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...biting comment exchanged over the potato counter in Stalinist Moscow is not for here. But there is humor elsewhere, not in the queazy attempts at stand-up savagery, but the politics themselves. How can you poke fun at American politics when the thing itself is so damn hilarious? Why make endless quips about that nice Mr. Quayle when one look at his squidgy visage, writhing with stupidity, outdoes anything a comedian could express. All the way through the Vice-Presidential debate I was doubled up with laughter as cliche rebounded off smirk, off slick quip, off tear-jerking'''real-life...
...Stand-Up Cafe. 76 Warrenton St., Boston. 426-3737. Show at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22. Shows at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. on Friday...
PROFILE: A Stand...
...wife in the hotel bathroom, the toilet seat covered with white linen and crystal, while the baby sleeps in the next room. That's Janice and me." When the girls got older and Janice couldn't go along, he would drive all night to get back home. "Doing stand-up, you live for 8:05 p.m. The rest of the day is waiting. Some of my worst moments were being alone in the room and the phone at home is busy...
...never used humor the way Buddy did, as a straight-arm to keep people away, but he admits he once had a craving, now banished, for "that extra hug you can only get from strangers." Not needing hugs and wanting to be known more for his movies than his stand-up skills have so far kept Crystal from agreeing to be the host of the Academy Awards for the fourth year in a row. "I love being Captain of Show Business for one night a year, but it is hard to keep doing it better," he says. Gilbert Cates, producer...