Word: wanteds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Winger -- who rarely get exposure on mainstream TV. And in contrast to the carefully stage-managed routines on the Tonight show, Hall's manic energy sends a signal that just about anything can happen at his nightly party. "There used to be a feeling that late at night people wanted to be put to sleep by a talk show," says producer Marla Kell Brown, 28. "But I don't think that's true for our generation. We want high energy...
...takes pride in giving exposure to many black performers ("I have a commitment to correcting the wrongs of TV history"), Hall insists he is doing a show for everybody, black and white. "I'm out to bring the ghetto to the suburbs and the suburbs to the ghetto. I want ((rapper)) Tone-Loc and Major Ferguson, Fergie's dad, on the same couch. Most white people have never been to a party at a black person's house. I hope they say, 'This one looks nice -- maybe...
...singer-choreographer Paula Abdul ("just very good friends"). Hall refuses to identify the current "special woman" in his life and claims to spend much of his time after hours by himself. "My life is in front of people," he says, "so when I go home, I don't want to hear voices...
...claims he would be happy doing his talk show forever, but he seems fully tuned in to the precariousness of fame in a medium that chews up stars like M & M's. "One bad show, and I'm mentally packing a U- Haul," he says. "But I don't want to start playing it safe. I accept the fact that I can't have it forever. Ali was the greatest, but someday someone beat him, and someone beat the guy who beat him. When I was in high school, J.J. Walker was the hottest. Recently I saw a ((cable)) special...
...elsewhere in the magazine," notes senior editor Thomas Sancton. Most theater items, for example, are in addition to reviews that appear in the Theater section. The page also lets us expand conventional notions of "culture" by including such pastimes as circuses and sporting events. Says Sancton: "We don't want to be limited to traditional categories...