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CHEVY CHASE While it’s true that Chevy Chase became an INTERNATIONAL STAR because of his films, he was already a cultural icon in this country long before his face ever appeared on the big screen. That’s because of the pratfalls, news anchor parodies, and brilliant writing he contributed to “Saturday Night Live,” for which he won 3 Emmys. Perhaps the late, great Harold Ramis gave us the best perspective on Chevy’s popularity. Speaking with a reporter, Ramis related an incident that took place while on location directing the first “Vacation” film.

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MACHETE is the proverbial hot place in town. At around 5:30, on a Tuesday night, the host advised that only one seat was available at the bar, so I made reservations on subsequent visits. The menu changes about 5-6 times a year, based on seasonal ingredients and the popularity of offerings. My visits overlap the two most recent iterations.

5 REYNOLDA HOUSE Museum of American Art (2250 Reynolds Road, Winston-Salem) will open its next exhibition July 16th – for museum members, first responders, and the faculty, staff, and students of Wake Forest University with Weekend of Gratitude – before opening it up to the public on July 20th.

7 CRISTOPH WALTZ does not look like a man who can be trusted – at least onscreen.

Unquestionably he’s a fine actor, with a pair of Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012), but like the

late, much-lamented Alan Rickman, there always seems something crafty, shifty, even villainous, about him — even when he’s playing a good guy.

12 Residents in High Point and the surrounding Triad have a new watering hole to meet at this summer. “Breweries usually bring people together. You sit down and talk to someone you never met before; next thing you know, you’ve sparked conversation,” said David Nissen, co-owner of PADDLED SOUTH BREWERY. 13 The Carolinas will be heard!” as the inaugural CAROLINA BBQ MUSIC FESTIVAL heats up the Silo Entertainment Event Center in downtown Greensboro on July 10.

Celebrating NC hip-hop through a smorgasbord of more than 50 artists spread across two stages, the Carolina BBQ Music Festival is centered around community and artistry— highlighting the camaraderie of barbecue gatherings rather than the food itself.

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achete is the proverbial hot place in town. At around 5:30, on a Tuesday night, the host advised that only one seat was available at the bar, so I made reservations on subsequent visits. The menu changes about 5-6 times a year, based on seasonal ingredients and the popularity of offerings. My visits overlap the two most recent iterations.

This is essentially a tapas concept, where guests coordinate multiple food selections with a large beer, cocktail, and wine list.

Sipping and socializing are the norm. Wines are available in 3 ounce as well as 6 ounce pours, which encourages exploration. And the list is well worth exploring, with many selections never before offered to local diners.

In lieu of a printed menu, a QR code on the table links your smartphone to an online document- chic for the tech hip, less so for those who are accustomed to holding a page. Servers do an especially good job of explaining preparations. The explanation is provided upon delivery; however, not on the menu or in advance unless you ask (and you should). I would rate staff food knowledge here at or near the top among area restaurants.

The menu listing “Chicken Liver-endivetarragon,” for example, provides only a hint of what you actually get. It’s mousse, in a lovely presentation dabbed into endive, and a very good mousse, at that, fairly mild in flavor.

A server advised that the “Plates” section of the menu is intended for sharing. I would advise that the portion size is about right for one; if shared, plan on ordering at least one per person. Vegetables are part of the plates section. A much larger than

STRAWBERRY DESSERT usual range of vegetarian dishes is thus available, on the one hand, but given their individual pricing, a full meal that equates to an entrée with a vegetable can be fairly expensive. On the other hand, this restaurant has banished the vegetable boredom that characterizes most of the Triad.

Brussels Sprouts are marinated in black garlic hoisin sauce, roasted, and sprinkled with toasted garlic slices. The primary flavor comes from the hoisin, followed by garlic. Roasted Cauliflower is crusted with pecorino cheese augmented by béchamel sauce. Artichokes are charred, accented with lemon, and decorated with bagna cauda foam (garlic, anchovies, and butter).

