European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse By Cynthia Lowry a staff writer Hie first Law of humor is that things can be funny Only when we Are in fun wrote Max Eastman in Hisook the enjoyment of this is the basis of the career of flip Wilson a thoughtful fellow now in his thirties who constructs his comedy routines with the precision of an Engineer blueprinting a the moment flip is one of the hot comics to surface in the past couple of television seasons. His Datebook is loaded with guest appearances and by is planning a program around him. Wilson a round faced negro with penchant for study and research has been learning his business for 13 years mostly in the Grubby obscurity of Small one can really say what s funny. There Are Laws of humor and the ele ment of Surprise of course is important. But mostly when you choose apiece you must pick one that you yourself think is you go to work and Analyse what you be got and work it up with gestures and voice changes and shifts of words. It took me three years to Getty Columbus Story the Way i wanted s Columbus Story one of his most popular explains How Columb Swent to Queen Isabella for permission to go to America and discover Ray Charles. His cowboys and coloured people involves Eastman s second Law of Humo disagreeable things so Long a they Art not disagreeable enough to spoil the fun tend to acquire a pleasant emotional flavor and provoke a the sketch is a dialogue Between Ablack Man and an Indian with the negro commiserating with the Indian be cause he has no Willie Mays to brag about. It winds up with the Indian com ing in with the snapper did you Ever hear of anyone playing cowboys and coloured people " Wilson whose first name is Clerow was born and grew up in Jersey City. He made his theatrical debut at age 9,As Clara Barton in a school play in an jobs and exciting London in five Davs fid a with wet foil excursions to son fed sir or the Shakespeare Cou Witry plus an a sightseeing of the belgian Cap fat that eng and returns july 7. Or Gay Copenhagen in i Recursion to North Sealand plus Are same As above. Charming Vienna and Salzburg for to the tour departs july 3 evening Reto s a Benelux countries in four Days ism i Ster dam Vole dam the Hague the Majd Rodam the Flower auction of Totoa Jess Bourg. Morning departure july 4, return july 7 gems of Switzerland in four a Schaffhausen and the Rhine Falls Zurich and Basel a ays flip Wilson did you Ever hear of anyone playing cowboys and coloured people emergency the feminine Lead go measles and Little Clerow was the Only other person who knew the enlisted in the air Force at 16, and picked up his nickname flip be cause of his attitude toward life and the military. His commanding office persuaded him to take grammar lessons and to learn to Type. When he got out of the service he worked As a Bellhop in a san Francisco hotel and somehow gota walk on role in a comedy As a drunk. He never looked Back. Today Wilson says that his big break came when he finally made the to night show followed by a booking on the de Sullivan show. Wilson when he started studying com Edy and refining his techniques gave himself 15 years to become proficient. 4she has made the Grade two years ahead pm of schedule but he still concentrates a completely on his work a rolling Stone in who lives in a suitcase and concen trates on collecting ,5�over Berlin four Days $42.95 Upin both sectors and ample free time for Shusi parture july 4, return july 7. Florence by rail in four Days $53.95 up with an Sion to Pisa. 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A Faita building Apo 09757, or Call Frankfurt military Goren on Bridge neither vulnerable. West deals. North a j�74 i am a boy 14, interested i motorbikes and girls. My main problem is my Mother. She re fuses to buy me a pair of pants that fit right. 1 realize i a still growing but does that mean everything has to be two sizes too big a kid has to look decent even if he is growing does t he yesterday mom bought metro pairs of pants. They Are baggy in the seat and Loos around the legs i look like some kind of a Clown. When1 told mom the pants were the wrong size she gave her Stock answer you la Frow. Next year they la be 1asked her to take them Back because i d rather Wear Mold ones. She said i can t they were on have tried everything to get mom to see my Side of it a hunger strike and letting my hair grow in protest. When ingot 10 inches Long he school complained and 1 had to Cut i some do you have an answer to my problem Garden City dear Garri i assume by no you have started to eat and that your hair is of your shone Usif so Here s a word to your Mother a 14-year-old boy should be Able to pick out his own oui to. Page 14 1 Hope from now on you la allow him to do it. Dad died seven months that Mother is alone she feels that if my husband Vic and 1 Are invited anywhere or if we have another couple i she should be included. There Are Many things five people can t do. Then of course some folks object to an extra person being brought along to dinner. Yesterday Vic snapped at me for the first time i can remember. 1 asked him to drive Overand get Mother. She was go ing to play my Bridge Han with me Mother is lonely and 1 hate to Hurt her feelings but i m afraid my marriage will suffer if 1 Don t put an end to All this morning Mother called to plan our vacation. What can i do -. In lbs Moines dear . You can decide Righi now to grow up and be Independent. This Means you should invite your Mother to your Home when she can be fourth at Bridge not a fifth. This Means you should Stop dragging her to the conies of friends your friends know you Mother and if they wan her they will invite her. This also Means it s time you put your husband first in you life. Tel your Mother that you and Vic Are going to have a second honeymoon and ask what she would like to do for a vacation on her own this summer. Are people crazier today Thanet any time in the history of Man 1 believe the answer the item i just read in the newspaper is pretty goo evidence. It seems a mrs. P. Haver land of Charleston West Vir Ginia has nothing better to do with her time than to try to break the record for being buried alive. The record is held by some Flea brain who Lay Inan underground casket for 75 Days. Mrs. Haverland is sure she can set a new record. I would like to suggest that anyone who has 75 Days to blow ought to go to some Hospital and Volunteer to break a record visiting the sick or writing let ters for the disabled or just cheering up the lonely people in the nursing Homes. Do you agree Chicago Reader dear Chicago people usually enjoy doing what they Dobest. Perhaps this is mrs. Haver land s greatest Talent. Copyright 1968, pull her Hali Syndicate the stars and stripes 0 q 10 8 4 k5 West East a 4852
