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...opera entitled “Redundancy, Again,” as well as various “Scientific Demonstrations” and other humorous skits. Marc Abrahams, the event’s lamé donning emcee, mingled with a host of others—including Nobel Prize Winners William Lipscomb and Benoit Mandelbrot—onstage. At one point, two lucky audience members won dates with the octogenarian Nobel laureates. One of the award recipients, Brent Jordan—who previously worked as bouncer at a gentlemen’s club in New Mexico—said he was excited...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobel Inspires Zany Fun | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...savior of the bill. Even some of the McCain campaign's statements Thursday afternoon seemed to suggest as much. "We're optimistic that Senator McCain will bring House Republicans on board without driving other parties away, resulting in a successful deal for the American taxpayer," said McCain spokeswoman Kimmie Lipscomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's to Blame for the Bailout Deal's Stumble? | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...thought Bill Lipscomb in a beer bottle suit was really something to see,” said Peaco Todd, Art Director of the AIR who appeared as a “minordomo” during the ceremony...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Honor Off-Beat Science | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

...showcases a dizzying sequence of mock tributes and absurd skits, monitored by its mascot Ig: a bespectacled, nearly nude bald man painted silver from head to toe who wandered around carrying a flashlight. The evening also featured genuine Nobel Laureates. Harvard chemistry laureates Dudley R. Herschbach and William N. Lipscomb, as well as physiology or medicine laureate Richard Roberts, presided over the ceremony, leading everything from a can-can dance to a Karaoke rendition of “Can’t Take My Eyes...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ig Nobel Awards Take Sanders | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

...later parts of his film, Moore returns to his hometown, Flint, Mich., where Lila Lipscomb, whose soldier son has died in Iraq, begins to question, with great poignancy, what his sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moore Method | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

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