Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...press has taken to Alfred for h is, as his Irish ancestors would say, a "grand guy." His good taste is always tinged with a humorous saltiness that seems to deal pretension a wallop. He is a native Brooklynite who doesn't hesitate to use the work "kid" but who is a recognized scholar in English, a playwright who isn't concerned with finding his own identity because he's too busy writing about those of his characters, a celebrity who laughs at the thought of being one. He is somewhat of a modern-day Mr. Bennet with his mixture...
...nice effect is that people I hadn't heard from in years suddenly began to write and I love that, you know. I even had a letter from someone I hadn't seen since Manila in '44." On the subject of his traditional hat he says, "When I was kid in New York everyone over 21 wore a hat, unless you were a creep." And when he thinks about the recent movie offers and his agent's maneuverings, the shuddering reaction is, "I never had two nickels to put together and when she calls to say she's turned down...
Soup du Jour. Before Kinging himself, the kid from Brooklyn jumped from dropout to drummer to boxer to dancer. By the time he settled on his name and his occupation, there was nowhere to go but up to the Catskills, where the jokes, like the soup du jour, are always borscht. Notwithstanding the ethnic limitations of comic performance in the borscht belt, King kept plugging, waited to be discovered...
...Exhibitionist, Belmonte 15-1 9. Beau Sub, Parrott 20-1 10. Sky Guy, Adams 20-1 11. Tragniew, Pierce 10-1 12. Kauai King, Brumfield 7-2 13. Abe's Hope, Shoemaker 5-2 14. Sean E. Indian, Fires 20-1 15. Quinta, Kallai 20-1 16. Wileston Kid, Stevenson...
...feeling great." He would have to. Forty years ago, he had already written Alexander's Ragtime Band, Always, Remember, and A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody. He had become a millionaire and married a debutante, Ellin Mackay-prompting his fellow songwriters to hymn in tribute: A Kid Who Came from the East Side Found a Sweet Society Rose...