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...humor and insight. And nowhere is this more exciting than in the emergence or the reinvention of an art form. Ruth Draper did it onstage. She took a parlor turn, the monologue, and turned it into great American drama. Nichols and May took the traditions of the Jewish wedding jester, the commedia dell'arte and the vaudeville comic, and invented improvisational theater. And now here's Ira Glass, 42, who seems to have reinvented radio...
...asked. "Well, it got your attention, and Jay Leno's attention." Touché. We media types fall for this every time. Sean is a self-described "street performer and children's entertainer." He thinks he'd be a good show contestant because he'd be the court jester. And because he had a recipe for barbecuing penguins...
...chair, along with a large bronze statue of Pegasus, the centerpiece of the Castle's mantel, a nude-centerfold of Henry A. Kissinger '50, jester costumes, and numerous crimson parodies all disappeared mysteriously from the Lampoon building two days later...
...caller from the Harvard Lampoon reported finding numerous items of property missing from the building. Items included a chair stolen from The Harvard Crimson the previous week, a naked picture of Henry A. Kissinger '50, jester costumes, a large bronze statue of Pegasus with a nude rider and numerous parodies. Officers failed to locate the items, any humor, or the Lampoon's dignity...
...Heard the one about the comedy website that actually makes you giggle? Surf on over to Jester: The Online Joke Recommender at shadow.ieor.berkeley.edu/humor. The site combines sophisticated statistical analysis with a database of rib ticklers. After homing in on your sense of humor through a series of test jokes - How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb? (Answer: er ... better go to the Jester website; this is a family magazine) - it serves up jokes especially tailored to fit your funny bone...