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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Could there be poetic justice for the bard of black humor? Yes, and of a kind he might have appreciated. Sam Kinison, the frenetic comedian whose very mildest joke was a recommendation that his audience "drink and drive," was killed in California last year when a 17-year-old with a lot of beer cans in his vehicle smashed into Kinison's car. Witnesses said the teen surveyed the carnage and woozily exclaimed, "God! Look at my truck!" As for Kinison, a former Pentecostal minister turned scourge of all things decent, he seemed to be in an urgent discussion with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kinison Is Back. Aaaaaaaaaagh! | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...which Paul Begala merely sighs in agreement. "I'm beginning to feel like General Custer in that old joke -- where he looks up kind of startled and says, 'Where the hell did all these Indians come from?' Only our Indians are Republicans -- and now they'll be even less inclined to listen when we urge them to put country before party." Which means that from here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Back to the War Room | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

Witness the joke told by President Neil L. Rudenstine in this week's Faculty meeting as he spoke about the University's relationship with ROTC...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 11/12/1993 | See Source »

...first-year, Gabay's first bid for a council seat--a "freshman joke candidacy"--was unsuccessful...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: GABAY STEPS OUT OF BEYS' SHADOW | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...long scene in which Kramer sits in the barber chair while the two Italians have an argument. One of the actors spontaneously reaches for Richards' lapels to emphasize a point. "Don't grab me," Richards snaps, out of character. "I'm not a pork chop!" It is not a joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Masters of Their Domain | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

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