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...libber in the business) and openness to edgy comedians like Sahl and Bruce, Allen was no radical. He was the ideal host: a mediator, a moderator. When he wasn't talking, he actually listened to his guests. When he wasn't being funny, he could be resolutely serious; "The Tonight Show" occasionally devoted entire evenings to one guest (Carl Sandburg) or discussion of one topic (civil rights). Unlike most modern hosts, Allen wasn't shy about trying to edify people. He didn't pretend to be stupider than he was. Or younger. On his prime-time show, he presented kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bye-Bye, Steverino | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...From Allen's Alley came 50 or so books, nearly 8,000 songs (why?), a clever if starchy Great Men of History chat series called "Meeting of Minds" and a few more incarnations of the "Tonight" format (including a syndicated show in the late '60s that profoundly influenced David Letterman). He kept up the productive pace, but for smaller, older audiences - the remnants of the pop intelligentsia he had helped form. If Mensa had a nightclub for its senior members, he'd be the lounge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bye-Bye, Steverino | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

Princeton would have to lose its final Ivy game to lowly Penn tonight in order for Harvard to share the Ivy title with the Tigers. Faced with this unlikely scenario, Harvard's only realistic hopes of making its second-ever NCAA Tournament hinge on the announcement of at-large bids Tuesday night...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Faces Improved Columbia, Selection Process | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...topic this week. I overheard one boy in Lowell dining hall telling his friend: "Look at that girl now. She's fat. She's put on a good 15 to 20. And you know what? She deserves it for being such a bitch."...'80s Dance tonight! Get there early, otherwise you'll miss all the best songs...With the presidential fever building to a climax, I suddenly felt inspired. So I asked myself, "What would Harry Potter do if he wanted to capitalize on all this political activism?" And then it came to me. I want to run a publicity...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

Song I will be sick of by the time you read this: "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men (below). Who licensed it to every single sports arena across this country? When both Jay Leno on the Tonight Show and whoever did the commentary during the World Series can make jokes about the song... Can you say overplayed...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the Mix | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

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