Brassicas denotes a genus of plants. A plate under that heading displayed broccoli, cauliflower, and shishito pepper, all charred, interspersed with anchovy-garlic aioli. In every case, outstanding flavor from the vegetables themselves as well as their augmentation.

I hesitated to order Roasted Olives- why roast olives, and what else would the kitchen do to them anyway? Bad judgment on my part, of course. My wife ordered them as soon as she saw them on the menu, and they were outstanding- slightly softened, their inherent flavor deepened by the heat, well served by caciocavallo cheese, toasted Marcona almonds, fresh oregano, and a mustard vinaigrette.

“Melon” looks like an abstract painting, as do many of the presentations here.

Pressed cantaloupe and honeydew have been treated with coconut and citrus oil, plus a little fire from chipotle peppers Prawns make a spectacular show- heads on, but the shells and veins have been

CHICKEN LIVER MOUSSE removed- a testimony to good technique in the kitchen. The heads are easily separated, yielding large shrimp that are tender and quite flavorful. Delicious calabresepepper crema hosts their plating- smoky but not spicy-hot. Mussels are enhanced with Thai basil. They rest in a lime foam.

“Crudo” on an Italian menu usually means some kind of fish, served raw. Here, the fish is mackerel, surprisingly mild in flavor, covered in foam. Most of the flavor comes from cucumbers- charred and pickled.

Pork Tenderloin is joined on the plate with roasted shiitake mushrooms and mustard greens. The flavor of the meat is extended with ponzu sauce.

My party tried one dessert- coconut sorbet with a white chocolate crumb crust, resting in strawberry puree- lush and well worth the calories.

Machete followed a somewhat twisted path from conception to execution. Owner Tal Blevins graduated from Page High School and UNC-G, then relocated to San Francisco, where he spent 20 years as a tech journalist. He and his wife, Nicole, became enamored with that city’s illustrious food scene. He was an investor in Lazy Bear, which earned two Michelin stars, and True Laurel, named one of America’s best bars by Esquire magazine.

When the Blevins returned to Greensboro, they were especially attracted to the food at LaRue (so was I), which sought to push the proverbial envelope but did not survive. There, they made the acquaintance of two key kitchen personnel- Kevin Cottrell, a Greensboro native who started at Anton’s, worked in Paul Shepherd’s

BRASSICAS restaurants (RIP), at Reel Seafood Grill, and in Chapel Hill at One Restaurant; and Lydia Greene, a graduate of the Alamance Community College culinary program.

This team spent some time arranging pop-up dinners for invited guests (I was not among the chosen few, but that omission is forgiven). When the Battleground Avenue property became available, they launched a full-scale restaurant, opening just before the quarantine. Cottrell is Executive Chef, Greene is Chef de Cuisine.

Some of the staff from Crafted, the former occupant of this space, stayed on in the new initiative.

The chosen name, Machete, grows out of two ideas. Literally, Kevin used to enjoy chopping his way through the woods behind the house he lived in when he was growing up. But figuratively, the team wanted to capitalize on the idea that the restaurant works on the cutting edge.

Survival thus speaks well of both the concept and its execution. More than any other Triad restaurant, dining here is an adventure. !

JOHN BATCHELOR has been writing about eating and drinking since 1981. Over a thousand of his articles have been published. He is also author of two travel/cookbooks: Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants and Recipes from the North Carolina Coast, and Chefs of the Mountains: Restaurants and Recipes from Western North Carolina. Contact him at john.e.batchelor@gmail.com or see his blog, johnbatchelordiningandtravel.blogspot.com.

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The Voyage of Life sets sail at Reynolda House

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eynolda House Museum of American Art (2250 Reynolds Road, WinstonSalem) will open its next exhibition July 16th – for museum Mark Burger members, first responders, and the faculty, staff, and Contributor students of Wake Forest University with Weekend of Gratitude – before opening it up to the public on July 20th.

