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| 189.1 | | PTOS02::JACOBR | She likes Andy, She likes Elvis..... | Wed Oct 12 1994 18:37 | 6 |
| Anyone see the Dave Barry on Opera yesterday or today.
Hilarious.
JaKe
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| 189.2 | Was he in a swordfight? | 25022::BREEN | | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:07 | 5 |
| > Anyone see the Dave Barry on Opera yesterday or today.
Was it King Lear or Hamlet
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| 189.3 | Was that it? | ANGLIN::WIERSBECK | Chicago has wimpy winters | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:17 | 4 |
| I saw Phantom of the Opera.
Spud
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| 189.4 | | HANNAH::ASHE | What's the frequency, Robert? | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:23 | 2 |
| Opera Winfrey's in Chicago... go Cubs...
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| 189.5 | | PTOS02::JACOBR | She likes Andy, She likes Elvis..... | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:25 | 6 |
| No, you lame-brains, Barry talks about his hatred fer Opera.
guess ya had to read it.
JaKe
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| 189.6 | | MSBCS::BRYDIE | I need somebody to shove! | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:31 | 7 |
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Why are you capitalizing the 'o' in opera? Some special reverence
for the art form? I had you pegged for a big opera fan, Jake.
BTW - I guess I'm the only person who doesn;t get the appeal of
Dave Barry and Tim Whathisface form Home Improvement. It
just doesn't make me crack a smile much less laugh aloud.
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| 189.7 | it's a family man thang | FRETZ::HEISER | Grace changes everything | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:34 | 5 |
| > BTW - I guess I'm the only person who doesn;t get the appeal of
> Dave Barry and Tim Whathisface form Home Improvement. It
> just doesn't make me crack a smile much less laugh aloud.
you have to have a life and live it first.
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| 189.8 | | PTOS02::JACOBR | She likes Andy, She likes Elvis..... | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:34 | 21 |
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>> Why are you capitalizing the 'o' in opera? Some special reverence
>> for the art form? I had you pegged for a big opera fan, Jake.
I DID attend one opera once. Me and Mrs. JaKe, before we was hitched,
went to see "The Marriage of Figaro", only cause she talked me into it
cause she wanted to "experience" and opera. We both hated it,
severely. Swore that one opera in our lifetimes is probably too much.
>> BTW - I guess I'm the only person who doesn;t get the appeal of
>> Dave Barry and Tim Whathisface form Home Improvement. It
>> just doesn't make me crack a smile much less laugh aloud.
Well, the world needs curmedgeons in all walks of life to make life
interesting!
(8^)*
JaKe
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| 189.9 | I don't get it either | CNTROL::CHILDS | She was a TWO-Bagger | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:39 | 4 |
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no Tommy there's atleast two of us........
mike
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| 189.10 | | MSBCS::BRYDIE | I need somebody to shove! | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:44 | 7 |
| >> -< it's a family man thang >-
>> you have to have a life and live it first.
Then I guess you had to be an alien to appreciate "Mork And Mindy",
a barfly to appreciate "Cheers" and be in therapy to appreciate the
"Bob Newhart Show". All makes sense to me.
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| 189.11 | | FRETZ::HEISER | Grace changes everything | Wed Oct 12 1994 19:56 | 1 |
| Well if you enjoyed those shows, I'll trust your voice of experience.
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| 189.12 | | HANNAH::ASHE | What's the frequency, Robert? | Wed Oct 12 1994 20:25 | 3 |
| I'd rather see Letterman throw stuff out a building, but that's not
bad.
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| 189.13 | | SCOONE::MCCULLOUGH | Hakuna Matata - means no worries... | Thu Oct 13 1994 12:06 | 4 |
| |Why are you capitalizing the 'o' in opera? Some special
|for the art form? I had you pegged for a big opera fan, Jake.
Probably the same reason he always types STEELERS.
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| 189.14 | with a bit of sarcasm | BSS::MENDEZ | | Thu Oct 13 1994 15:08 | 8 |
| Ya know...
Sooner or later some drunk hunter is gonna get the idea to hunt with a
bowling ball from an airplane and mame some poor innocent animal. I
think that we should ban Dave Barry from writing these type of
articles! (smily doodad goes somewhere in here)
Frank
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| 189.15 | | CAMONE::WAY | Sailors, rest your oars... | Thu Oct 13 1994 15:09 | 2 |
| Thanks Frank, I'm rolling, but I've got soda in my sinuses now and it's
all your fault......
