Word: ee
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...Some of his stunts were wacky or zany (two words best applied to the '50s) and would be punctuated by the two forms of the Steve Allen laugh. One was low and desert-dry ("Eh eh"), the other high and hysterically musical ("Ee! Ee! Ee!"), as if a coloratura were being goosed. But Allen was no more wacky and zany than Steve Martin (who parodied Allen's song "Impossible" by singing "It's impossible/To stick an airplane up your nose/Yes, it's impossible") was wild and crazy. Few comics did Steve Allen impressions; his demeanor was too straight, too assured...
...hurt that she's a jab off the old block. In Detroit two weeks ago, Ali was knocked down in the second round for the first time in her career by Karen Bill. With her dad at ringside and buoyed by chants from the 14,000-strong crowd--"Al-ee! Al-ee! Al-ee!"--she struggled up at the count of eight, then beat on Bill until the referee stopped the fight for a third-round...