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Besides the techno music thumping throughout the Olympic snowboard-cross venue and the mindless banter of the public-address announcers ("Why do the Swiss fans have bigger cowbells?" "Because there are bigger cows in Switzerland"), the other sound one kept hearing on Tuesday afternoon was a collective, anguished "Ooooohhhhh...
...Like most fans, however, I'll never understand all the Lutz and Salchow lingo that the commentators banter about during the performances. Plus, the subjective scoring system that determines the winners and losers is frustrating. How do we know what's really going on? To those fans who have invested their time studying all the tricks and deciphering how the judges compile points, you have my eternal admiration. But when I watch sports, I like to avoid the urge to ram my head against a rink. (See the 10 worst figure skating costumes...
...hour show, Beck and O'Reilly finally appeared together to banter lightly. Audience members ranged from 30-somethings to retirees. Steve Davio, 55, a scientist from the Rochester area, watches The O'Reilly Factor nearly every night. The current "progressive agenda, [with] each incremental step, takes us further and further from an America of self-reliance, land of the free and the home of the brave," he says. "It makes us the land of the weak and the home of the helpless...
...function in the film is to provide a running commentary on Parker's cartoonishly tense career gal. ("A week ago," he tells his Wyoming hosts, after Meryl proves her mettle with firearms, "she was basically Amish.") Grant can't do much with the rest of the movie's banter, long mothballed in the Museum of Old Jokes. One bit comes from the Jack Benny Gagbook, circa 1937. FBI agent to Meryl: "Would you rather live somewhere else than die in New York?" Meryl: - long pause - "I'm thinking...
...real pleasure of “Grease,” though, comes from watching the greasers and the Pink Ladies. Although their scenes mainly offer comic relief, their banter is energetic and perfectly timed. The interaction between these characters has the power to induce nostalgia in those who might otherwise look back on their high school days with nothing less than disdain. Every speaking character has practiced and acquired what one imagines to be the accent of the 1950s. And although no one should expect “Grease” to be historically accurate, such flourishes are appreciated...