Word: insults
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...months ago, when sibling No. 4 was about to graduate from business school, all nine of us formed an e-mail list to synchronize our schedules. For a while we shared a lot of information quickly and efficiently, but then someone lobbed an online insult, or "flame," and the fire soon raged out of control. Some of us fled. Others stuck around to hose things down. But things were never the same...
...Carvey Show tanked in 1996, Smigel had enough money saved to write only when inspiration struck. He salvaged his Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoon (about a superhero combo that is really close) from Carvey and started making episodes for SNL. That, and his work on Late Night as Triumph, the insult comic dog (whose catchphrase is "For me to poop on!"), spawned TV Funhouse. "I have this strange career where I bounce around between these two late-night shows and movies and stuff," says Smigel, who just has to call O'Brien or Lorne Michaels whenever he wants...
...Dennis Oppenheim's playful pieces literally converse with each other. Located on the veranda of the Quinn cafeteria, "Black" is an installation of large pots and kettles that seem to have jumped straight out of Alice in Wonderland. With lids jutting out like pouting lips, the kitchenware sculptures resemble insulted individuals. The scene is narrated by a recording of Oppenheim's own voice muttering "B-b-b-b-black," a stuttered word that serves as social commentary and amusing dialogue as the all-black pots and kettles try to insult one another...
...insult to injury, this year's winter break is badly placed. Vacation lasts from Dec. 20 to Jan. 1. Jewish students will get home in time for Hanukkah, which is a good thing. Students who celebrate Kwanzaa, however, will have to leave home on the last day of the holiday. (Okay, so few people actually celebrate all seven days, but still.) The real problem with the current vacation dates are that they make travel back to school on New Year's Day. Do you know what this means? Incredibly painful hangovers and a day of travel fraught with errors. Here...
...When you did Triumph the Insult Comic Dog for the first time, did you have any idea that it would actually work...