Titled The Voyage of Life: Art, Allegory, and Community Response, the exhibition includes American art from 300 years to express and explore aspects of every individual life. Art imitates life, but this exhibition examines it from a unique perspective, and by what could be described as a star-studded array of artists whose works are included, including Keith Haring, Lee Krasner, Andy Warhol, Endia Beal, Grant Wood, Romare Bearden, Alice Neel, Fairfield Porter, and Robert Colescott.

The exhibition will also include stories from the community that delve into critical moments in the ongoing voyage of life. It explores how each individual “plays in his or her time many parts,” beginning with gaining awareness as children, developing individual personality traits, embracing or avoiding change during adulthood, and learning new ways of being in old age.

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Promised gifts will also be featured in the exhibition, further demonstrating the museum’s goal of increasing representation by minorities, and select loans from Wake Forest University’s Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art and the Lam Museum of Anthropology to further enhance Reynolda House’s featured holdings, thereby mirroring the city’s remarkable collecting legacy.

The principal metaphor for the exhibition is the river, representing the natural ebb and flow of life as it follows the progression from childhood, teenage years, and young adulthood, relationships, work and play, community and tragedy, and aging and maturity. Visitors will also be able to share their own life stories on the lobby walls of the museum.

“We are extremely grateful for the chance to pause and reflect on humanity through the creation of a communityfocused exhibition that connects us together through life experiences and the beauty of art,” said Allison Perkins, Reynolda House’s executive director and Wake Forest University’s associate provost for Reynolda House and Reynolda Gardens.

The Voyage of Life: Art, Allegory, and Community Response will remain on display through Dec. 12th in the Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery. To purchase tickets to the exhibition, visit https://www.reynoldahouse.org/ voyage. !

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A guy I know grates on me because he only has female friends. He apparently tried to get involved with each of them at some point but got rejected. Why doesn’t he find male friends instead of preying on women (under the guise of friendship) who probably trust him not to hit on them?

This guy probably lives in eternal hope about each female friend, dreaming of the day he can be of service when she drops something on his floor — like her panties.

Though you don’t mention him trying to roofie his dreams into reality, his behavior probably “grates” on you because you take a less sexually opportunistic approach to your friendships with men. We humans “are disposed ... to imagine that other minds are much like our own,” explains anthro-

pologist Donald Symons, and they often are. However, we’re prone to assume they should be like our own, so when someone thinks differently, we tend to see them as wrong (and maybe kind of awful) and not just different.

Men and women (and male and female minds) are more alike than different. However, our differing physiologies — like which sex gets pregnant and needs to guard against having to raise a kid solo — led to the evolution of psychological differences, like women’s greater choosiness in whom they’ll have sex with. Though both men and women sometimes tumble into bed with their opposite-sex friends, for many men, the friendship zone seems to double as a “well, try your best to turn her into a sexfriend!” zone.

Evolutionary psychologist April BleskeRechek, researching sex differences in how people perceive their opposite-sex friends, finds that a man is more likely to define a female friend as someone he’s attracted to “and would pursue given the opportunity,” while a woman is more likely to define a male friend simply as “a friend of the opposite sex.”

Maybe you think friendship should be a

“safe space,” guaranteed to remain endlessly platonic. And maybe that’s unrealistic — unless you avoid having friends who might hit on you. You could try to view this guy’s behavior in a more compassionate light. Chances are he’s a beta male who can’t compete with the alphas in the normal mating sphere, like on Tinder or at parties. He’s probably doing the best he can with the one edge he has, the scheme-y smarts to surround himself with a bunch of pretty ladies. (Living in a dude-filled monastery only works for a guy whose pet name for his beloved is “The Almighty.”)

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My ex cheated on me and conned me financially, but before I realized this, I had really fallen for him. I miss him and keep thinking about him every day, and I can’t seem to stop. A friend suggested I get a spell from a witchcraft store. She insists this helped her have closure after her bad breakup. I’m a rational person, and this sounds completely ridiculous, but nothing I’ve tried (from meditation to venting to total strangers to dating other people) has helped. Please tell me this is completely stupid.

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It’s a tempting idea, the notion that you can solve your lingering emotional issues via retail, a la “Curses: Today only, two for $19.99!”

