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November
15, 2000
- Closet reveals comedy
treasure trove - NEW YORK (AP) -
When workers cracked open the door of a
forgotten closet in midtown Manhattan,
they uncovered a treasure trove of
comedy more than 40 years old.
"It's as exciting as an Egyptian
tomb that's been opened," comedian
Carl Reiner told The New York Times.
"Did they find any dead writers
there?" Not exactly. But the City
Center staff did find box upon box of
scripts and other memorabilia from
"Your Show of Shows,"
"The Admiral Broadway Revue"
and a number of other pioneering
television shows, the Times reported
Tuesday. The papers are those of Max
Liebman, a comedy producer from TV's
golden age who died in 1981. The closet
sits just a few feet away from "the
writers' room," where legendary
figures such as Sid Caesar, Imogene
Coca, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Neil
Simon brainstormed classic comic
sketches in the early 1950s. The
pinnacle of the collection is 137
scripts - complete with scribblings in
the margins - for "Your Show of
Shows," a 90-minute program
starring Caesar, Coca and Reiner that
ran from Feb. 25, 1950, until June 5,
1954.
November 10, 2000
- 'Cloning'
process promises parallel universe of gaming - Imagine
a parallel universe where you are the hero. 3Q Inc. hopes
gamers will be able to visualize such a scenario, one in
which a computer-generated double exists to battle monsters,
shoot enemies and evade peril. Although the number of
compatible PC games is currently limited, 3Q launched its
3-D human form reproduction technology Friday at a Babbage's
outlet in San Jose, California...
November
16 2000 - George Harrison attacker
acquitted - OXFORD, England (AP) - A man who stabbed
George Harrison because he believed he was possessed by the
former Beatle was ordered confined to a mental hospital
Wednesday after being acquitted of attempted murder by
reason of insanity. Judge Michael Astill said Michael Abram
would be held "without time restriction" and must
gain the approval of a mental health tribunal if he seeks
release. Abram, 34, had been accused of breaking into
Harrison's home in Henley-on-Thames, west of London, and
stabbing him repeatedly, puncturing a lung. He also was
charged with attacking Harrison's wife, Olivia, when she
came to her husband's defense. In a statement read outside
Oxford Crown Court by the couple's son, Dhani, the Harrisons
criticized the "ancient lunatic law" that allows
acquittal on mental grounds. Abram had been in and out of
psychiatric facilities for years and sought help in the
weeks before the Dec. 30, 1999, attack. After the verdict,
his mother, Lynda, said he is "well on the road to
recovery."
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