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Page 2A--The Hereford Brand, Sunday, October 8,1989
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The show is called, what else.
beacons for young comics on the
what you already know, but you’re
the very first lime, and you’ll laugh.
Las Vegas’ Catch should gross
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censor the material, but sometimes
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23 great-grandchildren.
Letters to Editor
Week of 10-9-89
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THE QUIZ
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
Dan Dudley and Cherie
Zinck, coordinators.
5 In a rebuff to Jesse Helms, a House-
Senate conference committee recently
agreed to set much (CHOOSE ONE:
milder, tougher) restrictions on the
National Endowment for the Arts.
2 A man in Oklahoma Is suing his local
cable company over its refusal to show
Martin Scorcese's controversial film..?...
3 Tony Gwynn of the (CHOOSE ONE:
San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants)
won his third consecutive National League
batting title on the last day of the season.
THE QUIZ IS PART Of THS NEWSPAPERS
NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION PROGRAM
(tO pointe for each queetion
antoerrd correctly)
aproductlve wealth
b-go out from
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d-attain
e-gloomy
ment with Hyatt Hotels and Bally
Resorts to open clubs in some of
Hirsch,
; the South
HUGH HERMAN WORD
Oct.6,1989
Kearney.
Mrs. Corlis was a homemaker
For those
in, it may be
why Mary a
stay in sucl
Mary’s case
a very gradu;
2 With its population sullen and under
incredibly tight security, China recently
celebrated the (CHOOSE ONE: 40th,
50th) anniversary of the communist
victory there.
4 On October 11 and 12, voters in
(CHOOSE ONE: Chicago, Cleveland)
are to elect members of 540 local
councils to oversee the city's 603
schools.
3 The House recently approved a cut
in the capital gams tax. Supporters of
the cut say it will help everyone by
(CHOOSE ONE lowering most people s
taxes, sparking economic growth).
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1 Mikhail Baryshnikov abruptly resigned
as the director of the (CHOOSE ONE:
New York City Ballet, American Ballet
Theater) last week, way ahead of his
scheduled 1990 departure.
Thank you,
The Senior Class of 1990, Richard
Perez, president; Edward Cast!-
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4 In a battle for supremacy In the NFC
West the Loe Angeles Rams defeated
the defending Super Bowl champions, the
on Mike Lansford's last-minute field
goal.
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1 These East German refugees were among the first of several
thousand in the West German embassy in (CHOOSE ONE:
Hungary, Czechoslovakia) who were allowed to emigrate to West
Germany a few days ago by going back through East Germany.
Same
O. C. Nierat
John brooks.
pcoplc laugh for a S10 to S20 cover
charge and the price of a drink or
two.
5 Th* Baltimore Orioles, who finished In
the cellar last year, narrowly lost the 1969
AL East crown to the Toronto Blue Jays.
TRUE OR FALSE: No baseball team has
ever gone from worst to first In a single
season.
YOUM SCORE: Cl to 100 pointe • TOP SCORE!
SI to BO potnU EeeeUent. 71 to SO pointe . Good. 41 to 70 potato - Pair.
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comics out there,
become huge showcases lor talent.
Headliners at comedy dubs arc
paid as much as SI0,000 a week. In
Comedy clubs laughing all the way to the bank
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(2 pointe for each correct match)
1 -arrive
2- emigrate
3- sullen
4- capital
5- rebuff
Pam Matteson, a red-haired whirlwind, is laughing her
way to stardom at Los Angeles comedy club.
Clarence Powell and the Rev. A. C.
Hamilton officiating.
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store, he w<
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fear that she
tunity to “flir
make. It has helped hunch many of “Comic'Relief.”
them to stardom: Robin Williams,
Bill Murray, Billy Crystal, Sandra
Bomhard, Eddie
Supper a success. Such generosity
of spirit, time and effort should not
go unrecognized.
We thank the loyal senior parents
who gave time effort and money,
and all of the businesses and indiv-
iduals who gave so generously. We
appreciate you.
Hereford for a year, moving here
from Florida.
