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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949
Little Man On Campus
By Bibler
"These past three weeks have been perfect, Worthal— when'd you say they're taking off those casts?"
Everybody's In The Act Since This Firm Started
New York—(U.P)—No kidding, people are getting funny.
Call the plumber and he spouts jokes as he plugs the leaks. Visit the dentist and he has a bag for every gargle, fun with every filling.
Everyone, it seems, has a punch line. And, if need be, a new one every day. ___
That claim is made by two serious-looking men named Art Paul and Stan Burns, co-owners of "Laughs Unlimited."
Or, "the girl who changed her theater seat five times before a sailor annoued her."
The title of their company is appropriate too. They whip out an average of 40 gags a day, some of them almost original. Of course, there are some like the one about "the girl with the seven-day kiss—it makes one weak."
And the definition of a bore: "a guy who is here today and here tomorrow."
The files of Laughs Unlimited contain letters from senators, governors, doctors, lawyers, bartenders, car-hops, elevator operators, discinckeys, masters of ceremonies, school teachers, lecturers and others who wanted to be funny and wrote for help.
Some of the letters are postmarked Singapore, Ceylon, Mexico, South Africa, Alaska, Sweden, Scotland and Portugal.
"Outside our regular markets of television, radio and screen, the biggest private buyers seem to be politi-ars." Mr. Burns said. "Even though the election is over, they're still buying."
A line from material recently sent a politician reads;
"I've been mixed up in politics for years now. Some years I'm more mixed up than others."
Mr. Burns and Mr. Paul said purchases from individuals had increased at least 20 per cent in the past year.
"It if keeps going this way," Mr. Paul said, "there'll be a pun on everyone's tongue. I guess it's just because people like to see other people laugh."
He said there was only one thing wrong.
"Some of the guys who buy our gags are letting it go to their heads," Paul said. "They've been invading the theater and competing with the comedians."
He said it's got so bad, they've had to turn out a few hundred "squelchers" for comedians. These are gags designed to quiet hecklers,
"Look, I'm not a tailor. Go have your fit somewhere."
"My, oh my, you've got nice teeth
. . . Yours?"
Mr. Burns and Mr. Paul laughed heartily at their little jokes.
Call K.U. 251 With Your News.
Down at Drake's we're whippin' up the Best Tastin'
Jelly Rolls
- Sugar Cookies
Cream Puffs
Cakes
Stop Today At
Drake's Bakery
Alverta D. Niedens, "AB, has a job
with wallmark Card company, Kanga
City."
Don B. Cole, '48. is now working in the advertising department of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Texas.
Jack B. McKee, 49, is an advertising solicitor on the Kansas City Star.
Paul E. Warner, '49, has taken a job in the Public Relations department, Phillips Petroleum company, Bartlesville, Okla. He is doing publicity and promotion work. (Warner's immediate boss is Fries Pralle, '38, who lettered in basketball three years at Kansas, and who was selected on the 1938 All-American team. He played guard.)
907 Mass.
William L. Brown, '48, began work this month on the Great Bend Tribune at Great Bend, Kan.
Journalists Get Jobs
Alumni journalists from K.U., '48 and '49, have landed jobs with organizations ranging all the way from oil companies to radio stations.
Robert H. Adams, '48, is working in the advertising department of the Salina Journal.
William Donovan, '47, is a continuity writer for WDAF, the Kansas City Star station in Kansas City, Mo.
James Bell, 40, has been appointed correspondent in the Washington Bureau of Time magazine.
Chemistry Teachers To Present Papers
Nine original research papers will be presented by faculty members of the University chemistry department at the spring meeting of the American Chemical society. The meeting will be held at San Francisco March 28 to April 1.
The men are: A. W. Davidson,
professor of chemistry; Paul W.
Gilles, Charles A. Reynolds,
and W. J. Argersinger, assistant
professors of chemistry. A breakfast
is planned for all of the alumni of
the University's chemistry department
who will be at the meeting.
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