Comedy offers a dual advantage that genres like reality and drama do not: a cheaper price tag and the ability to repeat in syndication. (The genre's stand-alone 30-minute episodes--22 minutes without commercials--seem almost tailor-made for the otherwise distracting pre-dinner or pre-bed syndication blocks.) Though the latter is hardly the lucrative revenue stream it once was due to increased entertainment options, ailing advertisers and narrower fare, it can still deliver many millions--in some cases billions.
Costolo won the audience over by sprinkling deadpan gags and self-deprecating humor into the pre-dinner interview.
After a pre-dinner champagne toast, guests climb the light tower to see San Francisco's skyline.
The Chamber sponsors a pre-dinner reception at the Marriott Wardman Park and then a "dessert extravaganza" after.
Deciding to take a little pre-dinner nap, we clicked on "Wake-up call" and ordered one for 5:15 p.m.
Some questioned the wisdom of serving Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters as pre-dinner cocktails.
It is intended to stand alone as a pre-dinner drink or after-dinner digestif.
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Flower bouquets are on the counters and tabletops and the communal tables facing the open kitchen fill up fast for pre-dinner cocktails.
Otherwise-sane people check their smartphones obsessively, even during pre-dinner drinks, and send e-mails first thing in the morning and last thing at night.
Viscous and a tad sweet, the drink skews a bit toward the desserty side like a liquid version of banana bread pudding but no one's going to scoff if you have one pre-dinner.
Downstairs in the Emerald, the lounge hops with a see-and-be-seen crowd who congregate for pre-dinner craft cocktails and small plates (think fish tacos and duck spring rolls), then dancing and mingling in the later evening hours.
Jones said that at the CBC foundation's fundraiser two months ago, he saw the Salahis at the pre-dinner reception, and later in the evening was informed that the couple was seated at a table without tickets.
If you are in town on Sunday, go for the four-course pre-fixe dinner that includes roasted suckling pig.
When Europe's leaders gathered for a pre-summit dinner 10 days later, Mr. Trichet was still angry.
They commemorate the holiday, offer some pre-Thanksgiving dinner exercise and often raise money for a charity or non-profit.
For more than 15 years he has insisted that his employees attend a pre-party pizza dinner.
Last year, 8, 000 people volunteered as part of the marathon, 4, 500 pounds of pasta were served at the pre-race pasta dinner, 32, 040 gallons of Gatorade were handed out, and 62, 370 gallons of Poland Spring Water was made available to runners who splashed it on their faces while throwing 2.3 million cups on the ground.
For dinner, have your table pre-booked at top fish restaurant Poseidon in the fashionable district of Bebek so the yacht can drop you off at the door.
Investigators believe Freudenberg engaged in an extensive text conversation with a colleague about dinner plans while he was conducting mandatory pre-flight checks of his helicopter.
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