In fact, a ritual — such as casting a spell or hockey player Stephan Lebeau always chewing 20 to 25 pieces of gum and spitting them out two minutes before faceoff — can have a positive effect. I know this sounds rather cuckoopants; however, it isn’t because the ritual works in any supernatural way.

A ritual, explains Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, is some “symbolic activity” you perform in hopes of making something happen. Gino finds that performing rituals leads to “increased feelings of control.” This can help the ritual-doer calm down and be more in control. Amazingly, even those who think the ritual they’re doing is total hooey experience this benefit — what I’d call the abracadabra placebo effect. Our psychology seems tuned to figure if we’re taking some action, it’s for a reason: to make things better.

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A Waltz with marriage, money, and murder

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hristoph Waltz does not look like a man who can be trusted – at least onscreen.

Unquestionably he’s a fine actor, Mark Burger with a pair of Oscars for Best Supporting Contributor Actor, in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012), but like the late, much-lamented Alan Rickman, there always seems something crafty, shifty, even villainous, about him — even when he’s playing a good guy. He always seems to have a secret, nefarious agenda we’ve not privy to. This is, of course, a good part of his appeal. He’s the villain you love and love to hate.

Nowhere is that more evident than in Georgetown, a stylish thriller that showcases him at his most arrogant, duplicitous, preening – and irresistible. And if it’s considered typecasting, look no further than to the director of the film – a first-timer cheekily billed as “C. Waltz.”

The setting, as the title unmistakably indicates, is the tony Washington DC neighborhood, and the story – despite a very strange end-credit disclaimer – is essentially based on fact.

Waltz’s character, Ulrich Mott, is an unabashed and shameless social climber, which means he’s right at home in Georgetown. He sets his sights on Elsa Breht (Vanessa Redgrave), a wealthy and much-older society matron whom he woos and wins shortly after her husband dies, much to the dismay of her daughter

Amanda (Annette Bening).

When he’s not name-dropping or claiming to have served in the French Foreign Legion and as a brigadier general in the Iraqi Special Forces – he even wears his uniform on occasion – he is systematically taking control of Elsa’s life, from acting as caretaker and chef to using her social and political connections to further his own career ambitions, whatever they may be.

The enterprising Mott establishes his own company, the Eminent Persons Group (EPG), in which he dutifully represents the rich and powerful at various social functions, further insinuating himself in the corridors of power.

Then, one fateful evening, Elsa dies in their Georgetown townhouse, and during the subsequent investigation, it quickly becomes evident that no one knows who the real Ulrich Mott is. When he is charged with her murder, he repeatedly attempts to thwart the efforts of the authorities – and even of his own legal team – to discern the truth from lies.

The narrative combines the mystery with some pointed political satire, not always successfully but often in an entertaining fashion. In addition to the wicked Waltz, who proves a more-than-competent director, there’s good work from Bening, who seethes with suspicion throughout, and Corey Hawkins as Mott’s attorney, who is consistently baffled by his client’s tall tales.

The real treat is Redgrave, enjoying the biggest, juiciest screen role she’s had in a long time. Alternately assertive and pitiable, her Elsa is initially flattered by Mott’s attentiveness and even comes to love him, but circumstances compel her to re-examine their relationship from a more objective and hardened standpoint, and the consequences prove dire. Redgrave and Waltz share some crackling confrontations

here, with both actors in top form.

The ending notes that Ulrich Gero Mott is “not to be confused with Albrecht Gero Muth,” who is serving a 50-year prison sentence for murdering his much older, much wealthier wife Viola Drath in 2011. Yet the 2012 article “The Worst Marriage in Georgetown,” written by Franklin Foer for the New York Times Magazine, which detailed Muth’s crime — is specifically cited as the inspiration for Georgetown in the opening credits.

Then again, whether intentionally or

not, the film feels like a puzzle in which the pieces don’t all fit or are missing altogether.

It’s as elusive as its main character but offers some compensations along the way. Georgetown is well worth a look. !

