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...YORK: There are no official records, but it's a good bet that before his death from flu complications in Manhattan Tuesday, Henny Youngman told more jokes than anyone, ever. Famous for his rat-a-tat-tat strings of one-liners, immortalized of course by "Take my wife, please," Youngman did comedy at six jokes a minute, 200 dates a year, for the better part of a half century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Henny Youngman, 1906-1998 | 2/25/1998 | See Source »

...first class mean "I think I am extra special smart. Please prepare for a volcanic eruption of mental manure." Calling the TF by name when you already have her attention (as in "Well, Carol, I have always had a special love for special relativity. I have a tat-too mural of `Einstein Working at a Black-board' on my behind, as, Carol, I'm sure you do as well") is the International Sign that you are counting on making Carol so uncomfortable that she'll never call on you and you can stop doing the reading. Carefully flipping through...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: The Universal Language | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

...most senior officers," says Thompson. "But now that there are six accusers, it would be hard for the investigating officer to recommend anything other than a court-martial." And when McKinney's lawyer threatened to go public with other cases of harassment in a tit-for-tat retaliation, today's outcome became inevitable. All McKinney can hope for now is that Major General Robert Foley ? who will make the final decision on the case ? may be somewhat more lenient than Jarvis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McKinney's Day of Reckoning | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

...compose a program that includes the first Bugs Bunny and Tweety and Sylvester cartoons, the first Warner cartoon to win an Oscar and several hilarious Chuck Jones shorts. The festival carefully includes all the famous Looney Tunes phrases--"What's up, Doc?" "I tawt I taw a putty tat!" and "Be vewy, vewy quiet"--but if you listen closely, the cartoons are replete with wry jokes and creative banter...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: The Story of One Rabbit's Struggle | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

DIED. HERB CAEN, 80, classic newspaper columnist; in San Francisco. In the brightly written rat-a-tat of the daily column he produced for 58 years, mostly in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Pulitzer-prizewinning Caen was raconteur, funnyman, tipster, nightclubber, friend of the powerful and tireless chronicler of "Baghdad by the Bay," the city he loved and that loved him back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 10, 1997 | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

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