Word: wiseguy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hitching rides on passing spacecraft, snacking at duty-free shops on distant planets and encountering such diverse creatures as a lost tribe of ballpoint pens mislaid by former owners, and a race of marketing executives who, despite 573 committee meetings, have still not discovered the wheel ("All right, Mr. Wiseguy . . . you tell us what color it should be"). To Dent's surprise, earth has somehow escaped destruction, but all the dol phins have mysteriously disappeared. The book's title, in fact, is their farewell message. He sets out to find them, making new friends, notably a lady whose feet...
...difficult to say exactly what makes Murray such a funny comedian, and what makes his new movie. Stripes, such an enjoyable film. His acting abilities are limited, to say the least, and his juvenile, sarcastic-wiseguy routine is about all he has to go with. And he goes with it relentlessly--often with little subtlety or variation, but it is perhaps more a strength than a weakness. Bill Murray's humor comes at you with the reliability of a Quarter Pounder with cheese--you know exactly what you're going to get when you order it, and you're usually...