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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wit under pressure is a rare commodity these days, especially in that debased form of infotainment known as the game show. Yes, the gallop of thundering nerds can be heard on Jeopardy!, but most shows have daters or honeymooners lewdly embarrassing each other. The mud wrestling is only verbal, but it's still a tiny step from Jerry Springer--and a long way from the stellar font of quiz shows, radio's Information, Please (1938-48), hosted by Clifton Fadiman and featuring the mordant wits Fred Allen and Oscar Levant. Back then folks tuned in to meet people cleverer than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parties for Smarties | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...more Beach Boys records." These are good sentiments, well meaning and empty headed. Such is their music. Hefner's Brit-pop inclinations are balanced by Antony Harding's vocals, which careen from Elvis Costello to the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano--although the lyrics never come close to the wit or heart of those...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, | Title: Hefner | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

Cultural Rhythms grooved for 120 minutes / "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" runs 3.83 minutes / Cooking time for rojak, a Singaporean/Malaysian salad 110 minutes / George Clooney's stint on ER 2,365,920 minutes / Cassat at the MFA for another 105,120 minutes / Gene Siskel's television career lasted 13,140,000 minutes / Time since last execution in Massachusetts 27,331,200 minutes / Average trolley ride to freshman formal 17 minutes / new Pudding show has been performed for 840 minutes / Girl Scout cookies can be delivered in 25,920 minutes / For an hour's worth of minimum wage ($5.25), a sweatshop worker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Minutes | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

When Vivian Gonzalez '99 agreed to dance at Saturday's Cultural Rhythms festival, she didn't anticipate gettin' jiggy wit' Will Smith...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Star Will Smith Gets Jiggy on Sanders Stage | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...ages. A delicious, brilliantly crafted example of how a movie can entertain, move and impress without sacrificing wit and intelligence. In a play-within-a-play, Joe Fiennes plays Shakespeare as an ill-fated Romeo trying to woo his upper-class Juliet (Gwyneth Paltrow). What prevents this familiar tale from degenerating into cliche is its self-awareness--it's a fulfilling romance and a sharp comedy. And a luminous Paltrow glowingly convinces why she is worthy of the greatest mind of all time...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE THE THIN RED LINE | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

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