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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Young's story is presented in the format of flashbacks about the most memorable episodes in his life. In its most basic form, Mr. Saturday Night chronicles the life and times of a comic whose caustic wit has cost him stardom. The film shows how Buddy has been his own worst enemy, ruining his chances for success and alienating those close...

Author: By Danielle A. Phillip, | Title: Comedian Billy Crystal: Mr. Saturday Night Live | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

...that introduces Lunapark, Luna2's excellent debut record, establishes a unique tone--relaxed but urgent, lazy but occasionally frenetic--that persists through 12 songs. The first of those, the endearing "Slide," breaks into a slightly askew half-speed aquatic-guitar trip with a catchy chorus and lyrics of subtle wit. "You can never give/ The finger to the blind," singer-guitarist Dean Wareham sings after an opening guitar solo, "Sometimes I act so stupid/ But you never seem to mind...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: Groping for Luna2 | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

...them had access to the book when they went public. But LIVE from Golgotha will nettle many more. The author shrugs it all off: "Christianity is such a silly religion." As for the book's teasingly naughty humor, he washes his hands of other people's want of wit: "Sometimes the wrong word makes exactly the right joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gadfly in Glorious, Angry Exile: GORE VIDAL | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

...Wit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: This Class is Cool, Fun and Easy: Not | 9/25/1992 | See Source »

...Anguished by the poverty and desolation she sees in Mexico, she cries, "Heaven should be for those who go through hell on Earth." In her own life she enumerates that which is worth living for: "Love, sex, cigarettes--and tequila." She speaks of her own obstacles with humor and wit. "I Prefer to suffer the Catholic way--publicly...

Author: By Vineeta Vijayaraghavan, | Title: Play Depicts Art as Life Source for Mexican Legend Frida Kahlo | 9/24/1992 | See Source »

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