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...back and forth from one theater to the other. When a character chases offstage after his dog in House, he turns up a minute later in Garden; when a jilted woman enters with a limp and dark glasses in House, you find out only when you see Garden what mishap befell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Alan Ayckbourn Our Best Living Playwright? | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

...process can also be used to catch votes by people not in the voting class and should eliminate any votes by the class of 2008. The missent e-mail is, according to Monti, “not even really a blip on our radar.” Despite this mishap, the Marshal elections are running smoothly. Sixty-one students are competing for 16 spots in the first round of elections, which closes tomorrow at midnight. The top 16 then enter the second round of elections, which will ultimately yield eight Class Marshals, who will be responsible for organizing events...

Author: By Pooja Venkatraman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Class Marshal Voting Begins for Seniors | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

Either people still love Jerry, or they're slowing down to rubberneck at a terrible mishap, I guess. Either way, the first ad, which debuts Sept. 4, is already working. Seinfeld, reportedly, will appear along side Microsoft founder Bill Gates in ads that will try to counteract the ultra-cool Apple ads (featuring Justin Long and John Hodgman). Gates can be hi-larious in videos, and I guess, if you can't line up Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder, Seinfeld is the next best thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seinfeld: The Right Man for Microsoft | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...many weeks - the first came just days before the Games, when Chellsie Memmel, a contender for the all-around title and a critical part of the U.S. women's bid against the Chinese for the team gold, also aggravated a fickle ankle on a tumbling combination. The second mishap's timing clearly rattled the team, which looked jittery on the first few events of the afternoon. In the end, the U.S. safely qualified for the team final Wednesday 1.475 points behind China, and Americans Shawn Johnson (the only member of the team to draw a chant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: US: Rough Start to Gymnastics | 8/10/2008 | See Source »

...clearly went beyond Mitzi Shore and the strike. "He obviously had some deep-rooted psychological problems," says Richard Lewis, a friend since their days together at the Improv in New York. "Also an unbearably bad run of luck." Lubetkin had missed out on several TV opportunities, including a heartbreaking mishap with The Tonight Show. After he had been booked to make his first appearance on Carson's show, Lubetkin was cutting up onstage late one night at the Comedy Store when a Tonight producer happened to be in the audience. The producer didn't like what he saw, and Lubetkin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedy at the Edge Excerpt | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

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