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...signs that MIKE BARNICLE, Boston Globe columnist, has yet to move into the '90s: 1) after getting caught allegedly lifting jokes from George Carlin, he failed to be at all contrite; 2) he lifted jokes from George Carlin. Carlin? What year is this? That's like stealing lyrics from Pete Seeger...
...else's book, then lies about having read it? Answer: Suspend him for two months without pay, then hope everyone's forgotten about it when he comes back. The Boston Globe told this rib-tickler Tuesday when it announced that top humorist Mike Barnicle, who reprinted loosely-disguised George Carlin quips from the bestselling book "Brain Droppings," would not be fired after all. Declaring that "the punishment did not fit the crime," editor Matthew Storin has withdrawn his demand for Barnicle's resignation, and replaced it with this two-month wrist-slap. Curiously, Storin's change of heart came after...
...Comic Strip Live. Owner Richard Tienken says Rock's act was raw at first: hooker tells man she'll do anything for $300. Man answers, Paint my house, b_____! But then, hanging around the club, Rock began to see comics like Eddie Murphy (an early Rock booster) and George Carlin at work. Rock's own act got smarter, bolder, and in 1990 he landed a job on Saturday Night Live. "At the time that Chris was coming up, the Def Comedy Jam style became the dominant African-American style of comedy," says SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels. "The shock there...
...still early in the spring and our boat will only be getting faster," junior Carlin Senter said...
...work done. And a bonus of this underutilized library is its fourth floor. Though the cafeteria there is not operational nowadays, the empty penthouse, as it is called, is worth visiting. The Morse Music Library, also on the floor, is really amazing--who would have thought Harvard owns George Carlin records...