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...seems to be common among the cleverest politicians in all democratic countries to grossly underestimate the good sense of the electorate [ELECTION REPORT, Nov. 16]. After the elections proved this homily once again, the U.S. Congress would be well advised to revise its judicial system so that a 34-year-old woman cannot sue a middle-aged man for a million dollars in damages just because she was confronted by him. HANSJORG CZINGLAR Innsbruck, Austria
...What is the Cleverest Band in the World?" According to the Harvard Lampoon web site yesterday, it is the Columbia University Marching Band (CUMB...
...Show and Andy Kaufman-reincarnation Andy Dick have hyped but two much simpler comedic forms: characters and physical gags--the two forms that TV houses most comfortably. Cable has created an endless number of Comedy Central-ready troupes: there are 50 sketch groups in Toronto alone. The cleverest of them, like L.A.'s sketch-comedy and a capella troupe the But Franklies, try to expand the genre. The rest are busy perfecting Limp...
...snakes and outrun emus. Even those who don't like animals--in fact, especially those who dislike animals--can enjoy Emergency Vets, a cinema-verite take on a Denver veterinary office. Rover and his owner dealing with a run-over paw make great TV. And perhaps the network's cleverest idea of all is The Pet Shop, a talk show with pet jokes in the monologue, pet skits and celebrities who are interviewed with their pets. Animal Planet does feature too much new Lassie and Flipper, but the rest of the original programming demonstrates how broadly appealing a special-interest...
...Carter has turned this complex talk show into an action movie, with lots of running and falling and hauling, from North Texas to the Antarctic. It's as if the cleverest grind in class were told he had to retake P.E. before he could graduate. And that's too bad--enough to turn an X-phile into an ex-phile...