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...cups of popcorn have fewer than a medium-size apple. The American Dental Association recommends sugar-free popcorn for snacking. The Illinois division of the American Cancer Society praises popcorn as one of the "eleven things that don't cause cancer." (Among the others: a good laugh, exercise, fruit and vegetables.) Says James Fowler of American Pop Corn Co., Sioux City, Iowa: "If you had asked a lady a few years ago whether she ate popcorn, she'd have told you, 'No, it's too fattening.' Ask the same lady today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Familiar Munch Goes Gourmet | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...very little comedy, a great many mannerisms, and none of the sentiment that Noel Coward used to employ to make things come right at the final curtain. Betrayal must be understood, then, as a critique of a theatrical style and of unthinking audiences who have been having an amoral laugh and a tickle with it for years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Theater Game | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...although The Marriage makes no pretensions to be more than a simple comedy, it won't bore those who have graduated from fairy tale. The play is genuinely funny; the humor never drags, and only one or two bad puns seem more deserving of a groan than a laugh. There may be much to explain, but there's plenty to enjoy...

Author: By Margaret Gruarize, | Title: Match-Making | 3/3/1983 | See Source »

...really the team character, Vicki really does her own thing: she does whatever she want to. And that's what's so great: she's so remarkable at getting people to laugh and respond to her" --Alex Lightfoot...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: ALEX LIGHTFOOT and VICKI PALMER | 2/26/1983 | See Source »

...early teens Moore learned how to win affection, and the lesson has dominated his life: people like to laugh, and they love those who can make them do so. Having discovered that vintage truth, he became the class clown. Says he: "I think it's every comedian's story." He was developing another crowd-pleasing talent as well; he was a fine pianist who concocted melodies easily. He vaulted over the class barrier by winning a scholarship in music to Oxford; by the time he left with two degrees in 1958, he was an accomplished Garner-style jazzman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Cuddly Dudley, the Wee Wonder | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

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