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...vintage animated cartoon, a little kitty cat falls into an icy well, and Pluto debates with himself whether to save her. A tiny red Pluto with horns and tail appears on his shoulder and tells him, in the voice of a gangster, "Nah, forget about the cat, whadda you care?" On the dog's other shoulder there appears a tiny Pluto outfitted as the better angel of his nature. She commands Pluto, "Now save that kitty!" Every adult seeing the cartoon years ago recognized the busybody angel's fluting voice as that of Eleanor Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Angel on F.D.R.'s Shoulder | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...fixed for me to get this job drivin' the bus -- you know, he's one of the big guys, whadda you call...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

Frustration was the order of the day, in the back seat of the car as in the front rows of the Senate. Paddy Chayefsky came closest to the true life-style in Marty, when he portrayed the endless ennui of Saturday night: "So whadda ya figure on doin', Angie?" Small wonder that the '50s were the predecessor of protest, pornography, youthquakes, violence, acid rock and political upheaval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Back to the Unfabulous '50s | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

...Sorrento--"Whadda ya mean? Oakland. In six. Who else...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: By Jiminy | 10/13/1973 | See Source »

...plot of Five Fingers, such as it is, involves the rivalry between two schools of Kung Fu: the good guys are handsome, the bad guys ugly. Dubbed in a kind of pidgin hip-"Hey, whadda you guys doin' here?" the hero asks at one point-the film makes no attempt to synchronize speech to lip movements, and a character can go on talking long after his mouth has closed. Not that it matters, considering the low level of the dialogue. Still, the picture is harmless fun, and the violence seems no more real-or scary-than the POWs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Men Behind Kung Fooey | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

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