GILBERT'S" Mat Your.g People Think'
Sick Comics Still Around, But Their
Humor Fades With Teen-Agers
Thure,., Oc. 5, 1961 The News Review, Roieburg, Ore. 11
TROM NINE TO FIVE
VO J,OWE ABOUT-
Teen age taste in humor is tak
ing a turn lor the better. j
No longer do so many of you flip
over those old thigh slappers like:
"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln,
how was the show?"
Other statistics indicate that your
fancy for sick humor is slowly dy-i
ing. I
When we took a poll 2'i years
ago, 80 per cent of you said you
liked sick jokes. Recently, we ques
tioncd 973 of you again. This time
only 46 per cent of you said you
like them while 54 per cent said
you do not.
We also found:
That most of you (47 per cent
against 37 per cent, with 16 per
cent not answering) feel the popu
larity of sick humor is slipping.
That most of you (56 per cent
gainst 31 per cent, 13 per cent
not answering) thuik sick jokes
will die out within a few years.
That you are about evenly divid
ed in your affection for sick come
dians, though there is some doubt
that you know a sick comedian
from a healthy one.
Who's Sick Now?
There is no doubt, however, that
you recognize a sick joke.
"A sick joke." says 18 year old
Gil Clays of Detroit, "is one that
provokes a groan instead of laugh
ter." "I think it's a horrible type of
joke," says 15-year-old Caryl Ann
Wise of Houston, Tex., one of the
majority who dislikes sick humor,
"but I do laugh at them some
times." "It isn't even humor," says Jim
Lynn, 16. of Boone, Iowa.
Why, then, do many of you still
like and listen to sick jokes?
"1 guess because it gives us a
chance to laugh at something that
we really shouldn't." says Mary
Jo Ritchie, 18, of Detroit.
None of you seems to have a
clear idea where sick jokes origin
ate, though Pauline St. Pierre, 18.
of Hartford, Conn., has a good
answer. "Kiom sick people," says
Pauline.
The pros and cons of your even
ly divided affection for the so
called sick comedians sound like
this:
"I like them," says 17-year-old
Carol A. White of New York.
"They have talent. They're cap
able of making some very funny
remarks."
But Jean Stansfield, 16, of De
troit, says: "I think they could use
their taients in better ways."
We asked you to list your favor
ite sick comedians, and we got a
surprise. Top on the list was Joey
Bishop, who not only does not spe
cialize in sick jokes, but has in
! the past derided sick humor.
Gregory Coming Up
1 others on the list included Shel-
lev Berman, Lenny Bruce, Mori
I Said and Bob Newhart. Of these,
the only one who can be truly la
beled a sick comedian is Bruce,
as 1 figure it.
Asked to name any new sick
j comedians who you feel are up
and coming, you chose Dick Greg
ory. Only 9 per cent of you said you
would like to be a sick comedian.
I And that pretty well disposes of
sick humor.
But say, have you heard the one
14 year-old Roth DeBoskey of De
j troit, told us?
! In lUtgas chamber just before
I the execution, the chaplain said to
the criminal, "Is there anything
1 can do for you as a last request?"
"Yes," replied the criminal,
"hold my hand."
How about that?
QUESTIONS ASKED
What do you think of sick hu
mor? What do you think of sick come
dians? Do you have a favorite sick com
edian? If yes, who?
Would you like to be a tick
comedian?
Are sick jokes still as popular in
your area as they were a lew
years back?
Do you think that sick jokes
will continue in the next few years?
Are there any new sick come
dians whom you feel rate mention
as up and coming comedians?
How are sick jokes originated?
