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Billy's playing it for kicks.


Superstar Billy Crystal has come a long way from his role as a camp ventriloquist in the zany TV show Soap.

He's he's  

1. Contraction of he is: He's going to school today.

2. Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum.
 now one of Holly-wood's hottest properties.

And he lists actor, writer, producer and stand-up stand·up or stand-up  
adj.
1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar.

2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar.
 comedian among his many talents.

Among his screen hits are When Harry Met Sally and Forget Paris.

Tonight, he appears in The Legend of Curly's Gold, the Western sequel to the hit City Slickers.

It's it's  

1. Contraction of it is.

2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.


it's it is or it has
it's be ~have
 a comedy - but Billy wasn't was·n't  

Contraction of was not.


wasn't was not
wasn't be
 laughing halfway through filming.

He needed surgery after being trampled half to death by a herd of stampeding mules. And to think this was the same man who once said: "I get a KICK out of doing my own stunts"!

Afterwards af·ter·ward   also af·ter·wards
adv.
At a later time; subsequently.


afterwards or afterward
Adverb

later [Old English æfterweard]

Adv. 1.
, Billy joked: "My family weren't too worried. They talked me into doing the scene... after checking my will!"

Despite being 48, Billy still makes the ladies go weak at the knees.

But he's known in the business as a one-woman man.

He and wife Janice have been married for 26 years and have two grown- up daughters. And he's not interested in anyone else.

Billy's always made that Crystal clear!

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Title Annotation:Features
Author:Robinson, Scott
Publication:Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Aug 11, 1996
Words:190
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