– Georgetown is available on-demand and on digital, and on DVD ($14.99 retail) from Paramount Home Entertainment.

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In 1961, when she was 10 years old, Gwen Goldman sent a letter to New York Yankees general manager Roy Hamey, offering her services as a bat girl. Hamey responded, “In a Chuck Shepherd game dominated by men a young lady such as yourself would feel out of place in a dugout.” Goldman kept the letter from Hamey on her bulletin board for the next 60 years, and her daughter recently forwarded it to current general manager Brian Cashman. On June 28, United Press International reported, Goldman was invited to Yankee Stadium to fulfill her dream. Her visit included a tour of the clubhouse, meet-and-greet with players

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and coaches, and photos with umpires — plus she got to throw out the first pitch wearing a full pinstripe Yankees uniform.

“Sixty years thinking about this and here it is,” Goldman said.

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A couple in Sheffield, United Kingdom, have taken drastic measures over their neighbor’s tree, which sits right on the property line and overhangs their driveway.

Bharat Mistry, 56, the tree’s owner, told the BBC that his neighbor had been complaining for some time about the tree, home to nesting pigeons that relieved themselves on the driveway and cars. First, the angry neighbor asked Mistry to remove the tree altogether. Mistry suggested trimming and installing netting to keep the birds out, but the neighbor called in his own tree surgeon, who completely removed the side of the canopy that was hanging over the drive. “It

looks awful,” said Brian Parkes, who lives nearby. “It’s done, you can’t undo it.”

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Deer are not native to Australia, which might explain why two nude sunbathers in Royal National Park, south of Sydney, ran into the bush when a deer startled them on a nudist beach on June 27. The two men, 30 and 49 years old, became lost and called for help, summoning a police rescue helicopter to pluck them from the forest, Reuters reported. Unfortunately for them, they were found to be breaching a COVID-19 lockdown instated in response to the delta variant, and both were charged with fines.

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Colin Steer, 70, of Plymouth, United Kingdom, was replacing some floor joists in the home he and his wife bought in 1988

when he noticed a dip in the floor near the bay window in the living room. “I immediately thought someone must have buried someone under there or that we had a sinkhole,” Steer told the Mirror. Instead, he found a well. Since then, Steer has been digging down into the well, having cleared about 17 feet of debris from it, including a sword that he believes could date to medieval times. While the home was constructed in 1895, Steer believes the well may be 500 years old. “At the bottom of the well is about 4 feet of water,” Steer said, which he has sampled and deemed crystal clear.

He hopes to dig down another several feet and then extend the structure up into the living room and use it as a coffee table. ! © 2021 Chuck Shepherd. Universal Press Syndicate.

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hile it’s true that Chevy Chase became an international star because of his films, he was already a cultural icon in this country long before his face ever appeared on Jim Longworth the big screen. That’s because of the Longworth pratfalls, news anchor parodies, and brilliant at Large writing he contributed to “Saturday Night Live,” for which he won 3 Emmys. Perhaps the late, great Harold Ramis gave us the best perspective on Chevy’s popularity.

Speaking with a reporter, Ramis related an incident that took place while on location directing the first “Vacation” film.

“We were shooting at the Grand Canyon, one of the most spectacular natural sites on the planet. But all of the tourists, who were there, were standing with their backs to the Grand Canyon, looking at Chevy. The Grand Canyon could not compare to the fact that Chevy Chase was there.”

Truth is, we’ve all been looking at Chevy for a very long time, beginning with his work on the groundbreaking PBS series, “The Great American Dream Machine.” That show premiered 50 years ago and gave Chevy his first national exposure. I first met the versatile actor/comedian at the EMMY Award Governor’s Ball in 2009. We reconnected recently and talked at length about his television career, comedy influences, politics, the press, and the slings and arrows he has endured along the way.

JL: The Great American Dream Machine has often been described as a variety show, but that doesn’t do it justice. It was more like Ernie Kovacs, the Smothers Brothers, and 60 Minutes rolled into one.