I Survivors include two sons, Joe
n and Paul, both of Hereford; a
daughter, Esperza Diaz of Fresno,
Calif; her mother, Dominga Casias
of Hereford; a brother, Jesse Casias
of Lubbock; seven sisters, including
Eamma Cervantez, Margie Polanco
and Linda Lopez, all of Post, Jovita
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Survivors inclue two sons,
Randy of Colorado Springs and
Survivors include a sister, Mary Mike of Hereford; a daughter,
Inez Moore of Denver City; six Rhonda Batte of Colorado Springs;
sons, Alton Carol of Houston, four brothers, Stanley, Bruce and
Hermon Loyd of Hereford, Melvin In’ Reiter, all of Kearney, and Larry
Lee of Amarillo, Thomas Jefferson Reiter of Virginia Beach, Va.; two
of Midland, Jackie Lynn of Amaril- sisters, Pauline Beahm of Kearney
lo; stepson, Orvel D. Slaughter of and Eloise Einspahr of Poplar Bluff,
Edmonson; 17 grandchildren; and Mo; her mother, Irma Reiter of
-----— Kearney; and four grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society or to
Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado
Springs.
Her survivors include a son,
Mike, of Hereford.
She was a former Hereford
4 p.m. in Lemons Funeral Home resident, Services were held Oct. 5
Chapel in Plainview with the Rev. in Colorado Springs.
Clarence Powell and the Rev. A. C. Mrs. Corlis was bom Dec. 29,
Hamilton officiating. Burial will 1931 at Kearney, Neb. She married
follow in P.V. Memorial Cemetery Cletis Corlis on Aug. 27, 1950 in
in Plainview.
Mr. Word was bom in Willow,
He married Bcrdie W. and had lived in Colorado Springs
Woodson in 1964. She died in in 1978.
1985. He was a member of the Date
Street Baptist Church in Plainview.
CAROLYN BETH CORLIS
Oct. 1,1989
Carolyn Beth Corlis, 57, of
Colorado Springs, Colo., died
Hugh Herman Word, 81, of Sunday, OcL 1, 1989 in Colorado
Plainview died Friday, Oct. 6, 1989, Springs,
at Golden Plains Care Center in
Hereford.
Services will be held Monday at
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Matteson is a
Local Roundup
Crimestoppers offers reward
A S300 reward is being offered by Deaf Smith County Crimestoppers
for information leading to the arrest and indicuncnt of persons
responsible for the Crime of the Week.
The Hereford Police Department is investigating the burglary of a
business located in the 400 block of North Main sometime in the early-
morning hours of Oct. 2. Items taken included a yellow Magnavox dual
deck radio cassette radio recorder; a black Sears VCR; a Scars video
camcra/rccorder; a video tripod; and a brass-colored table lamp with
white shade.
If you have information about this crime, call the CLUE LINE at
364-CLUE (364-2583). You may remain anonymous by using a code
name or number. If your information leads to an arrest and indictment
you will receive a reward of up to $300.
Police arrest four
Four persons were arrested Friday by Hereford police including a
woman, 33, for theft over $20; a woman, 25, on a warrant for no proof
of liability insurarce; and two men, 18 and 21, for criminal trespass.
Reports included a suspicious person in the 100 block of Texas; a
domestic disturbance in the 600 block of Irving; a missing person in the
800 block of Brevard; attempted arson in the 400 block of McKinley;
and theft over $20 in the 600 block of Irving.
School board meets Tuesday
The Hereford Independent School District board of trustees will meet
at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the school administration building.
The agenda includes acknowledgement of the employees of the
month and approval of a resolution to support an upcoming reading
intensification time; the adult probation department and the Deaf Smith
County Juvenile Board; board goals and development; textbook
committee member appointment; the suicide prevention program;
alternative school guidelines; professional organization reports; and
committee and administrative reports.
County meets Monday
Deaf Smith County commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Monday at the
courthouse in Hereford.
The agenda includes hearings to create a septic tank order and
identifying county roads; approval of the 1989-90 salary schedule;
election judges and alternates; a contract with the Texas Department of
Human Services for child welfare; reappointment of Dr. Tim Revell as
county health officer; discussion of using work crews from the county
hail; and beginning balances for the road and bridge fund.
