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...owes a debt to Laugh-In and to Monty Python, last year's hit on PBS, for its free-associating mixture of inanity and insult. It owes another one, too: without Python's national success, it is doubtful whether Herb Schlosser, president of NBC, would have offered Dick Ebersol such a free hand when he told him last year to come up with a live show from Manhattan. Ebersol turned to Lorne Michaels, 31, a Canadian who was a writer and co-producer for Comedienne Lily Tomlin's award-winning specials. Michaels recalls: "I wanted a show...
...addition to Chase, Michaels recruited a core of writers including his own wife Rosie, 29, who had also worked for Tomlin; Michael O'Donoghue, 36, and Anne Beatts, 28, both formerly of the National Lampoon; and Herb Sargent, fiftyish, whose credits include That Was the Week That Was. Their styles are diverse. Their humor is not. Says O'Donoghue: "At some point in your life, you decide to either grow up or look like grownups. We've chosen the latter." Some critics think the show is sophomoric. Replies O'Donoghue: "Sophomoric is just the liberal word...
...withdrawn when the bank found out the intended name. Dal Bozzo et al. got the money from Crocker National and opened anyway, on Belden Street, half a block away from the bank's towering headquarters. The Bank of America filed its suit and was promptly razzed by Herb Caen, the San Francisco Chronicle columnist...
Some 1,300 varieties of dried and powdered herbs are handled by the Indiana Botanic Gardens, a company that has a mailing list of 300,000. Increasingly, commercial herb farms are becoming tourist attractions. At Caprilands, in North Coventry, Conn., visitors are shown through 14 different herb gardens, including one containing all the herbs mentioned in Shakespeare's works. The tour ends with an herbal lunch in the 18th century farmhouse of Caprilands' Adelma Simmons, who has written five books on herbs. Many of the new herb fanciers are rediscovering ancient health cures. Genine Kepnis, manager...
Indeed, the well-stocked herb garden can supply potions and lotions for almost any need or occasion. Basil, still used in snuff, "maketh a man merry and glad," vowed 16th century Herbalist John Gerard. A potion to keep one awake? How about lemon balm, the "scholar's herb," which medieval students drank as tea to keep them alert during exams? A pot of basil in a kitchen window is said to discourage flies; fennel, which has a mild licorice taste, also keeps fleas away from dogs ("Plant fennel near to kennel"). Many herbs make subtle dyes for cotton, silk...