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...that made him more receptive to some of the era's most groundbreaking new talent. George Carlin and Richard Pryor were little-known stand-up comics performing in the folk and jazz clubs of Greenwich Village in 1965 when scouts from Griffin's show discovered them just weeks apart and booked them on the show. Griffin gave both of them multi-show contracts and had them on regularly for the next year, giving them their first sustained TV exposure and a major boost to their careers. Pryor was a particular favorite. "Our own little Richie Pryor," Griffin would announce...
...fodder for morning radio contests and celebrity death pools, and has even given rise to a number of websites that allow you to ascertain whether your favorite star or minor celebrity has kicked the bucket or is simply living out the rest of his or her life in obscurity. Apart from our fascination with the morbid, Internet searches on dead vs. living celebrities give us insight into the half-life of fame, as well as what drives the popularity of stars who are no longer with...
...Boyhood As the father of a 7-month-old, I read with keen interest your cover story "The Myth About Boys" [Aug. 6]. In our digitized, globalized 21st century society, we value orderliness and predictability. Yet boys are all about disorder: digging in the dirt, scuffed knees, taking apart Dad's favorite portable radio to "see how it works," learning the rules and etiquette of street basketball. As the article points out, boys learn best by doing. The inevitable bits of temporary pain that occur through mistakes and failures forge the common sense and confidence that allow young boys...
...There was a time when most boys had a good role model in their father, who was the provider and protector of the family, a role that sat well with the male disposition as it has been formed over countless millennia. Then came feminism, and the claim that apart from some bodily plumbing, males and females were interchangeable, both equally suited for any role in life. As men became more emasculated, boys became more confused. The education system too shifted toward favoring girls and feminist culture, until girls were doing better in school than boys. Fortunately, enough boys seem...
...Iraq and the role of the military. Though most of the party's newer representatives in the Upper House side with Ozawa on Iraq, there's a hawkish faction within the DPJ that supports military action abroad. Should Ozawa push too hard, he could see his fragile party fall apart. At the same time, the DPJ needs to prove to a still skeptical Japanese public that it's capable of governing, not just opposing. Playing politics with the nation's military isn't the best way to do that. "The Iraq issue is not just about the [military] presence...