Word: misch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though Detroit automakers have been opposed to air bags, their reaction was mixed. GM and Ford sounded as if they were tired of fighting. GM pleaded that they would "do the best possible job" to comply with the ruling; Ford Vice President Herbert Misch praised Adams for the long lead time...
Klemmer will be playing this Sunday at 8 p.m., in the Berklee Performance Center. There is an added bonus for the adventurous: Sommerville-Cambridge's favorite funny-man David Misch (no sarcasm, the guy is really a riot) will be on the case with a few pre-performance laughs...
...difference between Misch and about every other comedian around today is that Misch isn't a comedian at all-he's a lyricist. When he jogs on stage with a couple of guitars and one-liners flying, you're not sure if you are going to hear a twenty-year-old Henny Youngman or a nervous Pete Seeger. But be patient. Misch fuses comedy and song and comes up with some of the funniest lyrics since the days of Tom Lehrer...
...expect him to belt out anything as simple as "the Catholics hate the Protestants and the Protestants hate the Catholics." Between the surrealistic "song of trunks" and his ode to overdue library books, Misch seems about as far removed from the mainstream as a comedian can get--and still be funny...
Alas, a full hour of Misch doesn't go by untainted. Here and there he slips up and tries to sneak in an old Jack Carter re-tread like "I was once so poor I used to walk into a restaurant and play for an omelette--what a tough crowd that was." Misch was fortunate enough this night to have a shill blurt out a well-timed "If you're funny enough--any egg will crack up," to obscure the dreaded silence. But he'd do best to refrain from the clinkers and stick with his own fresh material...