EDC meets Tuesday
The Hereford Area Economic Development Commission will meet at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Hereford City Hall.
The agenda includes the executive director’s report and a report on
current development projects.
HHS sets homecoming activities
The Hereford High School student council will sponsor homecoming
activities in Hereford the week of Oct. 23-27.
Events will include a carnival on Oct 23 at the Bull Bam from 6-9
p.m., the homecoming pep rally and the homecoming parade. Persons
interested in entering something in the parade should contact the high
school for more information.
EDITOR’S NOTE - There is a draw $100,000 a week. Not bad in a
booming new marketplace for business in which most start at
comedy in the tradition of vaudc- about $25 a night. Naturally, few
villc and the coffeehouses and cafes make it to the top.
of the mid-century. Comedy clubs Once there was vaudeville,
arc drawing a million people a which gave birth to the likes of Bob
month and $500 million a year. Hope, Milton Bale and Red Skcl-
Thcy are also serving as a farm ton. Then there were the coffcchou-
system for television’s growing ses and cafes that spawned the likes
demand for comics. of Mort Sahl, Woody Allen, Bob
Ncwhart and Bill Cosby.
By JOHN BARBOUR Then, in 1963, Bud Friedman
AP Newsfeatures Writer and his wife opened New York’s
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Call first comedy club. The Improvisa-
il a laughter explosion. tion. When they divorced, she kept
Ten years ago there were fewer the New York showcase, and he
than 20 comedy clubs in the United opened the Improvisation in Los
States. Tixlay there arc some 225 of Angeles and now heads a chain of
them out there, dedicated to making Improvs.
Whether it is The Punch Line in
Atlanta and nine Punch Line franch-
ises in other Southern cities, or the
It’s a growth rate of nine clubs a Laff Stop in Houston, or The Funny
year for the past quarter of a ccntu- Bone in St. Louis, or Byficld’s and
ry. And thousands of comics Zanies in Chicago, or the Holy City
laughing their way to tiic bank. Zoo in San Francisco, or Comedy
They can find work on some 700 Underground in Seattle, or the
stages where comics arc featured. Comedy Connection in Boston, or
not to mention the growing number The Comedy Store in Los Angeles,
of comedy shows on television. or Caroline’s in New York City, or
It’s a $500 million-a-ycar any of half a dozen Catch A Rising
business that draws a million people Stars from Princeton, N.J., to Palo
a month and shows no sign of Alto, Calif., lo Boston, the stream
abating. of talent seems endless.
The comedy clubs have become The comedy clubs arc places
a vast farm system for television’s where young comics can hone their
insatiable appetite for talent. There talents before a live audience. They
are an estimated 10,000 working also offer a mirror for the changing
comedians vying for the stage. face of humor. For instance:
Home Box Office (Time-Warn- Sex jokes arc passe. They don’t
er) is beginning a 24-hour cable shock audiences anymore. So now
comedy channel in November, and the young comics play games with
MTV (Viacom) has one in the personal relationships, the blurring
planning stage. For the thousands of of sexual roles and distinctions,
they would Mother-in-law jokes arc out, but
mothers and fathers make great
material.
This glittering city, where they
the big-time big halls, with seating say good luck instead of good
in the thousands, headliners can morning, is one of the brightest
MARIA DIAZ
Oct. 6, 1989
Maria Diaz, 61, of Hereford,
died Friday, Oct. 6, 1989 al Golden
Plains Care Center in Hereford.
Rosary will be said at 7 p.m.
Sunday at Rix Funeral Chapel.
Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Mon-
day at San Jose Catholic Church
with the Rev. Joe Bixenman, pastor, - - . •
officiating. Burial will follow in St. Agutlcra Lupe Moreno and Anuana
Anthonv’s Cemetery Diaz of Hercford- and Tomase
^DS was^born Jan. 14, Cervantez of Amarillo; and seven
1928 at Pleasanton. She had lived in grandchildren.
. says they are targeting areas with
“You can’t leach an actor to be a high concentrations of tourists and
comic, but you can teach a comic relatively young, upper middle-class
how to act.” people. Reno’s Bally may be next
Twice a year comics get togeth- on the Catch list, and Fields says he
er, at the Montreal International is looking at locations in the Los
Comedy Festival in July and the Angeles area.
