Word: gagster
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many cannot withdraw once hooked. And, of course, for somebody of his flinty view of the world, he runs the high risk of never doing anything but keynoting the annual meeting of the American Conservative Union, of which he is chairman. But maybe not. He is no kook or gagster...
...Presidential Press Secretary Ron Nessen does not have much future as a comedian. The question some people were asking last week is what sort of future does he have as a presidential press secretary? With good-natured daring, Nessen-a former NBC newsman-appeared in several satiric turns with Gagster Chevy Chase, whose weekly specialty is a lampoon of Ron's accident-prone boss. Nessen played straight man as Chase impersonated President Ford stapling his ear to his head, trying to hit a golf ball with a tennis racket and stumbling through the Oval Office with a football helmet...
...decline and fall of the snob in America. But he shows no faith in his material. Just when he should be putting it all together, he takes it all apart, hurrying on to play a stand-up comedian in print - he becomes an anything-for-a-laugh gagster, spouting Mafia jokes, even a little garment industry humor...