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...there for his own kicks, not to strike up a rapport with the audience. "I'm not somebody who smiles and bows," he says. "You know, I'm up there to play. It's strictly business with me." Yet many patrons expect something different from the former stand-up comic. "Most of them are shocked that he doesn't speak or tell jokes," says banjoist Eddie Davis. "But after a few tunes, they get caught up in the music...
Harvard's oldest improvisational group returns to the Dunster Dining Hall this weekend for three shows of stand-up comedy, improvisation games and audience participation...
This weekend the Immediate Gratification Players, one of the College's two stand-up, improvisation groups, opens the Loeb Experimental Theater with a comedy show. If you're ready for some crudeness, rudeness, silliness or just a good laugh, head for the theater on Brattle Street this weekend...
...stabbing his main antagonist, Jimmie gains respect as a "stand-up guy." He does not let anyone push him around. And in a parallel to her husband's growth, Kate learns to stand up for herself. After Jimmie's arresting officers harrass her, she complains to their superior, Lt. Fitzgerald, credibly played by Badja Djola. Kate riles Fitzgerald to action by claiming his underlings slandered...
...monologues, has long been TV's most reliable barometer of what Middle America thinks about the issues of the day. But now Johnny is just one of a late-night crowd. Jay Leno, Carson's regular fill-in as Tonight host, has added a sharp political edge to his stand-up material. David Letterman, camp counselor on NBC's irreverent Late Night, seems to have boosted his political consciousness as well -- not just in his brief monologues but in such regular bits as the often hilarious Top Ten lists. Newcomer Pat Sajak also takes regular, if timid, swings at political...