Word: monkey
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...good people" Ehasz meant a monkey and a clown, plus a few residents of eastern Massachusetts out to create a purely happy day--Lampoon-style...
...reaffirm the differences between the Lampoon's Carnival and other commercial carnivals such as Disney World, Ehasz and his staffabandoned the pretentious patterns of celebrationcharacteristic of the last few years and insteadfilled the street with Coco the Monkey, clowns,singers, psychics and belly dancers. "These arenot famous people, never superstars, but they areall great, " added John J. Abbott, Jr. '96, Ibis."You don't pay them 10 bucks to see their show.You just walk down Mt. Auburn, and boom, you getentertainment from them...
...turneddown Hollywood star Rosie O'Donnell's offer togive a performance. "Our goal is, keep stars out,for this is a sacred day." No posters had been putup beforehand, but the festival received a warmwelcome from its intended audience all the same.The highlight came when the hurdy-gurdy monkey,"blowing the show away" (according to U-no, thestiltwalking clown), won the informal competitionamong all performers announced by Lampoon editorRebecca Kirshner...
...addition to recapturing an old tradition,this year's Carnival also added a new essence aswell. "One thing I really like is that little kidscame by and enjoyed it," said Ehasz. With theirmothers standing by, children joined in on thetricks with the monkey or balloon-blowing with theclowns...
Reading today's [April 3] editorial cartoon, however, I was finally moved to comment on Conley's by-now familiar pattern. His "Monkey King" cartoon epitomizes the worst of both his editorial and strip cartoons: it is insulting, aesthetically unpleasing, but above all, unhumorous, uninsightful, and downright immature...