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| 189.16 | | HELIX::MAIEWSKI | | Thu Oct 13 1994 15:24 | 15 |
| RE <<< Note 189.7 by FRETZ::HEISER "Grace changes everything" >>>
-< it's a family man thang >-
>> BTW - I guess I'm the only person who doesn;t get the appeal of
>> Dave Barry and Tim Whathisface form Home Improvement. It
>> just doesn't make me crack a smile much less laugh aloud.
>
> you have to have a life and live it first.
I seem to like Dave Barry but I don't like Home Improvement. I guess that
means I have a half life.
So the question is, does that mean that I am radioactive?
George
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| 189.17 | | WMOIS::CHAPALONIS_M | What a terrible year 1918 | Thu Oct 13 1994 16:13 | 4 |
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Who is Dave Barry?
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| 189.18 | | SCOONE::MCCULLOUGH | Hakuna Matata - means no worries... | Thu Oct 13 1994 16:17 | 4 |
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| Who is Dave Barry?
A world famous car bowler.
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| 189.19 | | PTOS02::JACOBR | She likes Andy, She likes Elvis..... | Thu Oct 13 1994 18:58 | 7 |
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>> Who is Dave Barry?
Mrs. Barry's son.
JaKe
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| 189.20 | | HANNAH::ASHE | and I'm feeeeelin' strong... | Thu Oct 13 1994 19:03 | 2 |
| Dave's World, Dave's World, party time, excellent...
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| 189.21 | | ROCK::HUBER | Indians in '94 | Thu Oct 13 1994 19:19 | 4 |
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> Who is Dave Barry?
A modern day James Thurber...
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| 189.22 | | WMOIS::CHAPALONIS_M | What a terrible year 1918 | Thu Oct 13 1994 19:24 | 7 |
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Well, thanks guys. You really helped me on that one!
Chappy
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| 189.23 | better? | HANNAH::ASHE | and I'm feeeeelin' strong... | Thu Oct 13 1994 19:29 | 4 |
| Have you seen the show Dave's World with Harry Anderson. It's based on
his articles. He's a writer for the Miami Herald I think. The Globe
runs his column.
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| 189.24 | | WMOIS::CHAPALONIS_M | What a terrible year 1918 | Thu Oct 13 1994 19:32 | 11 |
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Oh, Thanks Walt, Figures the guy that helps you out is leavin
soon!!!! :-(
Chap
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| 189.25 | | CAMONE::WAY | Sailors, rest your oars... | Fri Oct 14 1994 12:12 | 17 |
| Dave Barry is a humorist, who writes for the Miami Herald. He started out
in a small town in Pennsylvania, and for a time, he was working remotely
for the Herald from PA, but I don't know if he lives in FLA now or not.
He has a bunch of books out there -- see the humor section in the bookstore,
some of which are pretty funny. The one about having a baby is hysterical.
Dave was also the lead guitarist of the "rock group" The Rock Bottom
Remainders, most notable because it was made up of authors -- Steven King,
Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, Dave Barry among others. Their musical director
was Al Kooper.
Believe it or not, he plays a pretty good guitar....
hth,
'Saw
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| 189.26 | | ROCK::HUBER | Indians in '94 | Fri Oct 14 1994 12:35 | 14 |
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> Dave Barry is a humorist, who writes for the Miami Herald. He started out
> in a small town in Pennsylvania, and for a time, he was working remotely
> for the Herald from PA, but I don't know if he lives in FLA now or not.
Actually, before that he worked for a PA newspaper - not sure which
one, though.
He is living in FLA now, and has been for a while.
Besides the syndicated column, he is a reporter for the Herald,
apparently, doing a number of regular articles for the paper.
Joe
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| 189.27 | | MSBCS::BRYDIE | I need somebody to shove! | Fri Oct 14 1994 12:40 | 8 |
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> Who is Dave Barry?
>> A modern day James Thurber...
In his wildest dreams. He's more like Andy Rooney without the chip on
his shoulder.
