Word: carline
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chanel No. 5 ad which ended with a perfume bottle stuck to Guest Host Candice Bergen's head. A lot depends on the guest hosts who change each week and around whom an entire show is written. Among the first tapped by Michaels were Comedian George Carlin and Actor Rob Reiner. Says Reiner: "I didn't care if the show fell flat on its ass. TV needed it." He adds: "It's like an express train that no one can stop. You just have to hop aboard and hope it won't crash...
...most endearing and human quality is its unevenness. Guest hosts participate in the sketches themselves and some write their own jokes too. Carlin set the pace on his, the first show, with a line that would make prime-time programmers blanch: "God can't be perfect; everything he makes dies." By the time Lily Tomlin came on to host the fifth show, SN had a cult following. She made it a smash, her double-edged style and swift undercuts setting off SN's frenzied variety. Suddenly, everyone wanted to act as host: Richard Pryor, Elliott Gould, Buck Henry...
...Seth Carlin, pianist, plays Stravinsky, Schubert, Webern and Messaien. Kirkland...
...Maryse Carlin; harpsichord music of Morley, Farnaby, Bach, Couperin, and Scarlatti; Eliot House Library; 8:30 p.m.; free...
LENNY BRUCE is dead. George Carlin has sold out to the interests. Mel Brooks is out of ideas. Robert Klein is all washed up. Woody Allen doesn't do much stand-up anymore. Where can you go to get a few uncorrupted laughs...