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Weiss, who produced the film, is a jovial wiseguy, as are his frequent collaborators David Zucker and Jim Abrahams. When I told them I would be reviewing the movie, Zucker, in a facetious attempt to influence my opinion, said, "Really? That's a nice sweater you have on." When Abrahams arrived a few minutes later, I told him the same thing and he retorted, without prompting from Zucker, "Lovely shirt you're wearing...
...always want to see someone come driving up to a house and going to the front door," says Spelling. "Now you will hear the car pulling up, the door slamming, and see someone coming into the house. I hate to see that happen." Some shows, like CBS's Wiseguy, are being shot in Canada to save money. Others are being jointly produced with foreign companies to spread the costs...
...WISEGUY (CBS, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. EDT). A new slot in summer reruns has helped boost the ratings for this intelligent, hard-boiled crime drama, featuring Ken Wahl as an undercover cop on the trail of slimy bad guys...
...avenge his brother's murder, growls like a road-company Don Johnson; the stylized 1950s look is unconvincing, and the dialogue sounds like parody: "I can look at myself mornings, Charlie. Sounds to me like you're havin' problems in that department." For hard-boiled crime fighting, CBS's Wiseguy, with Ken Wahl as an undercover cop trying to infiltrate the Mob, is smarter and meaner...
...AFFAIR: THE CASE OF ALFRED DREYFUS, Jean-Denis Bredin LESS THAN ONE, Joseph Brodsky RAIN OR SHINE, Cyra McFadden THE STORY OF A SHIPWRECKED SAILOR, Gabriel Garcia Marquez THE TENDER PASSION, Peter Gay WISEGUY, Nicholas Pileggi