Kermit the frog dressed as a fast-talking agent sits on Leonard Winesop's desk. Leonard Winesop, played by John Landis, is a Broadway producer for the Winesop Theatrical Agency in The Muppets Take Manhattan. Targeted by Kermit (disguised as a boffo-socko agent), he listens to the frog's pitch for Manhattan Melodies, but refuses to even give it a read.
Read Trend Watch: Trump: 'Every Rally is Boffo' - 10/19/2020 (Merriam-Webster)

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As an expert on the word boffo, I can guarantee that nothing about Trump or anything related to him could be described as such. Biden and democracy on the other hand: boffo and socko.

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Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

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