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...Deep Throat II, in which the explicit scenes are all off-camera, have failed. Nor have "religious" novelties like Not Just Another Woman, in which Porno Circuit Star Tina Russell plays a nun, or Him, about a homosexual with graphic Christ fantasies, provoked any big box office response. The thrill, it seems, is gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Lust's Labor Lost | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...football team ever created? Csonka the bulldozer was the instrument of this death by perfect execution. Would you pay $9 a game for a package of seven season and three exhibition games to watch a bulldozer clear palmetto scrub for a supermarket parking lot? This was equivalent to the thrill of watching the Miami Dolphins sweep to their last two championships. All their games were sold out--who could watch it? It was the space program serving up Apollo 19 for a re-re-run. I hate to say it, but give me the days when Flipper was flipping...

Author: By Tim Carlson, | Title: Light Whitening | 5/9/1974 | See Source »

White lightning's still the biggest thrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord, They've Done It All | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...scratched out in black crayon and "Monty Python" scrawled across it. There really are two Side Twos on the second side of this new album, and you have to drop your needle down a few times at random to discover them. Once you've figured this out, though, the thrill is gone forever...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Not-So-Great Snakes | 4/17/1974 | See Source »

...pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in 1914. In two years, he became the best pitcher in the majors, posting a 23-12 record, but after two more years, he switched to outfield to get more chances to bat. Ruth enjoyed pitching, and, indeed, once said his greatest thrill in baseball was the 29 2/3 scoreless innings he pitched in the World Series for the Bosox. His second greatest thrill, however, was the 587-ft. home run he hit in Tampa in the spring of 1919, and that symbolized the beginning of his years of batting feats...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: By Jiminy | 4/12/1974 | See Source »

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