CC: Yeah, but it wasn’t quite as funny as all those things. I was a writer back then, was sending stuff into “Laugh In,” and was hired on Dream Machine primarily as a writer.

JL: But you also appeared in a number of sketches. One that comes to mind is where you were seated, and a guy used your head as a bongo drum.

CC: That was Ken Shapiro hitting my head to the tune of “I’m looking over a four-leaf clover.” That damn near killed me because we had to do it a few times. It hurt, but I still had to concentrate on the words (laughs).

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CC: No, I worked on something called “The Groove Tube” with Ken and a bunch of others. We did that for almost five years and did it in a theatre and on underground television. It wasn’t broadcast, as you put it, but it gave me 25 bucks a week (laughs). Some of that stuff made it into “The Groove Tube” movie.

JL: During that period of time, you also wrote for “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.” I’m thinking that the work you did on that show, as well as on “Dream Machine” and on stage with “Groove Tube,” were all sort of the impetus for “Saturday Night Live.”

CC: Yeah, I think so, now that you say it. By the time Lorne (Michaels) hired me, what I’d been doing all along is creating SNL (laughs).

JL: Lorne hired you to be the head writer, then quickly moved you in front of the camera. I understand you were paid $800 a week. Was that for writing or performing, or both?

CC: Both. I just got one check (laughs).

JL: Some years later, your buddy Dan Ackroyd said in an interview, “Chevy put SNL where it is, and Chevy’s film work was worldwide currency for SNL.” I mention that because your work prior to SNL really gave rise to SNL. You even helped Lorne cast the show. By all rights, shouldn’t your name be on the credits each week as “co-creator” or something?

CC: Oh, I don’t know. That kind of thing is for the big wigs (laughs).

JL: You brought your style of physical comedy with you to SNL. Where did that come from?

CC: “The Honeymooners” actually had a major affect on me as I got into performing more because Art Carney was very physical, and I’m totally a physical comic. I think that’s what I’m best at. And that’s why I helped make SNL work because we didn’t have a lot of physical people. We had John (Belushi), who was very funny.

JL: It’s been well-sourced and spoken of by folks like Jane Curtain and others that John was very jealous of you for being the first break-out star on SNL, even to the point of stirring up a fistfight between you and Bill Murray the night you returned to host. Why the resentment?

CC: I’ll tell you why, because we had done “Lemmings” together, and John was clearly the star of that show. He was like the announcer at Woodstock, so he was always working the audience and introducing stuff that I would do or Chris Guest would do.

So later, I get to SNL, and Lorne wouldn’t hire John because John had said, “I don’t do television.” So Michael O’Donoghue and

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Jim Longworth with Chevy Chase at the Emmys Governors Ball I said to Lorne, “Come on, let’s hire him,” and we did because John really does do television, the liar (laughs). He just wanted to look more sheik. The best thing that ever happened to John was being hired for SNL. JL: Let’s talk about “Weekend Update,” which you created for SNL. Did you write all of the news stories?

CC: No, I wrote the top story and a few others, but other people would throw in their ideas, like Michael, for instance. He was also the head of The National Lampoon Radio Hour, which I was featured on.

JL: One of your signature bits on SNL was your over-the-top impersonation of thenPresident Gerald Ford, in which you made him look really clumsy and inept. It has been said that your portrayal of Ford cost him the 1976 election. Later, you and Ford became good friends, so did you ever regret satirizing him to that degree?

CC: No! Any President is worthy of that kind of satire (laughs), particularly because Jerry would make it easier by falling down the steps of Air Force One and things like that. One day I was at the White House to tape a series of bits with Jerry for “The Today Show.” The production crew was set up in the Oval Office, and I met Jerry in another room. When we walked over to the Oval Office, we had to enter through a back door because the crew was re-arranging furniture. And as he and I were walking down this darkened hallway, there were a lot of cables and shit on the floor, and my God, he just kept tripping, and I had to hold his arm to save him (laughs). It was very funny. But he was a great athlete, and these things happen when you get older.

