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...also sure to continue his link with the R.S.C. His undiminished joy and interest in all theatrical enterprises, from the circus to a rock concert, travels easily. As Salieri, he addresses the Broadway audience directly, sometimes like a ringmaster, sometimes like a stand-up comic and sometimes, too, like a penitent. "It's not enough just to say I'm this character," McKellen insists. "The reality approach limits you." When an actor like Ian McKellen brings it back from a spin around the block, reality stands revealed for what it should be, a humble beginning...
...defense will get no gifts from Yale's improving offense either. In addition to Diana (110-yd. rushing average per game), the Elis feature a pair of quarterbacks, junior starter John Rogan, who plays a classic, stand-up game, and senior Phil Manley, who runs a graceful option. Split end Curt Grieve has snared 29 passes ("Carm is starting to throw the ball more"--Restic) and fullback captain John Nitti make for an intimidating offensive picture...
...stand-up comic, which Klein takes great, immodest pride in being, he much prefers the college concert circuit to the big money gambling and entertainment dens. "Where they don't serve drinks or food. With theater seats, facing one direction--college gymnasiums, lecture halls, theaters. With college audiences I can reach for the highest...
...Stand-up hasn't even been dented yet. I was so tremendously inspired by Lenny Bruce and Jonathan Winters. That combination, to me--and a little bit of Rodney Dangerfield--that combination is the consummate...
...everything from computerized assembly lines to forklifts. Office workers, on the other hand, are aided by a paltry $2,000 in capital investment; that often amounts to little more than a telephone, a typewriter and a photocopy machine. Such offices will soon be as antique as those with stand-up desks and quill pens...