Word: witted
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...Mention of her wit...
...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...
...fubsy. You'll ponder this riddle: "Why is the third hand on a clock called the second hand?" But the abiding fun is in the college bull-session informality of the players' banter. Most of them are wizards of the Boston media, and they enjoy one another's wit almost as much as they enjoy cutting in with a bon mot of their own. It's an invigorating workout just to keep up with them, and Sher presides with the indulgence of a genial night watchman in the Mensa wing at Bedlam...
...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...
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...