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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still talk now and then--we even joke sometimes about getting together for an "Old-Timers Day" game. Actually, he jokes; I suggest a time and a place...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Preserving the Mystique | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...approach, though, to be fair, some of his wounds are self-inflicted. He seems to drone endlessly, eyes glazed and fingers fidgeting, in a voice that ought to earn him the name Cyrano de Sinusitus. But once he's roused from this topor by the approach of a good joke, Roe becomes an adrenalin-charged humor dynamo, leaping and cavorting about the stage. His mad attack upon the lascivious Comte de Guiche (Jeff Rosen) and his introduction to Christian (Ted Dane) are both superb, hinting at a potentially brilliant performance that got sidetracked along...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: The Nose Has It | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

This Batman does not joke. This Batman does not have bat-devices for every conceivable need--he carries pain killers and ampules of nerve gas. He is vicious, self-destructive, haunted by the memory of the murder of his parents--the source of his vengeful inspiration...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: A Bat Out of Hell | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

...tell us, "This is a joke." But heh, when we look out the window there is this town and we being stupid freshman say to ourselves why is there this town so close to home where all these radical conservativces and radical liberals get to stay indefinitely when we have to go to the Quad? I mean we heard from some official sources who know someone at who knows someone who knows Dean Epps' secretary and he says that all the radical groups are Quadlings in search of closer housing. This makes sense, our source says: the "Ivory Tower" alone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quad Shanties | 4/24/1986 | See Source »

...when I walk into section next week, I'm sure everyone will nervously joke about yesterday's events. But all will remember. The line has been drawn; my group has been separated. As I have said, holding sections at the shanties is good politics, but is it just politics? David Rettig...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Subtle Pressure | 4/16/1986 | See Source »

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