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...meaning to the phrase "no-frills flying." Jaromir Wagner, a 41-year-old West German car dealer, risked his life on a twelve-day, seven-stop journey from his homeland to the U.S.-without heat, seat, coffee, tea or milk. For the sake of what he called "the thrill" and at a cost of $325,000, Wagner made the trip strapped between the wings of a small, twin-engine plane, where he endured temperatures as low as 22° below zero. "I felt as though I was wearing a bathing suit," he said afterward. He was, in fact, clad...
...interview after the program, Youngman admitted his "biggest thrill is playing colleges such as this--seeing a couple thousand students come out to hear my stuff...
...Vegas, Sept. 15. The sign outside one of the more celebrated spas on the strip proudly trumpets TODAY! GARY WELLS JUMPS CAESARS PALACE FOUNTAINS. So he does, and the result fully lives up to the name of the stunt's sponsor, ABC's thrill-pandering series That's Incredible! While gawkers gawked and cameras whirred, Wells, a professional stunt man, gunned a motorcycle up a ramp, sailed over the water fountains outside the showplace, but crashed on his descent. Result: a ruptured aorta and fractures of the pelvis, thigh and lower...
...downright appalling, many critics would say. The thrill shows appeal and cater to the viewers' infantile instincts. Film Professor Richard Sklar of New York University compares these programs to a circus sideshow. "The grotesque aspects of popular culture-burlesque, vaudeville variety and pulp magazines-are finding expression on TV today. Television does not go out on a limb; it trails what is happening in society." Some of the toughest condemnations of the shows come from broadcasters. Morley Safer of 60 Minutes blasts such programming as "the worst brew of bad taste yet concocted by the network witches...
...South-for a fee, of course. His Sunday-afternoon television program during the football season has drawn better ratings than professional football broadcasts. The faithful tune in for a play-by-play commentary that is short on inside information but long on the kind of praise that can thrill the home folks. A sample: "Byron Braggs made a good tackle there. I know his mamma and daddy and all the folks in Montgomery are proud of Byron...