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...locate it. Jay cuts the deck to an ace (repeatedly). Jay even pulls out reputedly the oldest of magician’s tools—the cup and balls. Yet Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants is far more than a magic show, it is a theatrical experience blessed with wit and genuine charm. Jay sets the tone early as, after he cuts an ace for the first time, he drolly deadpans, “Well on my way to the luckiest night of my life...
...both of the American nation and of the democratic system and ideals, Laxer does nothing more than rehash its overworked idiosyncrasies. Foreign literary types, humorists, and historians have worked their way across America before and have produced clever books, such as Andrei Codrescu’s Road Scholar. The wit, however, emanated from those authors’ ability to penetrate into the truly odd, to show how it was also truly American, and finally explain how the bizarre might make sense in a proper American context...
...reported on the trials and tribulations of the new Tommy’s Pizza owner, Mian Iftikhar. While fighting valiently for the privilege to keep his pizza joint and convenience store open until 3am, Ifttikhar has shared some of his life story and rapid-fire wit with Lamas. Here is that story. Here is that wit...
...astonishingly little I’ve changed. The young, “gentle” budding-neurobiologist with interests in newspaper writing and music who walked into Matthews Hall three years ago looks pretty similar today, except the gentle part, which Harvard has slowly molded into skepticism and acid wit...
...suppose that since I refuse to make my breasts earn their keep, they’ll just have to continue taking a back seat to my charming wit and come-hither smile. That’s it, my almost ample attack dogs will not be bad-punned into taking center stage for now, no matter how tantalizing the Bloussant model makes her curvy curves look...