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Laugh, that is, with an uneasy edge. Comedy was about to break off from its '60s emphasis on topical humor (exemplified, in varying levels of toxicity, by Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce and Johnny Carson). Young comics of the '70s were as suspicious of Vietnam humor as they were of mother-in-law jokes. Their stuff was apolitical--but radical. It challenged the very notion of making people laugh. When Albert Brooks impersonated a mime so inept he must describe his movements, or Andy Kaufman turned on a plastic record player and lip-synched to the Mighty Mouse theme song...
...recalling the '60s and '70s, Martin writes revealingly of his sex life (busy) and his drug life (not so much). But the most poignant passages touch on his estrangement from his father and their reconciliation at the elder man's deathbed. "When I published that part in the New Yorker," Martin says, "I got a great letter from a woman. She said, 'I read your article about your father, and I gave it to my husband, and he read it and didn't say anything. And then he said to me, What's our son's phone number...
...notorious chief ideologist of the Soviet Communist Party. The new product strategy involved grouping all Nestle products under six global brands, including Nescafe, Nestea and Nestle itself. Once it was launched, Brabeck grew restless and asked to be sent back into the field. Maucher was then in his mid-60s and close to retirement. Brabeck technically reported to the chief operating officer, who was widely expected to become the new CEO. Maucher asked Brabeck bluntly, "What is it you truly want?" Brabeck's reply: "The chair you're sitting in." Several months later, Maucher announced that Brabeck would succeed...
...there any social or political parallels between the '60s and today? -Daniel Kolich, Aliquippa, Pa. There's no linear view of the '60s. There's no consensus. When I wrote The Greatest Generation there was a common idea of what that generation was all about. You mention the'60s and you start an argument...
...attractive but unthreatening men. Hosts constantly clean up the table, make drinks and refill glasses, light cigarettes and pamper clients. It's an inversion of the traditional ginza hostess venue, i.e. a gentleman's club without striptease or lap dancing. And it's not cheap. A bottle of '60s-vintage Dom Perignon goes for $10,000, and a few hours of non-sexual entertainment costs some of the more addicted customers as much as $100,000 a month...