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The carnival dates back three decades, when a Harvard student obsessed with the pain endemic to everyday life, set out to arrange a party-like gathering for "freaks" and "midgets." Though originally not a show, it soon developed into a major event and is now ranked as one of the...
To reaffirm the differences between the Lampoon's Carnival and other commercial carnivals such as Disney World, Ehasz and his staffabandoned the pretentious patterns of celebrationcharacteristic of the last few years and insteadfilled the street with Coco the Monkey, clowns,singers, psychics and belly dancers. "These arenot famous people, never...
"I'm extremely happy that the Carnival is back[where] it belongs," commented Ehasz, who turneddown Hollywood star Rosie O'Donnell's offer togive a performance. "Our goal is, keep stars out,for this is a sacred day." No posters had been putup beforehand, but the festival received a warmwelcome...
In addition to recapturing an old tradition,this year's Carnival also added a new essence aswell. "One thing I really like is that little kidscame by and enjoyed it," said Ehasz. With theirmothers standing by, children joined in on thetricks with the monkey or balloon-blowing with theclowns.
Observing this year's Carnival and anticipatingnext year's, both the President and the Ibisemphasized the Lampoon's determination to continuethe tradition reestablished yesterday afternoon.