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...David Zap Bowie...
...story ought to have turned wormy by this time from virtually constant exposure. It is, however, still a powerful myth. One good measure of its resiliency is that even when Brooks is lampooning it, the story remains compelling, nearly inviolate. When Gene Wilder's Dr. Frankenstein tries to zap life into a grotesque, inanimate form, the movie goes serious despite itself. The myth is better, more involving than the jokes being made about...
Radio doctoring is roughly akin to political campaigning. The basic principle is to zap a little new life into the ailing station while undermining the competition with every dirty Tuckish trick in the doctor's book of ruses. Bennett has so successfully mastered this technique that he was once voted the radio industry's "Program Director of the Year" for ingeniously one-upping his own strategies...
...suggest a change of mind about the invitation, as his standing in polls improved, when he declared: "I cannot and will not defend the actions of the President. If I am elected to the Congress, any proof of wrongdoing on his behalf will draw my vote for impeachment-zap." The invitation was extended personally to the President by Illinois Congressman Robert Michel, chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee. When he did so at a White House meeting on political strategy, Nixon shook his head in disbelief and said: "Come again with that." "Yes, it's a definite request...
...town of Franklin Furnace, Farmer C.B. Ruggles' son was riding his pony when-whap!-he and the animal were jolted, apparently by electrical charges in the metallic parts of the bridle and stirrups. A housewife in Lucasville turned on the tap to do the dishes-and zap...