side n.— «In my hand are what we in show business refer to as today’s “sides”—the pages of a script to be performed and filmed that day.» —“The Peter principle, revisited” by Chuck Stephens San Francisco Bay Guardian (California) Mar., 2004...
flip the script
v. phr.— «Now flip the tape and watch Scarface flip the script onna song called “Raise Up,” which once again was misnamed…it should’ve been “Raise Up Bitch.”» —“HV004” Usenet: alt.rap Apr. 3, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
school night n.— «Julia credits Richard for sending the script, which was “intriguing enough for me to stay up late on a school night—it was charming and very funny.”» —“The Great Life” by George Christy Hollywood Reporter July 30, 1999. (source:...
chicken-in-the-basket circuit n.— «the set and costumes are reminiscent of the troughs of Glitter’s career when he played the chicken-in-the-basket circuit—although I’m sure he never appeared at La Rue’s Codpiece, Didcot, as the script suggests...
heart-sink n.— «Imagine the heart-sink that comes to an adult star when he receives the script and finds himself teamed for scene after scene with Deanna Durgin or Freddie Bartholomew.» —“In Hollywood” by Jimmy Fiddler Washington Post Mar. 10, 1937...
Bono n.— «“a Bono”: a place in the script that, no matter what joke you put there, it fails. Sonny Bono once opened a restaraunt up near the studios, called, of course, “Bono’s.” It failed, quickly. That’s unremarkable. But then, every restaraunt...