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...Scotch drinker and chain smoker, Rabin has never had a nickname, and there is no such thing as a Rabin joke, either about him or by him. Emotion and warmth seem foreign to him. Once on a visit to the White House in 1977, Rabin was asked by President Carter if he would like to drop by Amy's room and say good night. He said no, he wouldn't. While Rabin labors in the shadow of great nation builders -- David Ben- Gurion and Golda Meir -- Arafat stands alone as a folk hero to his people. The teetotaling vegetarian...
Parlaying one-liners into a paying gig requires time and patience. That is particularly true for older performers, who despite the upsurge in their numbers may encounter age discrimination in comedy clubs, where twentysomethings and thirtysomethings predominate. Comedy teacher and author Carter advises hopefuls to take part regularly in open-mike nights in smaller, suburban venues as a way to become known to club managers...
Comedy classes--at clubs, community centers and university continuing-education programs--can sometimes lead to a breakthrough. Carter offers a weekly four-hour workshop that meets for eight sessions and costs $485. Commencement consists of a five-minute gig onstage at the Hollywood Improv in front of a real audience. Half of Carter's students are 50 and older. Jeff Justice, a comedian and teacher in Atlanta, charges $349 for a six-session course that meets three hours a week. His students graduate with a four-minute spot at the Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta...
Even with training, it takes lots of writing and even more rewriting to refine a comedy act, Carter cautions. To come up with five minutes' worth of really funny jokes, you should start with 20 to 30 minutes' worth of material. "You also need a clever line or some kind of shtick that's just yours," Carter adds. "Think Roseanne's domestic goddess...
...added that Democrats have ceded the discussion of moral values to Republicans since the Reagan presidency. Sandel said that because this long-term trend , Democratic candidates have been largely unsuccessful in elections. He noted that of all the Democratic presidential candidates since Johnson, only two have been elected, Carter and Clinton. Both men used “moral and spiritual language to knit together a compelling story” while other candidates failed to invoke morality effectively and seemed technocratic, he said. Sandel then discussed how framing politics in terms of a common ethic responsibility can take the form...