Prime Time
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE: Burt Reynolds, generally thought of as that nice guy who makes those lousy movies, is currently in danger of losing his grip on the 'nice guy' part— incensed by the failure of critics to properly appreciate such efforts as Cannonball Run and Stroker Ace (The Man Who Loved Women checked in with mixed reviews before bombing at the b.o.), he's taken to spicing up his interviews by doing a 'devastating' imitation of Entertainment Tonight's resident film-crit Leonard Maltin, highlighted by a prissy-faced reading of Maltin's tagline 'On my scale of one through ten I'm giving it a_____________.'
July 1, 1984