Word: heyes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ever seen a live comedy act before, it was probably a standup act before a big concert or at a place like "Catch a Rising Star" in New York and the comic was the kind of guy who walks around the stage and insults the audience ("Hey, will ya look at this guy? Where'd ya get that tie?") until they are forced to laugh...
...Collaboration's performance is something of a homespun version of Saturday Night Live. Much of the material seems fit for such a show, but this revue has such a "hey-kids-lot's-put-on-a-show-I've got-a-barn-we-can-use" spirit to it that it can hardly be seen as a direct takeoff on the SNL prototype. And besides, this show has something going for it that SNL and Second City TV will never have, and something that the audiences who eat up this brand of humor will rarely experience. It's live. Anything...
...other targets of its satire. The group shows its prowess in a couple of musical numbers--one called "Anne Burford and the EPAettes," in which the group's three women sing a takeoff on a rather overplayed tune ("Oh Ronnie You're so fine, increase spending one more time, hey hey!"), and a very funny Dylan imitation...
...sway the most committed of the 70 million followers he claims. Reagan by itself, no matter how trenchant, is a notably weak weapon against Falwell-style zealotry. What did the askers of all those snappy questions Monday night expect Falwell to do? Was he supposed to say "Hey, you're right, I guess gays really are okay after all," and cancel his TV show...
...said to Mel, 'Hey, you're doing it all wrong,' " recalls Burke. He proposed organizing the tax-shelter partnerships for each year's work on every salvage site, loosely fashioned after oil-exploration tax shelters. So successful was Burke in attracting investors in 1980 and 1981 that his firm, Underbill Associates, is now trying to register a $12 million tax shelter with the Securities and Exchange Commission so that it can be sold publicly. That money would go toward six new expeditions Fisher has in mind, as well as for further exploring at the sites...