Word: tynan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...impressionists from Rich Little to Dana Carvey. The program has had moments of great theater, from Tiny Tim's wedding to Miss Vicki to Michael Landon's poignant last appearance to discuss his terminal cancer. But mostly the show has succeeded because of its cozy familiarity. Critic Kenneth Tynan once suggested that during the turbulent 1960s, Carson may have become "the nation's chosen joker because, in Madison Avenue terms, he was guaranteed to relieve nervous strain and anxiety more swiftly and safely (ask your doctor) than any competing brand of wag." A bit overstated, perhaps, but it is true...
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo, Andrea Dorfman, Katherine Mihok, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Nancy McD. Chase, Mary McC. Fernandez, Georgia Harbison, Anne Hopkins, Sue Raffety, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph...
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo, Andrea Dorfman, Katherine Mihok, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Nancy McD. Chase, Mary McC. Fernandez, Georgia Harbison, Anne Hopkins, Sue Raffety, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph...
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo, Andrea Dorfman, Katherine Mihok, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Nancy McD. Chase, Mary McC. Fernandez, Georgia Harbison, Anne Hopkins, Sue Raffety, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph...
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo, Andrea Dorfman, Katherine Mihok, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Nancy McD. Chase, Mary McC. Fernandez, Georgia Harbison, Anne Hopkins, Sue Raffety, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph...