Word: skits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skit--which recounted students' protests against the University and lampooned the administration for denying students a seat at the "table of power"--attracted small crowds of about 20 students...
During the skit, a student portraying a PriceWaterhouseCoopers analyst telephoned an apparel manufacturer and asked if there are abuses in the factories...
Later in the skit, the analyst was shown going home and "sleeping" with the apparel industry on a mattress PSLM members placed outside the Science Center...
...GORILLA, insulted visiting Sacramento Kings center OLIVER MILLER. At a recent game the Gorilla donned a Kings jersey with Miller's No. 8 on it and stuffed it with pillows, a rather unkind jab at Miller's robust 6-ft. 9-in., 370-lb. physique. Miller called the skit racist and said it embarrassed him in front of his family. Furthermore, the humiliation caused him to gain still more weight. Suns' management said there was no racist intent by the Gorilla, "the premier mascot in all of team sports," and apologized for any distress. Now maybe the players association...
...show's ongoing humorous skit, for example, a detective was investigating the murder of one of the cast members. Although the skit's inclusion was initially surprising to many in the audience, several audience members said they thoroughly enjoyed as a counterpoint to the other more "serious" acts...