Word: comical
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...Labor Lost” —an obscure 1911 one-act farce written by French playwright Georges Feydeau. During Europe’s “Golden Age,” also known as the Belle Époque, “[Feydeau] ruled the comic stage,” Shapiro says. Yet “The Pregnant Pause,” which is showing in Adams House tonight and tomorrow, is one of a group of plays that reflect a darker period in Feydeau’s life and career. “[The play] is very funny...
...appeal of so many of the fables Stan Lee and his colleagues have spun out for Marvel Comics is their confirmation of what any young reader may have thought about himself as his body changes and his mind reels: I'm a freak. To this Lee adds the fantasy: But your weirdness is a sign of preternatural abilities; you're odd because you're a hero. Spider-Man emits goo from his fingers, and he can fly. The Hulk gets mad and becomes bigger and stronger. Wolverine's Dragon Lady fingernails make him the toughest guy on the block...
...always knows what the right thing to do is ... He's the hardest working of all the comedians I came up with. I remember when we were all partying until 4 and getting up at noon. He always cut out time during his day as a young comic to make sure he sat down and wrote ... So his success, I think, for the people who knew him from when he started, is so not surprising because he was always kind of a rock star...
...need the woman. Well, at least I got on. And I really also felt and still do feel that the guy comedians that I came up with, and boy did I come up with a great class - Jerry Seinfeld was the MC the night I auditioned at the Comic Strip along with Paul Reiser, whom I went to college with. Jerry introduced me to Jay Leno when I moved out to L.A., and we quickly became friends. I think of them all as big brothers to me to this...
...meet David Letterman? I was performing at the Comic Strip in 1979, I think, and I came off stage, and the manager at the club said, You know, this guy named David Letterman just saw you. I was like, Wow! I was excited because he didn't even have his morning show yet, but we knew he was a great comic. But I got a call the next day from the talent coordinator of the Tonight Show who said, David Letterman said he saw you and that you might be a good candidate for the Tonight Show. I didn...