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Student representatives are Marllyn Sasportas '74, Currier; Deborah M. Winn '73, Lowell; Carolyn A. Longacre '73, Leverett; John S. Veach '73, Mather; Loe E. Sheehy '73, Winthrop; Ron Vender '73, Kirkland; Laurie Quaries '73, Dunster; Beth Goldman '73, Eliot; Catherine Bence '74, South; Earl P. Steinberg '74, Quincy; and David Smith '73 and Carlyn Christensen '74 from the Yard...
...paper, this formula-ridden show has everything against it. A poor Jew named Bernie Steinberg (David Birney) marries a rich Irish Catholic named Bridget Fitzgerald (Meredith Baxter), while the four meddlesome in-laws, instead of cutting into the wedding cake, cut into each other. Surprisingly, the formula works, and Bridget Loves Bernie, whose ethnic humor descends from Abie's Irish Rose (the long-running comedy of the '20s) down through All in the Family, is one of the brighter comedy spots of the new season...
...Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 1969: the brothers, already in jeopardy with CBS for their satirical barbs, lose their show after an allegedly blasphemous guest spot by David Steinberg. The vein in which Steinberg took the Lord's name was comic...
There followed stand-up comedy dates at New York City nightspots and 25 appearances on the Tonight Show. Steinberg also cut two records featuring the offbeat brand of Old Testament humor that had become his trademark. "My sermons strike out in all directions," he says. "At the prophets, at myself, the clergy and at God. But when God comes off looking ridiculous, this is the God of the clergy...
...mostly absent from Steinberg's current show, perhaps indicating an attempt to mollify cautious network executives. The show dispenses with big production numbers and cue cards-to the dismay of some guests who have difficulty memorizing their lines. TV's canned-laugh track is also eliminated in favor of a live audience-but fortunately there is plenty of genuine laughter to make...