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...funniest request was for us not to wear tons of Harvard stuff when we're in Japan," said Vollmer, who sensed "vehement opposition" on the part of the University. "I figure it's an easy enough request to follow, and we don't want to ruin this for next year's guys, so we said, 'Okay...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Seven Gridders Are Japan-Bound For Unsanctioned Bowl Game | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...find a love he lost nine years before? Of course they are not real people, and the difference is crucial in this talk-as-sex era. Real people talk back, act up, walk out. So let's leave the trend where it belongs: onscreen, in the season's smartest, funniest real- love films...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: When Humor Meets Heartbreak | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Still, we encouraged Glenn to drink becausewhen he was drunk he became hystericallyobnoxious. He'd make rude comments about everyone,and crack some of the funniest non-sequitorsyou'll ever hear. And if he got drunk enough,Glenn would start to dance, which was far funnierthan any of his jokes...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...right about that. One of his funniest photographs is of a soaking wet dog, standing outside an open door of a shop in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The dog yearns to be invited in, a weary traveler seeking shelter from the rain. The way in which Erwitt photographs this dog is both amusing and poignant...

Author: By Mihail S. Lari, | Title: Picture Puns and Funny Photos in A Dog-Eats-Dog World | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

...secrets are mainly sexual, a subject that arouses an immediate interest but can be hard to sustain for 500 pages. Happily, Theroux's hero is a man of ironic intelligence and amusing self-awareness. He believes that comedy is the "highest expression of truth" and, conversely, that the funniest things are frequently the truest. This makes for considerable humor arising from grim situations. Moreover, Parent's wanderlust means a frequent change of scenery and a liberating sense that, as the playwright Tom Stoppard put it, every exit is an entrance somewhere else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Free State | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

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