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...majority of football players are good, stand-up guys that deserve to be here. Some of them even could have gotten into Harvard without the coaches (not me). Golly, some of them are even friendly (like me, or so I like to think). If friendliness or even simple non-aggression toward others are attributes of the “little bitch,” by all means I will continually strive to be a “little bitch.” Little bitches, unite...
...American families to settle in Dolton. Shortly after they arrived, someone vandalized their home. Neither McNabb nor his parents carried a chip. They sent him to Mount Carmel High School, a diverse Catholic school on the South Side, where he honed not only his passing game but also his stand-up act. He would mimic the coaches, break-dance in the locker room--anything to keep the team loose. He hasn't stopped. When asked to name something he admired about rotund Eagles coach Andy Reid, McNabb said, "His healthy eating...
WARDROBE MALFUNCTION Janet Jackson's breast said hello, a nation reacted in horror, and Justin Timberlake, her partner in crime, came up with an explanation that stand-up comics couldn't have invented...
...Stand-up comics, of course, do one-person shows every night, in clubs and concert halls, so it's no surprise that they would eventually make an assault on Broadway. The bigger question is whether they belong there. Cantone, a New York City comic and actor perhaps best known for his recurring role as Charlotte's wedding planner in Sex and the City, is a talented, high-voltage performer with a bag of good impressions (Julia Child, Sammy Davis Jr.) and a bitchy, high-camp sensibility. But despite some second-act musings about his family, including his mother's death...
...dozen audience members onstage and forces them to play roles in a scene from her childhood. Crystal spends his entire show taking his own life very seriously. But that doesn't mean he has reinvented himself as a sad clown. Crystal's show is a scripted extension of his stand-up material, with lampoons of his Jewish relatives--the cranky uncles, the chain-smoking aunt in Boca Raton who regales a friend on the phone with tales of her daughter's lesbian wedding--and enough one-liners and physical business to keep his fans happy. But he's also paying...