Word: joking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...visceral anti-Russian sentiments and his combative, provocative personality in public. During a trip to China in 1978, he challenged an aide to a race up the Great Wall, saying, "Last one to the top has to fight the Cubans in Ethiopia." It would have been a harmless joke, except that the Soviets as well as some State Department officials were already quivering with anxiety about the anti-Soviet overtones of the trip, and the reporters gathered round were sure to overhear the quip and make news out of it. They...
...hope the Giants show everybody they're not a joke anymore. Of course, these days-these years-Giants fan always have to have a lot of hope...
About halfway through the act, Langston removes the bag to perform as himself. His first words are meant as a joke, but more than the comedian's face is revealed. "I can't believe," he tells the audience, "that you bought all that bag crap...
...dressing room, a musician asks Langston to autograph a poster for a friend. The poster is the Unknown Comic's ultimate bag joke. Striking a reclining pose in the nude, Langston wears two bags; one as usual covers his head, the other is positioned a bit more strategically. What makes the picture ludicrous is the bag's size: it looks like is could hold a salami...
...Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show, aimed at the Saturday morning kiddies, and a syndicated variety/talk show called Everyday. Though he hasn't yet taken the bag off during his television appearances, he finds that in lengthier live performances he must. "The bag thing is really just one joke stretched out. After about 15 minutes it starts to get old," he says. "Plus I also start to suffocate...