Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...middle-aged male in a psychic or physical funk is very much in vogue this season on Broadway. We have seen that theme treated in That Championship Season and Butley, and now in Finishing Touches. Each of these plays fires off salvos of laughter, and yet each also imparts an unsettling mood of deep, free-floating anxiety...
...elderly residents in the area. "The police were afraid they might have heart attacks if they saw 'The Dickmobile,'" Paige said. One 70-year-old man who happened by proved them wrong. "Do you know what that is?" the old man queried as he broke into a fit of laughter. "It's the greatest thing I've ever seen...
...year-old girl. Soon afterward, Joey Heatherton asked for a separation, comedians composed the Lance Rentzel Hit Parade, which included such song titles as "Easy to be Hard" or "Baby Love," and an unknown genius distributed a bumper sticker reading Keep It In Your Pants, Lance. All the laughter had died in sorrow...
Rentzel's autobiography would appear, at first glance, to be a risky adventure. One wonders why anyone, let alone a football star preoccupied with his masculinity, would write a book describing his sexual problems. Fortunately, much of All the Laughter dwells not on Rentzel's propensity for exposing himself to young girls, or on his relationship with Joey Heatherton, but rather on his football career. His description of the route from his high school days in Oklahoma to his first season with the Los Angeles Rams provide some tragic and many amusing insights into both college and professional football...
Despite these weaknesses, All the Laughter is a pleasant surprise. Rentzel's anecdotes are amusing, his experience bizarre. Sadly, writing a book has not purged his life of problems. Rentzel was recently indicted on charges of possessing marijuana. Since he is already on probation for exhibiting himself, his next book will have to be written in jail...