Word: creaming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Each weekend in August, the Italians in the North End of Boston have a festival for a patron saint or protector. Though the inspiration is religious, in practice they show some qualities that redeem them to the masses. Ice cream vendors tinkle along behind the procession, and children scream and cry just like at any other parade. The largest and most exciting is the last, the festival for Saint Antonio de Padova, but the other three are just as important...
...climax of this primitive business is a custard-pie war in a beatnik beer and poetry parlor. Pie-facing, like pratfalling, seems to be a lost art nowadays, and Avalon desecrates the memory of Deadpan Harry Langdon: he stands there and actually squinches up his eyes before the strawberry cream splatters all over his pretty face. Nonetheless, Annette goes ape for Frankie, crooning "I was such a fool/ To treat him so crool...
...punch line flashed the news of another innovation: "They put ice cream in it this time...
...family eat? Where can they use a rest room? Can you stop after a reasonable day behind the wheel, or must you drive until you reach a city where relatives or friends will accommodate you for the night? Will your children be denied a soft drink or an ice cream cone because they are not white...
Among the woollier samples: Q. How do you make an elephant float? A. With two scoops of ice cream, an elephant and some root beer...