Word: humoristic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Charles W. Morton, 68, humorist and editor; of a heart attack; in London. Creator of the Atlantic's "Accent" column, Morton specialized for 26 years in the slow, cerebral burn with which he seared pampered child stars, jargon-jawed sociologists, and the fractional fantasies of statisticians...
...They stand idle," says Soviet Humorist Boris Egorov without much humor, "because no one understands how they were built or how to operate them. There are no repairmen or instruction books." As for the Russian lucky enough to own a car, he can forget about mechanics if it breaks down; there are so few of them that the state requires anyone wanting a driver's license to be able to take apart the engine and make basic repairs himself...
...Pacific. The company's profits dived to $150,000 last year from 1965's $700,000, largely because its five Boeing 727s turned out to be uneconomical for Pacific's short routes. Two of the jets were leased to National Airlines. Then, Pacific turned to Humorist Stan Freberg for a promotion campaign that spoofed the perils of flight (said the stewardesses after landing: "We made it! How about that?"). That macabre pitch (TIME, May 12) did not keep Pacific from going deep in the red this year, and in July, Henry was called to the rescue...
...first job, writing captions for Vogue. At 24, she married Edwin Parker II, a businessman from whom she was later divorced but whose name she kept. In 1917 she moved up in the magazine world, joining the staff of Vanity Fair, where she shared an office with Humorist Robert Benchley and the incipient Playwright Robert Sherwood...
Creator of the campaign is Hollywood Humorist Stan Freberg, best known for his takeoffs on Dragnet and his Madison Avenue musings on behalf of Chun King chow mein and the United Presbyterian Church ("The blessings you lose may be your own"). Besides newspaper layouts, Freberg's program includes patter from stewardesses (on landing: "We made it! How about that?"). It also features hot-pink lunch pails which are distributed to passengers and contain such items as a handkerchief-size child's security blanket, which the stewardess demonstrates by rubbing it against her cheek. Freberg plans to paint...