Word: skits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...farce? The dream sequence of a sitcom? A fraternity skit? A metaphysical romp? Martin is one of the most versatile comic artists in America: screenwriter (The Jerk, Roxanne), actor, brilliant stand-up comedian, as well as author of several short plays (four of which will be on a bill next month at New York City's Public Theater). While so many comics ossify by relying on a few dependable crowd-pleasing gags and catchphrases, Martin keeps evolving...
...Friday night, first-years get a look at oneof Harvard's stranger phenomenons, the a capellajam. The performance goes something like this: acapella group performs a funny skit. Audiencemembers laugh and wish they, too, could weartuxedos and black cocktail dresses and be funny. Acapella group sings song with lots of ba-ba-basounds and harmonizing. Audience members applaudand wish they, too, could wear tuxedos and blackcocktail dresses and sing well. A capella groupsencourage first-years to go to auditions...
Although The Crimson and The Lampoon called Conant a "warmonger" in a halftime skit at the 1941 Harvard-Yale football game, the University president's personal stake in the war was much more complex...
Taxin said he composed their skit while watching television. "I wrote it during the Discovery Channel's special on man-eating tigers," Taxin said...
...alumni performed a brief skit based on Beavis and Butt-Head, an animated television show featuring two obnoxious hard-rock music fans who comment on music videos...