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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mistakenly portrayed Patty as "a shallow, bubbly, valley girl" when she should be an "irritating tomboy." In fact, it is Krause who is mistaken. The character of "Patty" in the musical is based on Schultz's earlier and entirely different character of "Patty," not on the more recent comic strip character, "Peppermint Patty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Condescension | 5/14/1986 | See Source »

...been a while since Bill Cosby regaled audiences with stories of how he, Fat Albert and friends careened their way around parental authority to enjoy the gooey fruits of childhood. Cosby, 48, has grown some since (and his audiences have grown even more). Right now his comic focus is on how adults survive having kids. Thus the blurb makers, with more cause than usual, have dubbed him "America's Favorite Father." And just in time for Father's Day, | by no marketing coincidence, Cosby is out with a spanking-new best seller that rollicks through his mostly tried and mostly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 12, 1986 | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...with a little help from the Good Lord and his own wits, Pryor managed to escape from it all, although not entirely unscathed. Pryor excuses his own drunken stupors and coke-induced delirium as vital relief from comic pain. After all, Lenny Bruce and scores (pun intended) of others set the precedent...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Richard Pryor, Your Story is Calling | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

...want more, bring your roommates," he told me, suggesting that I should keep my own personal stock. I briefly thought about trading my toilet paper for the bottom bunk, but when my roommates started using comic books, I backed down...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: The T.P. Squeeze | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...atmosphere of the play. Not only was the seam obvious from my fourth row seat, but it made Roe sound like an extra in a Dristan commercial. During one of the more tedious sections, I started to hope that the nose would fall off and add some needed comic relief, but it never did--another disappointment in a production that never delivers on its obviously enormous potential...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: The Nose Has It | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

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