of the Super Bowl, among two or three such cities. The World Series will thus be instantly transformed into Superweek--the Super Bowl multiplied by seven, the ultimate Sportsfest USA...the first all-American sports show truly worthy of a Howard Cosell...