Comic Bob Newhart in futile hunt for his dark side
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Seated in the cavernous den of his  Bel Air mansion the other day, not far from some American Flag  throw pillows, comedian Bob Newhart insisted that he had a dark  side and that there are even learned papers written about it --  well, at least one.
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Jan Murray, one of the fabled generation of comics who rose from the Catskills to prime time TV, tickling fans of the 1950s game show &quot;Treasure Hunt,&quot; has died. He was 89.
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Tycho:  Our newest comic is available here, regarding the blogger that Nintendo fired recently.  As usual, Gabriel and I disagree absolutely on virtually every point of this discussion, my own perspective favoring greater liberty while he presents a naked defense of fascism.  The two universal axioms we were both able to agree upon were that:
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In following a famously acerbic actorâs travels with a group of stand-up comics, âVince Vaughnâs Wild West Comedy Showâ reveals his earnest side.
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Tycho:   It has become the Saturday tradition to do the next strip upon the expo's stark and terrifying stage, but since Armadeaddon needed its proper epilogue it got moved out to Wednesday.  Gabe was highly indulgent of audience suggestions in the final version, far more than he is to me, adding many, many things based on them being called out from the microphone - he has a version with more additions still that he'll be putting up later today.  But there are things in there like the blue ball in the last panel - to say nothing of the official "Hot-Dog Fairy" merchandise! - that began as anecdotes and have now graduated to true PAX lore.
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"Fear of the Dark" (Little, Brown, 308 pages, $25.99) &#151; By Walter Mosley
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Steve Gerber, the comic book writer and creator whose signature character was the alienated, cigar-chomping Howard the Duck, has died. He was 60. Gerber, who also co-created Marvel's "Omega the Unknown" and created the 1980s animated series "Thundarr the Barbarian," suffered from pulmonary fibrosis.
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NERDS Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them By David Anderegg
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Tycho:  We grabbed a couple demos yesterday afternoon to see if we were missing anything, specifically Tenchu Z and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and came away with the expected comic materials.  I think Tenchu Z may get explored in a more robust fashion in Monday's strip, but after the loading is complete the demo flashes up one of those screens that is completely grown over with control instructions.  It wasn't even an especially bad one, and there are very, very bad ones, like the one in the demo for StarFire Saga V: Laserion.  It was merely an assault on the mind, paralyzing in its way.
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Description: Rodney Dangerfield, the comic who got laughs out of getting no respect, died Tuesday. He passed away at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center where he had heart surgery in August.
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HereÂs some bad news on Paresh RawalÂs character in Anurag KashyapÂs film No Smoking starring John Abraham and Ayesha Takia.
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NBC really is probing the perils      of late-night sketch-comedy shows--twice
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âThe New Frontier,â an epic comic book story that follows heroes of the DC Universe from the end of World War II through the cold war, will soon be seen in a new incarnation: a 70-minute animated film.
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"Last Laughs: Cartoons about Aging, Retirement ... and the Great Beyond" (Scribner, 208 pages, $22.95), edited by Mort Gerberg: Why would anybody seek out and publish a bunch of cartoons about aging, retirement and death? Mort Gerberg was inspired by the sight of an elderly man at a ski resort who was as exuberant as a school kid in claiming a new perk.
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The Jon Lovitz-Andy Dick spat shows, once again, that being a funnyman is not always barrel of laughs
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Gabe: A few eagle eyed viewers noticed that I accidentally drew a Nebulon-B frigate in today's comic. Gabe mentions the Mon Calamari and the Corellians but the Nebulon-B is actually produced by the Kuat Drive Yards.I deeply regret the mistake and I have since corrected it in the comic by replacing the original drawing with one of the Mon Calamari Cruiser "Liberty", sadly lost in the Battle of Endor . I am in no way trying to diminish the Nebulon-B frigate or the fine craftsmanship of the dedicated workers employed by KDY. Again I apologize for any inconvenience or offence my carelessness may have caused.  -Gabe out
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The regular season that cost Art Howe and Jim Duquette their titles ended nearly two weeks ago, but jobs are still being lost. Having just started their search for a new