Word: lazar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Howard to Martin Scorsese and musicians from Michael Jackson to Madonna. While CAA's chief rivals -- International Creative Management and William Morris -- may boast longer lists of stars, the 14-year-old CAA has snatched most of the brightest lights in the business. Says longtime agent Irving ("Swifty") Lazar, 81: "There hasn't been a phenomenon such as CAA since 1947, when Lew Wasserman and MCA dominated Hollywood. Comparing CAA to its strongest competition is like comparing Tiffany...
...vivace; unheard Russians like Feltsman tend to loom large in the imagination of Western audiences eagerly seeking a new pianistic hero. Then reality sets in. For every Vladimir Ashkenazy, a brilliant pianist in both technique and taste, there have been disappointments like the vapid Youri Egorov and the clangorous Lazar Berman...
...Gary Lazar, another nationally-known comedian and MC for the evening at The Catch, told the audience about his serious problem with hallucinogenic drugs. It seems Gary thinks his parrot escaped one day from its cage, tied him up, and said, "Now you repeat what I say!" And Paul Kozlowski, winner of a Boston-area comedy contest and Sunday's third performer, let us know that his entire family is inbred. Now I personally don't care if all of Cambridge knows that his mom is also his aunt, but maybe his father--I mean uncle--does...
While the other comedians were performing, Gary Lazar stood near the bar barely laughing. I guess even the funniest joke becomes stale after you've heard it ten times in a week. Come to think of it, it's amazing the comedians are able to laugh at their own jokes...
...preparing his defense, others were speculating on what his story would be worth to another group of folks interested in improbable tales: Hollywood producers. Superagent Swifty Lazar said he could sell North's story for as much as $5 million. But North had more weighty matters on his mind. Ollie North is a "Marine's Marine," says one of his Annapolis classmates. "It's not surprising that he's taking it on his shoulders." But, in his case, being a Marine and being the goat are not mutually exclusive. Said former Senator Howard Baker: "North is the archetypal Marine lieutenant...