Word: tarzans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Johnny Weissmuller, 79, record-setting swimmer (five Olympic gold medals) turned cinematic Tarzan (twelve movies); in Acapulco, Mexico. "They gave me a G-string," he claimed of his MGM bosses, "and said, 'Can you climb a tree?'" Weissmuller, the archetypal Hollywood hunk, led an extravagantly untidy personal life highlighted by five failed marriages and a portfolio of foolish business ventures...
Customs in costumes are also changing. While traditional devils, ghosts and vampires are still popular, many adult outfits are bewitching in another sense: harem robes, Tarzan loincloths, geisha girls, samurai swordsmen, plus Dolly Parton, Carmen Miranda and Lady Godiva. This year's revelers will also be garbed as Mr. T, E.T., gruesome beasts from Return of the Jedi, punk rockers, hot dogs, sandwiches, trash bags, schools of fish, brilliantly plumed birds, six-packs of beer, and, if a Denver pair repeats its act, a couple in bed, including the bed. A New York City family will masquerade as Britain...
...Whose voice gave Tarzan's call? I ought to know: I was there. Johnny Weissmuller can-and did-do his own Tarzan call. End of discussion...
...unrestrained performances with Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way You Can (1980) and with Bo Derek in Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) exuded an unmistakable animal magnetism. So now TV's trend venders have bestowed their ultimate accolade on Mr. Smith, 12: a show of his own with his name featured in the title, no less. In the NBC comedy series premiering this month, the 4-ft., 165-lb. orangutan plays a superintelligent primate who works for a Government-funded think tank in Washington, D.C. "Although physically still an orangutan, he has the mental capabilities of an Einstein," explains...
MARRIED. Maureen O'Sullivan, 72, actress who won fame as Tarzan's demure jungle mate Jane in the movie series and who appeared in 1980 on Broadway in Morning's at Seven; and James Gushing, 63, a construction-company board chairman; she for the second time, he for the first; in Loudonville...