Question Now Is Who Will Become
Speaker I! Sam Fails To Return
DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Who will burn on a permanent basis. He
be speaker of the House of Rep-j has been Democratic leader since
resentatives if Sam Rayburn does 1949 except for four years when
not return when Congress recon- j Republicans controlled the House,
venes next Jan. 10? Rayburn was party leader during
That question arose naturally ; those four years,
this week as Rayburn, 79, remained I McCormack's leadership posi
on the serious list at Baylor Hos-Uion has given him an opportun
pital, awaiting results of medical , ity to build an organization which
tests to determine the nature of would be hard to topple in a few
his illness. j months. Any challenger might
Should it become certain that well run the risk of political
Rayburn's health won't permit ! oblivion if he lost, for the speaker
him to return, there would be sev- j can go a long way toward mak
eral months for potential speaker ! ing or breaking a party member
ship candidates to organize a in the House.
campaign. It would take a lot ot Walter Mentioned
organizing in view of existing
conditions.
McCormack Took Ovor
Mentioned prominently as a
possible successor to Rayburn is
veteran Rep. Francis E. Walter
When Rayburn left the speaker-1 of Pennsylvania, who may recon-
ship temporarily a month before sider his recently announced deci
the House adjourned, Rep. John 1 sion not to seek re-election. Wal
W. McCormack, D-Mass., took ter has a strong following among
over as speaker pro tern. McCor- j Southern Democrats. As chair
mack had been majority leader, man of the controversial Un
a position from which previous ! American Activities Committee,
speakers traditionally have ad- Walter probably would lose the
vanced to the top House job. Mc- support of some liberal Demo
Cormack still is majority leader, crats who disagree with the corn
but he has temporarily assigned mittee. At 67, he is younger than
leadership duties to Rep. Carl Al- j McCormack, who will be 70 next
bert of Oklahoma, the Dcmoera-j Dec. 21.
tic whip. A political donnybrook could de-
As speaker pro tern and major-1 velop over the majority leader
lty leader, McCormack would ship if McCormack vacated that
have "a leg up" to replace Ray-1 post to become speaker.
Southerners would claim the
leadership if the speakership went
to a Yankee, either McCormack
or Walter. There are plenty of po
tential candidates from Southern
and border states.
Albert of Oklahoma would rate
the inside track by virtue of be
ing acting leader as well as par
ty whip. He is serving his 15th
year in the House, is one of its
more popular members and has
strong Southern backing.
Southerners In Running
Other Southerners whose names
crop up in speculation over the
leadership assignment include
Hale Boggs of Louisiana, Wilbur
D, Mills of Arkansas and Albert
Rains of Alabama. Richard Boi
ling of Missouri, a border state,
also has been mentioned.
The party leader is chosen at
a Democratic caucus.
Each party also chooses its can
didate for speaker and the entire
House does the electing. The par
ty in control invariably elects its
man.
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs. Joseph Grass has return
ed to her home in Anderson, Calif.,
following a week's visit here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Atterbury.
Sylvia Caley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Caley, and Judy
Nordling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Vincent Nordling, were home from
Southern Oregon College during
the weekend to visit their parents.
Both are freshman students at the
college.
Mrs. Glenn Gibbons has invited
all members of St. George's Epis
copal Church interested in the for
mation of an Eastside Neighbor-
hood group, to meet at her home
at 551 SE Terrace, Tuesday, Oct
10, at 10 a.m. Interesting study
material in a variety of fields will
be presented.
Mr. and Mrs. John Weatherford
of Portland spent the weekend
here visiting the former's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Noah Hatfield, and his mother,
Mrs. M. C. Weatherford, and other
relatives and friends. The Weather
fords formerly made their home
here before moving to Portland.
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. By BOB THOMAS
AP Movit-TV Writtr
HOLLYWOOD (AP) Some
Hollywood operators have re-discovered
an age-old truth: there's
money in nudes.
More than a score of shoestring
promoters have been putting to
gether films featuring girls bare
enough to make Brigitte Bardot
seem like a clothes horse. Some
promoters are getting rich.
"The Immoral Mr. Teas" is
billed with some justice as "the
big daddy of them all." A plot
less procession of nudes, it
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