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PUNK ROCKERS discovered long ago that the pose of violent self-loathing is a quick ticket to media coverage and record sales. Everyone loves to read about mutilation, self-inflicted or otherwise: and if sham turns to reality, so much the better--as in the case of Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, now whiling away the hours at Bellevue. After all, if rocks stars can't enact the fantasies of a lobotomized generation, who can? The problem with punk rock--the genuine, mind-rotting type--is that when it's insincere, everyone can tell; but when it's honest...
Janus has spent ten years and $20,000 of his own money traveling around the country to interview top comedians and give them psychological tests. So far, he has tested 76 Jewish humorists, including Milton Berle, George Burns, David Brenner, Sid Caesar, David Steinberg and Mort Sahl. Most, he says, were ambivalent about their Jewishness and compulsively turned to humor to ward off their private demons. As Joan Rivers told Janus, "If I were marching to the ovens, I'd be telling jokes all the way." What makes them funny, says Janus, "is their pain...
...eliminate dangerous kickoff return plays in House tackle football...Freshman Paula Newnham was one of England's top finishers in the 800-meter run at the recent British Commonwealth games. No wonder coach Pappy Hunt is smiling. Paula is a native of Oxford...Boston media-types are swamping Harvard SID Joe Bertagna with enquiries about freshman quarterback Ron Cuccia. The 5-9, 165-pound hot-shot has quite a rep following him from LA -- 91 TD tosses in high school. Lack of size could hurt him in the Ivies...Harvard grads Greg Stone, Chris Wood and John Brock...
...charge of handling publicity for all the new faces will be Joe Bertagna '73, who succeeds Dave Matthews as Harvard's sports information director. Bertagna, a former varsity hockey goalie, also doubles as women's ice hockey coach. Pat Walsh will assume Bertagna's old job as assistant SID...
...lame entry. During the first six days of August, one 1,500-seat theater in New York City sold less than 15% of the house at the average showing. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, another Beatles-inspired movie, got a clammy reception three months ago. Notes MCA President Sid Sheinberg ruefully: "I liked it. There was only one thing wrong-nobody wanted to see it." Other big, new movies with this embarrassing ailment include Convoy, International Velvet, Big Wednesday and The Swarm...