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...intriguing flavor of The Loman Family Picnic is to recount the ending -- or rather, endings. After throwing a bar mitzvah way beyond the budget of his blue-collar Brooklyn family, the father (Peter Friedman of TV's Brooklyn Bridge) storms out in rage at being unappreciated, his son's wad of cash gifts stuck precariously in his back pocket. He returns hours later, explaining that he has been watching the "dumb" movie Born Free. In one variation, his bored wife (two-time Tony Award winner Christine Baranski) chucks him out. In another, she commits suicide by leaping off the tacky...
...Jesse's questions. And like any ingratiating adolescent, Willy knows how to make bad manners look cute. The children who giggled in Jurassic Park at the sight of a paleobotanist elbow- deep in triceratops doody will love the moment when Willy uses his blowhole to whisk away a huge wad of whale snot. Most important, he has a sweet disposition -- lets the boy stroke his tongue -- and is fiercely loyal to his human sibling. By film's end, a million tots in the audience will be tearfully whispering Jessie's climactic words: "I love you, Willy...
...right field at the top of the opening inning last Monday, talented but contentious Jose Canseco was playing for baseball's Oakland Athletics. But by the bottom of the first, the A's had traded the stunned slugger to the Texas Rangers for three players and a wad of cash. Said he: "I said to myself, 'This isn't April Fool's Day.' " It wasn...
...bring your high School yearbook, but be careful. If you think it would it would be a cute conversation piece then go ahead. But be aware that when your new Harvard Friends page through it, they will see that dorky picture of you in the cafeteria with a wad of spinach stuck between your teeth. Then you'll be sorry...
Leno, in his usual non-Tonight show uniform of blue jeans, blue-jean shirt and cowboy boots, held a thick wad of index cards on which were written jokes supplied by him and various writers. Propping his boots up on the table, he read in a deadpan voice, "With all the controversy about silicone breast implants, a lot of women are changing to saltwater implants. They're a lot safer, but the trouble is, some women have noticed barnacles growing on them." Smirks all around. "Barnacles -- great comedy word," said Martin. Brogan, not sure the joke was in good taste...