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...d by Late Show). We're hipper than we think.
"Maybe we are a strong 'trend' market and nobody knows it," says 12's Greening, noting that Phoenix had the nation's best numbers for during one ratings period last winter.
"I think the makeup of the market fits the Letterman kind of humor," adds Bergamo. "You know, he's from Indiana, he's got the kind of Peck'...
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...rizonans are too ignorant and afraid to consider change. Can you, for example, think of any other state that would consider Evan Mecham a serious candidate for anything other than ?
But the secret to McCain's success to date is that he worships the one true God worshiped by the established churches: money. I leave out the Mormons not with any intent to offe...
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...ory of popular culture in this country over the past 40 years," says Cohen, talking by telephone from Santa Rosa, California, where he is a realtor. "Without Mad, you wouldn't see , comic strips such as Doonesbury, and many of the comedians we see today. It was a radical publication, no question."
Of course, this legion of loonies-come-lately has considerab...
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...in the Lincoln room of the White House with President George Bush.
Limbaugh loftily revealed that he and the president sat together chuckling while watching television tapes of a takeoff on none other than H. Ross Perot.
Nothing remains a secret if Limbaugh blurts it out to his audience, even if it isn't quite the 12 million of which he boasts.
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...er shows featured Roger, a one-eyed monster who turned out to be very friendly to everyone in Puppetland.)
During the second episode, Captain Carl, a character portrayed by 's Phil Hartman, told Pee-wee, "There's a real twisted side to you," to which Pee-wee replied, "Thank you."
Other clues to future behavior? How about the time that Pee-wee an...
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...s the FBI's story of the arrest at the transmission tower emerged, the defense attorneys adopted a strategy that was a variation on Dana Carvey's character, the Church Lady, from : "Well, isn't he special, Special Agent Michael Roof?"
The skepticism directed at the FBI by the defense attorneys began with the description by Special Agent Roof of the arrest....
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...de left Arizona State University at age twenty to chase a career in standup comedy. And he recently has been anointed by two of popular culture's most powerful talismans--first by , where he's a staff writer and occasional performer, and now by Rolling Stone magazine. Spade's featured in the magazine's May 16 "Hot" issue beside the likes of actress Winona R...
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...ust do what we do."
Whatever "it" is, works: Tours now include larger, less boozy venues, and the band's success has garnered it trips to Europe and Japan and guest shots on and The Tonight Show.
And, denials of stardom notwithstanding, Timmons is quite aware of her contribution to the Cowboy Junkies' accomplishments.
"Overall, I like what...
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...oodward and Bernstein.
Yes, it is true that most newsrooms are still owned by people who find Bob Hope funny. National Lampoon, the Smothers Brothers, Laugh-In, Monty Python, , David Letterman, Lake Wobegon, Spy magazine, the entire Rose Bowl Parade of modern humor marched past American journalism producing but one single applauding spectator, Dave B...
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...ndred-dollar-bill-smoking rock 'n' roll manager.
Considering the yucks quotient of all the evidence at hand, you might expect the guys in Warrant to be in reality a bunch of alumni in disguise. A "Wayne's World" sketch gone Blues Brothers big-time.
But peek under those ridiculously long locks of teased-out hair and you'll merely find still more ...
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...eive each week. But it's almost a certainty that in one night she'll receive more exposure than she did during her five years at Channel 10. (The show, which will be seen opposite in most of the 150 markets, will premiere locally on Channel 3, September 16 at 11 p.m.)
"Believe me, when I made the decision to do Playboy, it wasn't a case of `Well, I'll...
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...ded live in Europe and earned her a Grammy in 1982. The next year, Francis Ford Coppola heard her at a private party and invited her to appear in his film Rumble Fish. She was on about two years ago (she remembers it well--Pee-wee Herman was the host), and last year she appeared on Austin City Limits as part of an accordion celebration, along with Ponty Bo...
