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Omni – Flipper, Washed Up

Omni – Flipper, Washed Up

This was Terry’s favorite, profiling has-been animal actor Flipper — now a joke in the Hollywood community. He anticipated Bojack Horseman by 25 years.

Omni – The Immortal Bud Carter

Omni – The Immortal Bud Carter

“I want to do all the old-people things I see on TV. I want to be set in my ways. I want to repeat myself a lot. Old age is wasted on the elderly.”

Omni – The Wrong Stuff

Omni – The Wrong Stuff

“He possesses that elusive, nameless substance that no one talks about, thinks about, or even thinks about talking about. He has a major helping of the wrong stuff.”

Omni – Whale Hating

Omni – Whale Hating

One of Terry’s favorite opening sentences: “Sitting there, bound to a crude wooden chair by leather straps, I began to question the career choice I had made so many years before.”

Omni – Lovesickness

Omni – Lovesickness

“Deane suffered from an affliction more common than measles, more deadly than bubonic plague, more stupefying than a subscription to Reader’s Digest. Deane was in love.”

Omni – Lost Shopping Mall of Gold

Omni – Lost Shopping Mall of Gold

“Here we have evidence that centuries before we ever thought of such things, the Mayans had built this mall, conveniently located and with plenty of free parking.”