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January 2, 1984
THE MOST OF 1983
Longest Goodbye; The 2 1/2-hour final episode of M*A*S*H*, telecast
by CBS last February to unprecedented ratings, and followed by the
Fastest Return: After MASH, unveiled just seven months later.
Most Enchanted Evening: Sept. 29, when A Chorus Line became the
longest-running show on Broadway and Director Michael Bennett restaged
his musical as a dazzling class reunion of 330 dancing alumni. Is A
Chorus Line the best-ever Broadway musical? No. But that night it
was.
Least Enchanted Ten Weeks: The Broadway revival of Private Lives, in
which Resistible Force Richard Burton met Immovable Object Elizabeth
Taylor, and the play sank in a wave of critical catcalls.
Sexiest Secret Agent: Sean Connery, who returned to play 007 in Never
Say Never Again and easily beat Mannequin Roger Moore (Octopussy) in
the battle of the Bonds.
Squeakiest Door: The homosexuality closet on Broadway, which was
vividly pried open with the Tony-winning Torch Song Trilogy and the
hit musical La Cage aux Folles.
Saddest Alien: E.T., who found that being box-office champ could not
keep him (and his creator steven Spielberg) from getting trampled in
the Oscar race by Gandhi.
Happiest Aliens: The extraterrestrials who populated Return of the
Jedi, the Star Ward sequel that took in almost $300 million at the
motive theaters in its first six months.
Longest War: ABC's 18-hour The Winds of . . . brought Herman Wouk and
a platoon of stars to prime time and proved that, with a $40 million
budget and $35 million worth of on-air promotion, a mini-series can
still snag record numbers of viewers.
Most Versatile Talent: Playwright-Actor Sam Shepard, who scored off-
Broadway with his dynamo dramas True West and Fool for Love, and on-
screen as the sexy incarnation of Test Pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right
Stuff.
Highest Rebound: Bette Midler, who stormed back from a jinxed movie
career to recover her standing as Ms. Show Biz with as 50-city concert
tour, a cable-TV special, a new album, and a bestselling book, The
Saga of Baby Divine.