Word: jokes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wings. What a joke. In the 1950s the Wings were the dominant team in the National Hockey League. They won and they won and they won. But for the past several seasons they've been laughing stocks of the NHL. Each year 16 out of the 21 teams in the League qualify for post season competition. But do the Wings? Fat chance from Motown...
With the conservative takeover, however, political humor has revived; for all the question marks surrounding President Reagan's record, the man has shown he can take--and deliver--a joke. Baker--whose career as the "Observer" of The New York Times will hit the two-decade mark this year--has seen the opportunities for political satire boom. Just last week, for instance, he "observed" that conservatives are, in fact, more fun-loving guys to party with than self-righteous left-wingers. Another recent Baker series teased--in the gentle but pointed fashion that is his trademark--the Reagan White House...
...looks down at her front porch and says, "I can't balance these things, let alone get up on my toes. If I fell down, they'd have to milk me to get me up." As for her own overripe body, Dolly repeats Joan Rivers' joke about her "Orson Welles designer jeans" and shrugs and smiles and says, "My fat never made me no less money...
...Edwards, 54, took over, the job of Energy Secretary was one of the most serious, controversial and demanding in the Cabinet. Now the main question is when the slow-talking dentist, who is probably the most amusing man in the Cabinet but sometimes is considered a bit of a joke, is going to go back home and, perhaps, run for Governor of South Carolina. Reagan often ridiculed the Energy Department during his campaign, saying that it had never produced a barrel of oil. He has pledged to abolish the agency and get the Government out of the energy business...
...soon as the plot develops beyond this point, Porter and his cast lose control over it. Confronted with the need to establish real contact between characters, create atmosphere, or sustain a joke beyond its original gag, nearly all the leading actors falter. In an early courting scene LaVergne and Jamerson stand together uncomfortably, tossing ambiguous comments back and forth, devoid of mood or any apparent emotional contact. Later the ecstatic Lutiebelle launches into "I Got Love," a song affirming her brand-new confidence, without having evinced even the subtlest change in bearing...