Word: pun
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Beach Boys album, we can expect a certain amount of schlock, and, one again, they don't disappoint us. "Deirdre," which tries to justify its lyrics with the pun "dear, dear, Deirdre," sounds like Gary Lewis and the Playboys' "The joker is Wild" played at half-tempo. Likewise, "At My Window" is a cutesy sentimental ballad, full of sound effects of birds chirping...
...Rutgers show the Band wanted to announce a course, "Women in Social Uplift: a course designed for a bunch of boobs." The Band thought it was a clever pun; the administration decided it was crude...
...birthday celebration. His rendition of the Brahms violin concerto was the hit of a gala at the Hollywood Bowl. At supper afterward, his observations ranged from philosophy ("Music is more important than musicians. The music goes on and on. All we can do is serve it honestly") to a pun inspired by Ogden Nash ("I leave no tone unSterned...
...seems to me that Masters and Johnson create more problems then they solve. As a laywoman (no pun intended), I studiously avoid all that Masterly advice on sex. So much analysis and technical information could ruin a perfectly enjoyable relationship...
...aggressive copy has helped the firm to treble its billings to $24 million in the past three years. "Would you let your daughter marry a Ford owner?" asks the headline in an ad for Ford Motor Co. To plug pubs run by Whitbread Beer, the agency tried a slapstick pun: "If your wife's not happy in The Baker's Arms, maybe The Feathers will tickle her fancy...