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...behavior problem," Gaines told Maria Reidelbach, author of Completely Mad, "a nonconformist, a difficult child." What a surprise. Yet Gaines was born and raised (in New York City, of course) to be precisely who he became. His father had been a comic-book publisher in the '30s, and when young Bill took over the company after the war, he turned to lurid fun, producing a line of successful gore-and-monster comics that 1) subsidized less profitable publications in his stable, 2) inspired and influenced future horrauteurs from Stephen King to Wes Craven and George Romero, and 3) were...
...happens that Lovett, 34, is a gentle Texan who dedicated his first album to "Mom and Dad." His songs abound in comic irony: I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You, She's No Lady (She's My Wife) and the antic, bluesy Here I Am, which won this country singer a 1989 Grammy. The wit, merging Larry Gatlin's folksy humor with Randy Newman's city sickness, cued you that Lovett was not to be mistaken for the losers in his Lone Star gothic laments...
With a well-chosen mix of film clips and interviews, the program takes us back to the ancient 1950s, when virtually the only blacks on TV were comic stereotypes: Amos 'n' Andy, Beulah and the occasional bumbling menial. "There's no room for prejudice in our profession," Milton Berle tells Danny Thomas in a snippet from Berle's old Texaco Star Theater. But of the black stars of the '50s who had their own variety shows, only Nat King Cole lasted a full season, and he was canceled thereafter when he could not find sponsors...
...lose the kid), but his heart is in the right place (he feels terrible about it). When Homer loses his job at the nuclear power plant, Marge tells the kids they will have to pitch in to help save money. Bart volunteers to skip baths and read his comic books in the store rather than buy them. Talk about family spirit...
Obviously they are made for each other, class distinctions be damned. And the two actors (who are married in real life) are awfully good together. He's stubborn, hot tempered and a survivor; she's all high spirits and willfulness, and they both know how to find the comic side of those traits, because, starry glamour aside, they are resourceful actors. Determined to avoid an arranged marriage to Stephen (Thomas Gibson), the very steward who is the source of Joseph's troubles, Shannon runs away to America, taking Joseph along as her servant...