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Onstage he's as manic as ever, sweating by the pint as his body bounds around, trying to keep up with the rapid-fire humor synapses of his brain. His jokes run from nonsensical (wet-burka competitions and "Enron Hubbard, head of the Church of Profitology") to predictable ("We used to pay for powder in little white envelopes"). Comedians who play closer to the edge, like Chris Rock or Andy Dick, make his style seem quaint. But Robin Williams' improv is still an amazing high-wire act. "It's a risk if it doesn't work," he told TIME last...
...Seoul, for example, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Thomas Hubbard rushed to assure his anxious hosts that the U.S. remains "eager to have pragmatic and straightforward talks with North Korea." He told South Koreans that the North had been cited not because of any terrorist connections, but out of concern over its weapons of mass destruction. But Washington and Seoul remain divided over how to deal with the Stalinist regime in the North. South Korean officials said Thursday that the U.S. and Seoul would "offer a series of incentives to the North in order to bring it to the negotiating...
...Tyson E. Hubbard contributed to the reporting of this story...
...just had one of the restaurant’s salads; he didn’t know what it was called, but he thought it should be renamed Garlic Devastation. He then launched into what he believed the Garlic Devastation theme song would sound like. Later in the show, Hubbard quipped, “I’m afraid of sushi. I don’t know why. So, just don’t come at me with any,” and a few minutes later Rockwell challenged Hubbard to a water-chugging contest...
...telling the story to the audience as if he were having a intimate conversation with a friend. A large part of what made the Rockwell Church-going experience so special is the passion that the band so obviously have about the music they’re making. The emotion Hubbard felt while writing the songs seems to come back to him as he sings, bringing the audience into the intimate inner workings of the band. In fact, the only less-than-amazing point of the evening came when Rockwell Church sang “Chandelier.” This...