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...Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, Shecky Greene, Bob Newhart - all those guys, her ex-husband's generation, who were ruling the roost in Vegas at the time. They refused to play the Main Room because they thought it would hurt their Las Vegas draw." Hamilton and another comic, Biff Maynard, suggested that Mitzi instead try to fill the room with a bill of her Comedy Store regulars. So she put together a squad of her best acts - among them David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Robin Williams - and crowds packed the place. Even better, at least for Mitzi, because they were...
...continued to operate, promising to abide by whatever agreement the comics reached with Mitzi. Meanwhile, with most of her talent on strike, Shore shut down the Comedy Store for a couple of weeks, then reopened it, using the few loyalists who crossed the picket line, like Hamilton and Maynard, as well as several neophytes who saw the strike as an opportunity to get stage time. But she was shocked and hurt that so many of the comics she had nurtured, and in some cases helped out financially, were now turning against her. "The people who stabbed her in the back...
...alternative is we bring in the laissez-faire Halloween celebration of the past, which is unacceptable," Twigg says. Dave Maynard, vice president of Frank Productions agrees. "How do we reduce the debt to taxpayers? Just giving people something to do is a big part of it." Not that the event didn't have its share of rowdiness this year, with 126 arrests. But that is a big drop from...
...technique Swamiji shares with other practitioners. The same goes for his emphasis on exercise, healthy diet and moderating expectations. But some corporate coaches insist that working on your mental outlook is not always enough. "Can you be in a toxic work situation and have a great attitude?" asks Maynard Brusman, a consulting psychologist and executive coach in San Francisco. "Sometimes you have to help the environment change as well...
...first period, the first buzzer rang without a Crimson point on the board. The Catamounts did not let their two-score lead prevent them from playing hard offense, and just two minutes into the second half, Luce knocked in another score, this time assisted by fellow junior Megan Maynard. The crowd of 300 in Burlington did not get to see a Catamount shutout, though. Harvard’s Polet capitalized on a penalty corner with 15 minutes left to play, her third goal of the season. The late Crimson rally ended there, however. Vermont was Harvard’s first...