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Often the creators choose to take a sweetly mocking approach to the classic iconography, such as in “Batman Smells” written by “The King of Queens” vet Patton Oswalt and drawn by Bob Fingerman. The story elucidates a possible scenario behind the familiar rhyme “Jingle bells/ Batman smells/ Robin laid an egg/ Batmobile lost its wheel/ Joker got away.” The pleasure of this story is that it is funny, original, and totally accessible for younger audiences and non-readers, while still filled with familiarities...
...advice of most strategists was, Say nothing, and if you must say something, be neutral or at least soothing. Only California Republican Bob Dornan, who has nothing to lose, was brazen: "I think it was a racist decision." Pat Buchanan, the candidate many say is the product of white anger, stoked that resentment: "I don't respect the verdict because I think it was wrong." Bob Dole was empathic: "It is very important at this time that we use all our energies to find ways to understand each other." Lamar Alexander tried to have it both ways: "I believe...
...Cineaste. A member of the Green Party who’s been politically active since his teens, Robbins has used his celebrity to advocate for AIDS relief and against the war on Iraq. Films like Dead Man Walking, about a man on death-row, and 1992’s Bob Roberts, a “mockumentary” about an uber-conservative senatorial candidate, also purveyed politics...
Director of Athletics Bob Scalise could not be reached for comment yesterday...
...honor a brilliant actress sincerely, to allow the Pudding members to interact with a celebrity, or to create publicity for the Hasty Pudding—has never been entirely clear. While the award is certainly a work of levity, it attracts the most serious of thespians. In 1967, Bob Hope was made the first honorary member of the Hasty Pudding (the following year, Paul Newman was officially named Man of the Year). But the award was treated as a joke; The Crimson reported on the 1967 Woman of the Year award, saying, “The club is giving Miss...