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...Bill Maher...
...opened a second room in the hole once filled by Jonathan Swift's. The Catch, unlike every other comedy club in the area, will feature nationally known talent every week, Tuesday through Thursday nights. Judging from the headliners who've appeared the first two weeks, Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Maher, it looks like the new club will infuse the local comedy scene with performers who are not only well known, but actually funny...
...Maher is this week's headliner. If his name doesn't ring a bell, his face probably will. A veteran of many appearences on the Carson and Letterman shows, Maher simply is a funny guy. A graduate of Cornell, a private college in upstate New York, Maher's slight lisp, devilish chuckle and sly grin are those of the eternal class clown. His 45-minute routine--which nonetheless seemed to end too soon--traversed all of the stock subjects of stand-up. But his observations and insights on life at home, life at college, getting older, drugs, politics...
When he first came to town this week, Maher was put up at the Quality Inn. Not that he's a complainer, but the Quality Inn wasn't the most classy hotel he's ever stayed in. "I called room service and asked for a sandwich, and they sent me two prostitutes," he said. At least they didn't send him sushi, a trendy dish whose appeal Maher doesn't quite understand: "Sushi? It's not food--it's bait...
...Karen Fitzgerald 6-5--17; Christel Zullo 3-6--12; Mary Marquedant 1-0--2; Janine Michaelson 1-1--3; Sue Serafini 2-0--4; Michelle Pytko 0-0--0; Joanne Dupuis 1-0--2; Helen Freeman 1-0--2; Jamie Watson 0-2--2; Sally Maher 0-0--0; Karen Henessey 0-0--0. Totals...