Word: bernard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Asked why his cartoons appeal to intellectuals when egg-heads such as Bernard are "losers" while "body-men" like Huey are successful, Feiffer stated that Huey is really a "primitive intellectual." "Huey knows through his bones," Feiffer explained." He has the right instincts, a sense of balance; and he knows who he is. Huey has no trouble getting girls. He really exists: I've seen him at parties...
...critic with a political resilience is to be celebrated as such, his success rests on the funny universality of his hip urban characters. Surely they seem a trifle more familiar if you come from New York City, but no-one can miss the essence of humor and truth in Bernard's monologue...
...Sometimes I wish I were a dictator ... A ruler, a strong man, a titan ... With a ruthless grasp on power and an iron grip on the helm of government ... But loved ... The law is my law the people are my people, whomever I conquer remains conquered. Premier Bernard, King Bernard, Czar Bernard ... Boy ... Then Could I meet girls...
Much has been made of the man's shyness, and the temptation to turn him into Bernard Mergendeiler, his own soft-spoken hero, has been over-indulged. A tall, thin New Yorker, Jules Feiffer is both handsome and owlish; in his self-sketches he gives himself credit for more hair than he has. In Bernard, he allows himself more naivete; he is, after all, a satirist. His ear is sensitive to cliches and synopsized attitudes, which he manages to avoid successfully...
...budget--an increase of about $500,000 over last year--was approved without a dissenting vote. The motion on the Inner Belt was introduced by Councillor Bernard Goldberg, who said that it was imperative that the Council make its opinions known to the authorities responsible for selecting a route for the expressway...