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| 189.28 | | SCOONE::MCCULLOUGH | Hakuna Matata - means no worries... | Fri Oct 14 1994 12:53 | 7 |
| | In his wildest dreams. He's more like Andy Rooney without the chip on
| his shoulder.
Hey, it must be fun to write the stuff Barry puts out.
Half the time his ideas come from his readers. If he
can make a very nice living the way he does, without a
lot of literary heavy lifting, more power to him.
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| 189.29 | | ROCK::HUBER | Indians in '94 | Fri Oct 14 1994 12:53 | 14 |
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>>> Who is Dave Barry?
>> A modern day James Thurber...
> In his wildest dreams. He's more like Andy Rooney without the chip on
> his shoulder.
Eh - Barry's a lot closer to Thurber than Rooney. And I'm not sure
that down the road Dave won't be looked at in the same light. At this
point, though, he hasn't really made a similar progression, I'll
grant.
Joe
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| 189.30 | | CAMONE::WAY | Sailors, rest your oars... | Fri Oct 14 1994 12:57 | 13 |
| Hey, Dave Barry makes me laugh and that's what counts, as far as I'm
concerned.
I almost split a gut the very first article of his I read, something called
"Building a Board."
He's an interesting fellow, who looks a little bit like Chris Knorr, if you
want to know what Chris Knorr kinda looks like, see a picture of Dave Barry.
(How's *that* for a run-on sentence!)
'Saw
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| 189.31 | | MSBCS::BRYDIE | I need somebody to shove! | Fri Oct 14 1994 13:04 | 12 |
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>> Hey, Dave Barry makes me laugh and that's what counts, as far as I'm
>> concerned.
With all due respect, Frank, Howard Stern makes you laugh. I don't
think anyone's going to be comparing Howie to Oscar Wilde any time
soon.
I've read Dave Barry and I don't understand the fuss. He comes across
to me as a male Erma Bombeck (who I also think is as funny as head lice).
I can see =bob='s point but I also have a dog-eared copy of the Thurber
Carnival and Thurber and Barry are worlds apart.
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| 189.32 | | CAMONE::WAY | Sailors, rest your oars... | Fri Oct 14 1994 13:47 | 26 |
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> With all due respect, Frank, Howard Stern makes you laugh. I don't
> think anyone's going to be comparing Howie to Oscar Wilde any time
> soon.
>
No, Howard Stern used to get me laughing at how outrageous his stuff was.
Kind of like shock treatment. In fact, I quite dislike Stern now, as
his stuff has gotten really old.
> I've read Dave Barry and I don't understand the fuss. He comes across
> to me as a male Erma Bombeck (who I also think is as funny as head lice).
There are some Dave Barry columns lately that haven't made me laugh....
I'll bet Dave Barry could find something funny in head lice 8^)
The real crime is that the Far Side is going away 8^(
'Saw
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| 189.33 | | HELIX::MAIEWSKI | | Fri Oct 14 1994 13:59 | 23 |
| RE <<< Note 189.31 by MSBCS::BRYDIE "I need somebody to shove!" >>>
> With all due respect, Frank, Howard Stern makes you laugh. I don't
> think anyone's going to be comparing Howie to Oscar Wilde any time
> soon.
Howard Stern never made me laugh. I usually see him on talk shows with guys
like Jay Leno and Stern comes across as this irritating fog horn that you
just can't stop.
The "where's Johny" jokes were a little funny the 1st time he told them
on his 1st Tonight Show appearance but by the 4th or 5th time on that same
show they were old and he just won't quit.
I guess he's suppose to be shocking but he never says anything more shocking
than what I heard on the playground in Jr High.
I usually go to bed at some point during the Tonight Show and when Stern
is on it's usually earlier rather than later.
Is there some other context where he is funny?
George
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| 189.34 | | SCOONE::MCCULLOUGH | Hakuna Matata - means no worries... | Fri Oct 14 1994 14:19 | 12 |
| re: Howard Stern
Stern's appeal is to the "locker room" crowd. He trys to
titalate his viewers/listners (his main outlet is his
morning drive time radio show based in NY, but syndicated
throughout the country) with constant patter about breasts,
lesbians, and how all kinds of women want to sleep with
him.
I think he is as funny as a rock.