Comedy Convention in Las Vegas.
Established comics take the stages
in Montreal, and up-and-comers are just under $2 million a year at this
showcased in Vegas. Some 200 point, he says. , . . „ , •
comics from all over the world go While it does not act as agent for nc*lJ’a^ of ^cir !?ad t0l{™8 university
to Montreal expcnscs-paid. The Las young comics. Catch’s other func-
Vcgas show plops hopefuls in front lion is to manage their careers for
of the powerful people who hire. from 15 percent to 20 percent of the
Then the comics have their own gross. It can offer them booking at a
affair on HBO, have had for the number of clubs and promotion and
past three years, proceeds going to exposure to the TV and Hollywood
the nation’s homeless. This year’s producers,
hosts were Whoopi Goldberg, Caroline Hirsch, who runs
Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. Caroline’s at the South Street
Some 110 of the comic clubs
Murphy, John subscribe to a New York published
Bclushi, Judy Tcnuta, Richard handout for guests, patterned after
Pryor, Roseanne Barr lo name a Broadway’s Playbill, called Laugh-
few. Track. It is the product of Josh
Pam Matteson is a striking Abrams, who says it brings in
redhead from Brooklyn. She has several million dollars a year, gross,
been aping other people’s accents It supplies a number of short
since she put on her own sidewalk features on comedy and comics. In
shows as an 8-year-old, lap dancing March it took notice of the hcart-
to “How High The Moon” and attack death at age 40 of comedian
singing “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” Ronnie Shakes in 1987, and noted
songs her father taught her. in retrospect some of his ironic
On one particular night she is humor seen and heard on the
winding up a week at Catch A Johnny Carson show:
Rising Star, an opulent club room in “I know when 1 die. I’m going
the Bally Resort Hotel on the Las to hell. 1 know it’s hot down there.
Vegas Strip. She has the audience, But is it humid? Because a dry heat
most of them sitting on sofa-like I can take, but that humidity, that’ll
scats, hanging on her every word. kill you. And what about heaven? Is
She is the daughter of a retired every day the same, or should I
Irish cop and an Italian mother, she bring a light jacket?”
says. “That’s why I drink a lol and Once Ron remembered asking
kill people.” his father, “We’re bom, wc live
It is the rare comic who is over and wc die. So what is the purpose
40 these days. Matteson says she is of life?” His father answered,
“a good 28.” “Ronnie, tax purposes.”
And the lines roll on, jesting at Richard Fields, who took Catch
family, anyone’s; quartering rcli- A Rising Star public and just sold
gion, anyone’s. his original Catch for more than a
Glen Schwartz, who says he has million shares in the new company,
the only comedy-only public is expanding. Catch has an agrcc-
rclations agency in the country, says
when you publicize actors you
emphasize the physical, the hair, the those establishments. It already has
looks. “But when you publicize the a free-standing Catch in Cambridge,
comedian, it’s the vanity of the Mass., and clubs in Hyatt Hotels in
mind. These people think, they Chicago, Princeton, N.J., Oak
observe. They’re going lo tell you Brook, Ill., and Palo Alto, Calif,
what you already know, but you’re The suburban and university
going to think you thought of it for locations are not by chance. Fields
Seaport in New York City, says her she feels she has no choice. “There
150-scat room grosses over $2 have been times when people have
million a year, by running nearly gotten into AIDS jokes, and 1 take a
full three nights a week and selling little offense to making fun of
out four nights. Cover charges range homosexuality in the vein of people
from $10 to $20, depending on the dying,” she says. “I told one
talent. The cover pays for the person to knock it off, I don’t like
comics and advertising. it, don’t do it.”
But a lol of the talent that started But, says Hirsch, a feminist,
with her in a small 87-seat room they’re up there making fun of
uptown are priced out of her market women and everything else. “Tha-
now, people such as Steven Wright, t’s O.K.”
Andrew Dice Clay, Pec Wee For Judy Tcnuta, who started in
Herman, Sandra Bernhardt and a Chicago blues club called King-
Roseanne Barr. “They’re on to the ston Mines and presently is on the
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