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...electrical current machine which is utterly useless, and he works it on Miss Stanley to prove that her illness has a mental cause. The instrument is an elongated vibrator, and when Freud applies it to the painful area, Elizabeth's thigh, she squeals something like, "It feels good ... ooh ... more, more." I don't know how psychological this is supposed to be, but it's pretty weird, let me tell...
...Ooh." Strike-out or home run, Rocky Colavito earns his $30,000 by playing with a flair that stirs delight up in the stands. After one of his flat-trajectory throws from rightfield, the "ooh!" lingers for drawn-out seconds. And when Rocky hits the long one and starts his languorous lope around the bases ("Rocky runs around after hitting a homer like he was still tasting it," says a sportscaster), the cheers follow him into the dugout...
...Turgenev and Chekhov, the Soviet writers are still modestly working in the same vein of common humanity and still echo the old wonder of life, as when an aged wanderer in Loaf Sugar sighs: "It's a pity to die, to go away from people's kindness. Ooh, what a pity it is! When I look at the forests, and the clear water, and the children and the grasses, I just haven't got the strength...
...Ooh, Bang (Doris Day; Columbia). Clean-cut Doris seems to have gotten in over her head here. Why do some girls like some men? Answers Doris: "Some are charmin', and some have looks./Some have money and some read books/but my guy, he's got so much Ooh Bang, Jiggly jang . . . [clang, clang...
...Ooh That Kiss (Peggy Lee; Decca). The incomparable Peggy, in another of her very special arrangements. Kiss, an oldtime cutie-cute number, gets a Latin cha cha cha treatment and blossoms into sheer fantasy. "What is love but a helpin' of an angel cake," croons Peggy, and an insolent flute and a clanking rhythm section confirm the sentiment...