=bob=
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| 189.35 | | 57042::francus | There is no joy in Mudville | Fri Oct 14 1994 14:26 | 4 |
| Imus roooooools
The Crazy Met
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| 189.36 | | HANNAH::ASHE | and I'm feeeeelin' strong... | Fri Oct 14 1994 14:57 | 2 |
| Neither one is the world's greatest... they're ok...
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| 189.37 | | SCOONE::MCCULLOUGH | Hakuna Matata - means no worries... | Fri Oct 14 1994 15:45 | 11 |
| True confession:
After bashing him mercilessly, I have to admit, I listen
to Imus most mornings.
Can't quite place why the show holds my interest. I still
think that he is a pompus ass, and that his cronies are
a bunch of sophmoric pranksters, but I do find myself tuning
the show in.
=bob=
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| 189.38 | | 24661::LEFEBVRE | Terrapin Station >> Sgt. Pepper | Fri Oct 14 1994 16:07 | 11 |
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>>> Who is Dave Barry?
>> A modern day James Thurber...
> In his wildest dreams. He's more like Andy Rooney without the chip on
> his shoulder.
Tommy, more like Erma Bombeck with a set a_boyz.
Mark.
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| 189.39 | Humor is in the eye of the gigler! | MKFSA::LONG | Strive for five! | Fri Oct 14 1994 16:08 | 12 |
| I didn't realize we were taking a poll, but I think Dave Barry
is hilarious. Like has been mentioned in the 'tavern' many times,
taste in humor is like taste in music...different strokes for
different folks.
To be realistic, though, I have read some Barry that I didn't
like, just like Garth Brooks does some stuff that I don't care
for. So what! I'll laugh at the stuff that I think is funny
and you laugh at yours. Just so you keep laughing!
billl
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| 189.40 | | CAMONE::WAY | Sailors, rest your oars... | Fri Oct 14 1994 16:29 | 10 |
| Yeah, I used to laugh at Stern -- well, not so much at him, but at his
"crew" I guess.
I like to listen to Imus -- if for no other reason than he has some interesting
guests and he's broadened my horizons in some respects. There is some talent
on the show too -- Rob Bartlett, Scottzo......
'Saw
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| 189.41 | | 24661::LEFEBVRE | Terrapin Station >> Sgt. Pepper | Fri Oct 14 1994 16:37 | 7 |
| Time for me to come clean....I, too, would relentlessly bash Imus, but
have been addicted for the last 2 months. Great mix of humor and
political banter, and as Frank indicated, an impressive list of guests.
Beavis and Bubba were hilarious this morning.
Mark.
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| 189.42 | | CAMONE::WAY | Sailors, rest your oars... | Fri Oct 14 1994 16:49 | 5 |
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> Beavis and Bubba were hilarious this morning.
>
Yes, they were. "Just a minor chubby".....
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| 189.43 | | HANNAH::ASHE | and I'm feeeeelin' strong... | Fri Oct 14 1994 16:56 | 3 |
| I agree the list of guests is good. The bits have worn thin on me.
So has Bernard being Mr. Suckup...
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| 189.44 | Imus has a lot more staying power | TNPUBS::NAZZARO | Will edit for food | Fri Oct 14 1994 17:33 | 4 |
| On a scale of 1-10, Imus is about a 6 or a 7, while Stern is at best
a 2.
NAZZ
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| 189.45 | | MSBCS::BRYDIE | I need somebody to shove! | Fri Oct 14 1994 17:37 | 2 |
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Give me "All Things Considered" any day over Stern or Imus.
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| 189.46 | | 24661::LEFEBVRE | Terrapin Station >> Sgt. Pepper | Fri Oct 14 1994 17:49 | 4 |
| All Things Considered puts me to sleep - not due to subject matter, but
the monotonic bubbleheads doing the broadcast.
Mark.
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| 189.47 | | CAMONE::WAY | Sailors, rest your oars... | Fri Oct 14 1994 17:52 | 1 |
| Is "All Things Considered" on NPR?
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| 189.48 | yes it is | FRETZ::HEISER | Grace changes everything | Fri Oct 14 1994 18:57 | 1 |
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| 189.49 | | SOLANA::MAY_BR | Ain't no cure for the overseed blues | Mon Oct 17 1994 14:41 | 2 |
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Ain't ATC on in the PM?
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