Anyway, later we went upstairs where he was making a speech at a lectern, and as he was talking, he kept leaning into this lectern, and the lectern started falling over (laughs), and again I had to rush over and hold him. Everybody thought it was part of our act, but it wasn’t our act, it was Jerry’s act. I had to save him again (laughs).

JL: And you never got credit for acting like a secret service agent.

CC: No. JL: Speaking of politics, SNL has always been a very liberal show, but SHOULD a comedy/variety series be so one-sided? Or should it be neutral?

CC: I think neutral. Back when I did the show, there was a lot of crap happening then, with Nixon and all that shit, and so we were all liberal, and there were only six of us. Nowadays, there are like 28 cast members, and some are liberal, and some are not.

JL: OK, so let’s talk about cast members.

Over the years, reporters have asked you your opinion of whatever group was on SNL at the time, and often times you would single out and praise certain performers.

But in one article, you really slammed the entire cast.

CC: I was totally misquoted. The reporter made up the quote, I couldn’t believe it. It came at the end of the article, and it came from the fact that I didn’t give her much throughout the whole interview, so I guess she wanted to have something controversial to show.

JL: That sucks.

CC: It does suck. Earlier in the interview, she asked me, “What about the young

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comedians?” And my answer to her was, “I don’t have much to say about them because I haven’t seen anybody who really stands out. There are a lot more performers on SNL today than there were when I did the show, so it’s hard to make that kind of statement.” She then wrote that I had said something like, “The young comedians aren’t as good.”

I wrote a strong letter to the reporter, but my wife said not to send it, so I didn’t.

JL: My favorite SNL sketch of all time was the one you and Richard Pryor did, in which you portrayed a personnel director, and Rich played a guy who was looking for a job.

The bit was about you giving him a word association test, except that every word you gave him was a racist slur, and everyone he gave back to you was an increasingly angry slur directed at you. It is the funniest and most instructive sketch ever done about racism, and we could learn from it now. Unfortunately, our society is too politically correct to receive it today.

CC: Yeah, I was thinking that myself one night when I saw Colin (Jost) and Michael (Che) doing Weekend Update, and I was thinking that they could have done that sketch back in the old days, but not now. Rich and I wrote that sketch in about a half an hour just before the show went on air. He was the funniest guy I knew. By the way, I didn’t write the “dead Honky” line, that was Rich (laughs).

JL: A couple of years after you left SNL, you did a onehour variety special for NBC. CC: I remember that, but I can’t remember who was in it.

JL: Yeah, I can’t find any tape on it.

CC: Well, there’s NBC for you (laughs). I don’t think they liked it.

JL: Well, since we’re focusing on your television career, we can’t forget to mention the times you hosted the Academy Awards in 1987 and ’88.

CC: I loved doing it. You just can’t miss ’cause everybody else makes a fool of themselves (laughs).

JL: There was a writers’ strike the second time you hosted. Did you violate any Guild rules by writing your own material?

CC: That’s for the cops to determine (laughs). I do remember coming out on stage and saying, “Settle down Jack (Nicholson). He was sitting on the front row, clowning around. That’s how open I felt. I could say anything, you know? And I’d get big laughs.

JL: Let’s talk about the late-night show you did for FOX in 1993, which only lasted for five weeks before the network pulled the plug. The story goes that you thought you’d be able to do a different kind of show for that time slot, but that FOX executives wanted it to be more traditional.

CC: And I didn’t like that idea and didn’t know how to do that. I think I wanted to come in as a funnier person or something, and it didn’t come off right.

JL: But didn’t your company, Cornelius Productions, own the show?

CC: By God, then it must be lying around here somewhere (laughs) JL: I bring that up because if you could see it wasn’t working, couldn’t you have just told FOX that you’re going to do it your way?

CC: I think I did do that and basically f#@*ed it up (laughs).

JL: In 2002, you were the guest of honor at a Comedy Central Roast in which a bunch of hack comedians basically spent the entire evening saying some very cruel things about you and your past problems with addiction. It was tasteless and hard to watch.

