Word: dangerfields
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what do these comics do? Start by saying what they do not do. They do not spin whimsical stories of urban childhoods, like Bill Cosby and George Carlin. They do not deal in analysis and self-hatred, like Woody Allen and Rodney Dangerfield. They do not refract their rage in race-and-reefer jokes, like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor. They do not tell topical or political jokes, like Johnny Carson. Indeed, they rarely tell jokes or stories at all. They do not talk about their mothers, their wives, their egos. Their past is a mystery; their presence is perplexing...
Benjamin H. Schatz '81, a class marshal and a member of the speaker subcommittee, noted that since the mid '70s class day speakers, such as author George Plimpton and comedian Rodney Dangerfield, had dealt with humorous topics in their speeches rather than serious issues...
Past Class Day speakers include last year's Walter Cronkite, Rodney Dangerfield, William F. Buckley, Jr. and Dick Gregory...
Keyboard Player Brian O'Neal, 24, and his bassist brother Kevin, 19, who wrote Minimum Wage's eleven songs and swap most of the lead vocals, share a gift for flipping stereotypes into comic contortions. Kevin's Respect is part Rodney Dangerfield, part Aretha Franklin. Brian's Johnny Soul'd Out is a black man's declaration of independence to make the kind of music he wants, not what is expected of him ("Johnny soul'd out . . ./ He's into rock 'n' roll and he's given...
...Twenty-six shows aired last year, syndicated nationwide by the FM outfit responsible for The King Biscuit Flower Hour. Top name rockers like the Who, Fleetwood Mac and Carly Simon came on and talked with Klein (and also played their records), as well as non-music folks like Rodney Dangerfield (yet again), Robin Williams and Jane Fonda (who didn't play her record). This year, Klein's own production company has taken over the show, with a resultant change of advertisers...