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...rumors about a takeover of CBS last week were turned into prime-time fare, the cast would ensure boffo ratings. Here is Ted Turner, the mustachioed buccaneer of the cable airwaves whose passion is to call another network his own. There is Ivan Boesky, a Wall Street wizard who spends millions to make millions. And don't forget Jesse Helms, the conservative North Carolina Senator who has suggested to his constituents that it would be nice if they were Dan Rather's boss...
When the Republicans gather in Dallas next week for their national convention, they will have a gleaming set, a boffo headliner and a friendly audience in the hall. But then the plot thins. For the first time since 1972, neither spot on the ticket needs to be filled. There are no renegades challenging the incumbent, no festering party feuds. The few philosophical conflicts that do exist are subterranean, more likely to be peaceably resolved in the dim light of back rooms than in the glare of prime time. So confident is President Reagan of a congenial coronation that he will...
Three new movies hope to match the boffo Police Academy
...suddenly the proletariat turns industrious. Some steal bricks to complete the lakeside cottage, others "borrow" pipes for a private plumbing job or barter for extra gasoline to make a weekend excursion. Released in 1978, the film drew packed houses in theaters across the country during its run. The boffo business was not surprising in a country where the most popular maxim among workers remains "If you aren't cheating, then you are cheating your own family...
Producer-Director Hal Prince attributes Broadway's boffo box office to "a very few very big hit musicals. The moneymen tend to become cautious when they see how huge the profit is with those shows ?and how big a gamble trying anything else is." Producer Alexander H. Cohen puts it another way: "Broadway is too successful. Hit shows are running longer, and there are fewer theaters available than in the past. That makes for a major booking squeeze. With space at a premium, the theater owners may soon be closing shows that are making a profit in order...