Word: dumbness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That was rather like my reaction to Die Fledermans (in English) . It was really entertaining; too bad 1 was too dumb to appreciate...
...once invited to dinner at one of those girls' junior colleges that dot Commonwealth Ave. Led by his date into a gorgeously panelled and chandeliered dining room, he exclaimed "Isn't this beautiful!" "Yes," his date sadly agreed, "it's beautiful, but it's too bad I'm too dumb to appreciate...
...raised the Smothers brothers' fallen torch by tackling such heavies as the U.S. military establishment, the ultraright wing, Viet Nam, marriage, homosexuality and organized religion. But what is to become of Laugh-In once the old gang is gone? Newcomers are already being broken in, including a dumb redhead named Pamela Rodgers and an energetic Negro named Teresa Graves. And there's always Rowan and Martin (remember them?). But the magic of their show has always been fragile at best. The old legerdemain may not be as compelling when it falls into new hands...
...East Boston toughness. He frequently concealed his taste for classical music lest it be thought effete. One night in the '30s he was listening to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on a phonograph when a pair of his cronies requested some "hi-di-ho." Scowled Kennedy: "You dumb bastards don't appreciate culture...
...dear, dumb, gentle reader, if you're still with me after days and days of CRIMSON elegies on Washington marches, as well as rafts of my own ruptured prose, you're about to hear of the great odyssey that gave meaning to the whole weekend...