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Eugene B. Borowitz told the crowd of approximately 60 people that there has been a "resurgence of religion, especially fundamentalist and evangelical movements," in the past 20 years...
Jerry Stiller, another actor known primarily for comedy, is equally impressive as the loudmouthed charlatan Dr. Tamkin, who dispenses folk wisdom between gulps of pot roast and watermelon. Joseph Wiseman is a bit too pat as the unfeeling father, but there are finely etched cameos from Katherine Borowitz, Tony Roberts, William Hickey and, particularly, Jo Van Fleet as a dowager who defiantly stares down Tommy while her dog urinates at his feet. (Bellow himself appears in a walk-through as a hotel guest...
Before he graduated, Borowitz was already famous on campus. The creator of the Hasty Pudding show "1000 Clones," Borowitz was also known for pulling such pranks as taking the tops off of all the salt shakers in the Kirkland House dining hall...
...Borowitz said the Lampoon helped his writing, but that he can't remember any classes that honed this skill...
...Borowitz's past is all academic for CBS, which has high hopes for the series. "If (the American public) doesn't like this, I don't know what they like," said his co-producer Ron Fraiser, who produced the series "Taxi...