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...many columnists, cartoonists and comedians who provide the lunatic fringework of political commentary, this year's presidential race has not been a laughing matter. "The banality of the candidates destroys humorous comment," complains Roger Angell, humorist and a fiction editor of The New Yorker. To Johnny Carson, Carter v. Ford is "fear of the unknown v. fear of the known." Chirped veteran Mockingbird Mort Sahl: "Choosing between them is like choosing between Seconal and Nembutal...
...Secretary of Agriculture provided the Butz for a cascade of japes, among them the National Observer's John H. Corcoran Jr.'s report that Butz has left Government for "a life of tight smiles, loose shoes and a warm place to regret his oral indiscretions"; Johnny Carson's desire for "a tight announcer, a loose audience and a warm place to do my monologue"; Washington stand-up comedian and syndicated columnist (100 papers) Mark Russell's information that Midwestern Wasps like Butz and Ford want only "no sex, tight shoes and pay toilets...
...Freud observed, laughter is a release from tension, campaign '76 may provide more merriment than a thousand less ambitious situation comedies. "Nobody feels he has any control, and the only way people participate in governments is by laughing at the candidates," theorizes Hal Goodman, one-half of Johnny Carson's writing team. Adds Larry Klein, the other half: "Laughing is the only form of revolt we have in this country...
...aisles of the Korvette's record department, Horowitz's appearance might not have come as a surprise. But for anyone familiar with the recluse's habits and lifestyle, Horowitz's show was to be as remote a possibility as an acceptance from Greta Garbo to appear on the Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show...
Cohen promptly sent a copy of Lockton's letter to such noted political and economic authorities as Johnny Carson, Chevy Chase and Daniel Schorr. He also mailed one to Rohatyn, who saw in it evidence that Moody's position on MAC bonds was "obviously one of political dogma." Though Moody's denies that politics was involved, MAC officials have called a meeting for this week to decide whether to sue the company or negotiate for a higher rating...