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(5/20/81 mtg page 4)

Mostly in the mid-60's. I remember Bert Hill invented the drag-race ABC story; Bob Lang (?) from Texas--those 2 really started the tradition at Gally; Later I met others who said they had those things from different places. JR: Can you remember and show us some? BK: "Easy.
452 Easy as pie." [Bill does ABC story--nice slow one re drag race--while John /Mark says the letters.]
474 KE: Asks Bill to do his routine (not an ABC story) about an interpreter and an affected, ignorant, boring speaker lecturing. "Makes an interpreter want to leave the room. . .shows how the deaf view an interpreter." BE: I haven't done that in a long time. (497-561: Bill does the routine, mouthing words of the lecturer, then moving over and acting the interpreter, back and forth; lecturer, talks about her education, degrees, etc., interpreter dutifully follows along, then sees eyes glazing in his deaf audience, asks them if they're bored, begins [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] to interpret, but to tell them about the exciting plays in the afternoon's football game at Gallaudet; marvelous side-glace from lecturer, interpreter entirely carried away, audience applauding him lecturer, slightly puzzled, thinks applause is for her.
562 When did you begin telling stories like that? BE: Who knows? I think John had some experiences like that at NYU. I got that idea from John. [John/Mark claims not to remember the incident; doesn't tell it.]
580 KE: What's the one about the lady pulling down her skirt?
BE: Oh, that's the same one. . .the speaker--I tell it differently different times. [592: interruption for cookies]
602 BE: We used to just sit around telling stories. It was a kind of competition, to see if you could do a better story; you could be interrupted if someone could do it better; he'd take over where you left off. Peter Wolf was an expert. (JR: It would be great if we could get one other person who used to tell those stories with you.)
660 Beginning of some talk about community theater.
BE: I was involved with [[underlined]] Tales from a Clubroom. [[/underlined]] Also I did establish a small community theater in Greenbelt; last month we gave a play in W. Va.--rough--eleven people in audience, "the show must go on"--we had to bear up. (JR: Why W.Va.? Lots of joking.)
698 BE: Where I live in Greenbelt--University Apts.--a ton of deaf people live there; it was easy to get people to act. The Huntington performance was their first; they were serious, did fantastic job.
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