It was great theatre from a television standpoint, but when the field keeps getting halved each day, that's tough for a tournament director who's trying to sell tickets.

It had to happen. It's the sign of the times. It's the victim of the inexorable march of costs vs. benefits.

My first job was a musical, and I had quite an interesting and varied career in the theatre and television long before the Gold Blend ad came along. I played leads at the National Theatre and all things. The Gold Blend ad gave me a profile which meant that when I wanted to travel to Hollywood, it just gave me a foot in the door - I was a recognizable face.

Let a single complete action, in one place and one day, keep the theatre packed to the last.

The young watch television twenty-four hours a day, they don't read and they rarely listen. This incessant bombardment of images has developed a hypertrophied eye condition that's turning them into a race of mutants. They should pass a law for a total reeducation of the young, making children visit the Galleria Borgese on a daily basis.

Day after day on television, Mr. Bush comes on and goes after [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein,