Word: lapidus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...business. He unveils all the acts, barges in on most of them, joshes the down-fronters, throws birdshot at the producer. He smooths out his old jokes without a wrinkle, tosses in a few less fetching new ones, continues the long saga of his best pal and mealticket, Sam Lapidus...
...with cracks like "I hope your marriage lasts as long as mine seems," his forte is not quotable nifties, but lengthy yarns, (whose point scarcely matters) that he tenderly unrolls like priceless fabrics richly embroidered with dialect. Fall guy of some of the best of them is Sam Lapidus, whose name Holtz lifted from a building sign 20 years ago. Typical Lapidus yarn (one fourth actual size): Finishing a stylish dinner, Sam and a friend from Tzicagi (Chicago) are confronted for the first time in their lives with fingerbowls...
...Lapidus: For vhat good is it for vhat? It kent be soup - soup ve already...
...Holtz is consistently terrific with plenty of good hoofing, Lapidus jokes galore, and some fine ad libbing between the halves. The audience can retort if it dares enter in competition, but Holtz looks like a tough nut to crack. At times the actors mingle with the audience in a restrained sort of way and one lucky lady in a second story box has the pleasure of waltzing a few measures with Funnyman Willie Howard who, at the time, plays a drunk Scotsman to heckle Holtz from a new angle. Paradoxically, a large part of the show is devoted to classical...