Q: CHAPTER XXVIII

TWO OF THEM

When Tommy started impulsively on what proved to be his only Continental trip he had expected to join Mrs. Jerry and her stepdaughter at Bad-Platten. They had been there for a fortnight, and "the place is a dream," Mrs. Jerry had said in the letter pressing him to come; but it was at St. Gian that she met the diligence and told him to descend. Bad-Platten, she explained, was a horror.

Her fuller explanation was that she was becoming known there as the round lady.

"Now, am I as round as all that?" she said plaintively to Tommy.

"Mrs. Jerry," he replied, with emotion, "you must not ask me what I think of you." He always treated her with extraordinary respect and chivalry now, and it awed her.

She had looked too, too round because she was in the company of Lady Pippinworth. Everyone seemed to be too round or too large by the side of that gifted lady, who somehow never looked too thin. She knew her power. When there were women in the room whom she disliked she merely went and stood beside them. In the gyrations of the dance the onlooker would momentarily lose sight of her; she came and went like a blinking candle. Men could not dance with her without its being said that they were getting stout. There is nothing they dislike so much, yet they did dance with her. Tommy, having some slight reason, was particularly sensitive about references to his figure, yet it was Lady Pippinworth who had drawn him to Switzerland. What was her strange attraction?

Answer the following questions:
1. What place is a dream?
2. Who had said this?
3. to whom?
4. Were they to meet up?
5. Did she change her mind?
6. why?
7. why did she think so?
8. Who was with Mrs. Jerry?
9. was she round also?
10. Was she very thin?
11. How did Tommy feel about Mrs. Jerry?
12. how did she feel about this?
13. What was her step daughter's name?
14. Where men attracted to her?
15. What happened to them when they danced with her?
16. Did they like this?
17. Who brought Tommy to Switzerland?
18. Was Tommy sensitve about his figure?
19. How did Mrs. James communicate with Tommy?
20. Did she ask Tommy about her roundness?
A: 1. Bad-Platten
2. Mrs. Jerry
3. Tommy
4. yes
5. Yes
6. Bad-Platten was a horror.
7. She was becoming known as the round lady.
8. Her stepdaughter
9. No
10. She never looked to thin.
11. He always treated her with respect and chivalry
12. it awed her.
13. Lady Pippinworth.
14. Yes
15. People said they were getting stout.
16. yes.
17. Lady Pippenworth drew him there.
18. Yes
19. By letter.
20. Yes.
Q: Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York in 1905 as a weekly; in 1933 it added Daily Variety, based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry; in 1998 it brought out Daily Variety Gotham, based in New York. Variety.com features breaking entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and more, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. The last daily printed edition was put out on March 19, 2013. "Variety" originally reported on theater and vaudeville.

"Variety" has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City.

On January 19, 1907, "Variety" published what is considered the first film review in history.

In 1933, Sime Silverman launched "Daily Variety", based in Hollywood.

Sime Silverman had passed on the editorship of the "Weekly Variety" to Abel Green as his replacement in 1931; he remained as publisher until his death in 1933 soon after launching the Daily. His son Sidne Silverman (19011950), known as "Skigie", succeeded him as publisher of both publications. Both Sidne and his wife, stage actress Marie Saxon (19051942), died of tuberculosis. Their only son Syd Silverman (1932-2017), was the sole heir to what was then Variety Inc. Young Syd's legal guardian Harold Erichs oversaw Variety Inc. until 1956. After that date Syd Silverman was publisher of both the "Weekly Variety" in New York and the "Daily Variety" in Hollywood, until the sale of both papers in 1987 to the Cahners Corp. In L.A. the Daily was edited by Tom Pryor from 1959 until 1988.

Answer the following questions:
1. when was Daily Variety launched?
2. by who?
3. where was it based?
4. What is variety?
5. is it also a website?
6. who owns it?
7. When did Variety put out the first film review?
8. Who founded variety?
9. When was Tom Pryor editor?
10. Who became editor of Weekly after Silverman?
11. When did Green replace him?
12. how long did he remain publisher?
A: 1. 1905
2. Sime Silverman
3. New York
4. a weekly American entertainment trade magazine
5. Yes
6. Penske Media Corporation
7. 1933
8. Sime Silverman
9. 1959 until 1988.
10. Harold Erichs
11. 1931
12. 1933
Q: (CNN) -- Jack Klugman, best known as messy sports writer Oscar Madison in TV's "The Odd Couple," died Monday at his California home, his son Adam said. He was 90.

His lawyer, Larry Larson, said he died at his house in Northridge, just north of Los Angeles, with his wife by his side.

Veteran actor William Shatner tweeted: "Condolences go out to the family of Jack Klugman. An extraordinary and talented man. He will be missed."

Klugman, who won two Emmys for his role in the early 1970s sitcom, also starred in "Quincy, M.E." as medical examiner Dr. R. Quincy from 1976 to 1983.

He told Larry King in 2001 that he played Madison on Broadway before the TV show debuted.

"So when (executive producer) Garry Marshall called me, I thought he'd seen me do it on Broadway and that's why he wanted me. He said, 'No, I never saw you.' I said, 'So why did you want me?' He said, 'Well, I saw you in 'Gypsy,' and Ethel Merman was singing to you, and she was spitting all over you.' "

Marshall continued, Klugman said: " 'You know, that's a good actor, he's not showing that she's spitting all over him.' That's why he hired me."

The show, based on a Neil Simon play, was the hilarious story of two recently divorced men who became mismatched roommates. Madison was the gruff, wisecracking slob. Felix Unger, played by the late Tony Randall, was the neurotic neat freak who was a professional photographer.

Answer the following questions:
1. What awards did Jack Klugman win?
2. What did he win for?
3. Which role was he best known for?
4. Who played his roommate in the show?
5. Why was he hired for the show?
6. Was the tv show the first time he played the role of Oscar Madison?
7. When or where did he play it before?
8. Who wrote the Broadway play?
9. Who did Jack die in the company of?
10. Who tweeted their sympathies?
A:
1. Emmys.
2. His role in an early 1970's sitcom.
3. Oscar Madison.
4. Tony Randall.
5. Garry Marshall saw him perfrom in 'Gypsy'.
6. No.
7. On broadway.
8. Neil Simon.
9. His wife.
10. William Shatner.