Word: gagged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Anderson's sight gag becomes howlingly funny when the first auditioner (Martin Balsam) appears. Anxious for the part but puzzled by its demands, the actor agrees to become fatter or thinner, remove his toupee, shave his chest-anything. As the real test of his abilities becomes clear to him, he begins to unbutton his shorts with a what-the-hell bravado. But life's little irony is that the playwright has fled, being the sort of man who cannot bear a dirty joke, let alone cast a nude male...
...union ten years ago-from Dave Beck, who was imprisoned for larceny-Hoffa, 54, has been the object of almost constant investigations and allegations by the Federal Government. Six times he was brought to trial but only twice convicted. Hoffa took modest refuge in an ancient businessman's gag: he festooned his desk with a bronze plaque inscribed with the dog-Latin motto: Illegitimi Non Carborundum (Don't let the bastards wear you down...
...only one year ago that Scott Paper Co. introduced disposable duds as a promotion gimmick with a sleeveless shift selling for $1. It was so shapeless that it recalled a paper bag; scoffers put it down as just a paper gag. But for a country already accustomed to throw-away cups, plates, napkins and diapers, paper clothing seemed only a logical next step. Scott sold 500,000 dresses in eight months, and the strong response had other manufacturers and designers joining the paper chase...
...those who have yet to understand McLuhan, this book is a provocative primer. In both text and pictures, it uses the zany Zen technique of shattering orderly thought with irrational accident. Even the title is a gag, deriving from McLuhan's earlier pronouncement: "The medium is the message." That meant, as any anthropologist might have put it, that technology predetermines social structure; hence, tools prefigure the psychology of their users. By punningly altering the slogan, McLuhan merely means that "all media work us over completely...
...prosecuting and defense attorneys. Finally, only 27 newsmen were accredited by the court and given reserved seats each day. Unaccustomed to such curbs, reporters and editors objected. The Chicago Tribune filed suit in Illinois Supreme Court to have the judge overruled, headlined its story: TRIBUNE FIGHTS COURT GAG. The rulese were a bit stiff-and in a few cases even silly. And after listening to the protests, Judge Paschen eased up on some points. The names of excused jurors could be printed, and a copy of the court record could be obtained each evening during the trial proper...