perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (10/07/83)
In spite of the few good things mentionned about AK, I find him a
singularly unfunny TV object and strongly suspect that he was
dreamed up by Fred Silverman as an alternative in case tits failed
to arouse the viewing public. Luckily (?) tits still work better
than poorly directed abuse. [ Aside for net.women.only types: tits
is exactly what Silverman sells, not TV, not sit-coms, not breasts.
Just tits and a little jiggle. I calls 'em like I sees 'em]
Another aside: Anyone else out there remember the real-time vote the
cast of Saturday Night Live took to try and get AK and his
wrestling restored to TV. My recollection is that the vote was
whether or not to allow AK on SNL after a producer had cancelled
his guest-host slot at the last moment. The vote was by dialing
one of 2 (900) numbers (one for Yes and one for No to explain for
you AK fans and other recent lobotomy patients). There is a $.25
charge per call to try and forstall excessive ballot box stuffing.
The entire SNL cast plugged FOR AK all show. And the vote still
went against AK. I seem to recall 2-1 but I don't guarantee that.
Good taste sometimes survives even in SNL audiences.
Down with Latka. Up with TAXI. All those who feel AK is responsible
for the cancelling of TAXI stand up and be counted. (Or mail me; I
have a counting program somewhere.)
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