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...hard to say who will mourn Gary's passing more, stand-up comedians or Republicans. Or people of both persuasions, like Ronald Reagan...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Iowa Sends A At Hart | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

BABBITT. O.K., his stand-up was hokey. But it worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pre-Primary Report | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...coolest of mediums, seemed almost to spring out of his chair, unsettling his audience with high-voltage intensity. It was video High Noon: Bush had shot down the legendary media gunslinger from Black Rock. It was the new George Bush. Not Bush the perpetual stand-in, but Bush the stand-up guy. Bush Unbound. Bush Unwimped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bushwhacked! | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Running a low-budget, long-shot campaign, Babbitt has not been above an occasional publicity stunt. Even before his stand-up routine on the NBC debate, he was the first presidential candidate to appear this year in a Saturday Night Live skit (in which he is caught trying to sneak extra grocery items through the express checkout). Following his disastrous video performance at the Houston debate in July, Babbitt almost daily practiced speaking into a videocamera, sometimes sending the tapes to an acting coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Bruce Babbitt: Standing Up For Substance | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

This coach is a stand-up comedian. By the time the speech is through, you've forgotten everything about the game--including the score--and even what sport is was. Losing coaches often find this speech very effective...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Post-Game Speech | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

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