Show Business: Sweathog Heartthrob

The matinee audience for Bus Stop at the Lakewood, Me., summer theater consisted mostly of thick-thighed teenagers with braces on their teeth. For the first 20 minutes of the play they sat clutching each other, ecstatic with anticipation. Then the star of the show loped onstage, wearing skintight jeans and a white sombrero. "My name is Bo Decker and I'm 21 years old," he cried. "Everywhere I go I got all the women." The audience squealed.

The actor's name is John Travolta. He is 22, and seems to be the successor to David Cassidy...

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