Word: impishness
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...impish good humor that one finds too infrequently in our intellectual giants," said Lewis, who was Dreben's dissertation advisee...
DIED. WENCESLAO MORENO, better known as Senor Wences, 103, ventriloquist who created impish dummies out of his thumb and forefinger; in New York City. As a schoolboy in Spain, Moreno began using his hand as a puppet to amuse himself while in detention for answering for absent friends during homeroom roll call. On the '50s and '60s variety shows of Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle and Sid Caesar, among others, he delighted audiences with sweetly silly exchanges. The often cranky Pedro, a disembodied head in a box, usually answered Wences' inquiry as to whether he was "all right" with a casual...
...Berlin! Brecht and Weill making acerbic music; Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau creating film metaphors for Germany in chaos; famous artists like Grosz and Ernst--and a failed painter named Hitler. It was all so exciting, also grim. But amid the ferment, a buoyant sound could be heard: the impish artistry of the Comedian Harmonists. From 1928 until it was banned and disbanded by the Nazis in 1934, this male sextet brought smiles to Berliners in the political and economic dumps. One could almost believe the sentiment behind its hit tune Wochenend und Sonnenschein: Happy days are here again...
...always been hard to predict. The group has, since its start, been drawn to the outrageous, but since all three members have a sort of charming, impish glow about them, they get away with things that groups with less charm and impishness would be castigated for. For example, while promoting their first album, Ooooooohhh...on the TLC Tip, the members sported condoms affixed to their clothes. The group's second album, CrazySexyCool, did something even more unexpected: it sold 10 million copies. This week the trio is poised to release its third CD, Fan Mail. With the CD's arrival...
...Yorker story, Hanks also did not rule out a future campaign for the presidency. Now he does. "I'm not running for President of the United States. I'm an actor who makes movies, and that's how I was answering the questions." His anguish turns briefly impish. "I think Sammy Sosa would be an ideal running mate. His enthusiasm, his joy and feel for the game." Then the agita rises again. "Good Lord Almighty! This is how trivial the times we're living in are. I don't even want to talk about it! Argggghhhh...