CC: Yeah, it was nothing like a Friars Club roast where there’s always a friendly thought behind the jokes. These were younger comedians who weren’t familiar with a roast and just came out and battered me. It just wasn’t that funny because it seemed to have an attitude of, “let’s get this guy.”

JL: So when did comedy start requiring comedians to be mean?

CC: Probably before the first century (laughs). Way back, like, “Hey, how about that, Alexander? What’s so great about him? (laughs) Look, you’ve got to be balanced between mean and

having a little love in you. That didn’t happen with me. I thought the best guy on the roast was Stephen Colbert.

He didn’t know me, and he didn’t want to hurt my feelings, you know? Anyway, at the end of the show, we went up to Paul Shaffer’s room, and I had a couple of tears in my eye, and he had the biggest apology. Paul felt almost as if what happened was his fault because he was the emcee and had something to do with picking the people to speak. But of course, it wasn’t anybody’s fault except the people who didn’t know how to do it very well.

JL: In 2006, you did a dramatic turn on an episode of “Law & Order,” in which you portrayed a character loosely based on Mel Gibson and his Anti-Semitic rant after being stopped for drunk driving. In real life, Gibson blamed the alcohol for his language, just as Roseanne blamed Ambien for making her send a racist tweet. Given your past history with substance abuse, do you think it’s possible for drugs or alcohol to make you say words that are not normally in your vocabulary?

CC: Jesus, that’s a good question. I’m trying to remember my own situation with cocaine and alcohol. The thing about coke is it makes you feel like you’re driving over the speed limit and living over the speed limit. It was a pleasant drug, and yes, things would come to you that would never normally not come to you.

JL: You turned in a great performance on Law & Order.” Did you enjoy playing a serious role for a change?

CC: Yeah, they came to me to do the role, and I did it because I like doing things that are challenging, and that was challenging.

JL: In 2009, you joined an ensemble cast on “Community,” but it wasn’t long before you became discouraged with the quality of writing by Dan Harmon, who also created the show. Harmon has since apologized publicly for his bad behavior during that period, but once when asked about your frustration, you said, “I’ve been too funny in my life to play a character who’s just moderately funny.” Some folks interpreted that statement as being egotistical when you

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Brewery opens in High Point, looking to serve you good times and good beer Residents in High Point and the surrounding Triad have a new watering hole to meet at this summer.

“Breweries usually bring people together. You sit down and talk to someone you never met before; Naima Said next thing you know, you’ve sparked conversation,” said David Contributor Nissen, co-owner of Paddled South Brewery.

Paddled South Brewery is housed at 603 North Main Street in a historic building built-in 1935. The owners, Patrick Watterson and Dave and Amy Nissen, have lived in High Point for well over two decades.

“We get a lot of questions about our name, and we wanted it to represent who we are. We are an outdoors family. We love hiking, canoeing, and white water rafting,”

ParticiPate in research Dr. Blair Wisco, a clinical psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is currently recruiting participants for a research study. This research study examines emotional and physical reactions to memories of extremely stressful or traumatic experiences. In order to participate, you must be 18 years old or older and must be able to read and write in English. If you are interested in participating, first you will be asked to complete screening questions online or over the phone to see whether or not you are eligible for the study. If you are eligible, you will be invited to participate in the study, which involves five visits to Dr. Wisco’s lab on UNCG’s campus within two weeks. During the first lab visit (3 hours), you will be asked to complete an interview and fill out questionnaires about your emotions and life experiences. You will then wear a portable cardiac monitor under your clothes and to complete questionnaires on a tablet computer outside the lab on three separate days (30-minute set-up per day, plus time spent completing questionnaires). In the last lab visit (2 hours), you will be hooked up to a similar monitor in the lab and be asked to listen to audio-recorded scripts describing personal past experiences. If you participate in these procedures, you will be compensated $150 for your time. If you are interested in this research participation opportunity, please email copelab@uncg.edu to learn more and receive the screening questionnaire.

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he said. “As my wife and I were spitballing names, I was thinking about how I am from Minnesota, and my wife was born and raised here in High Point, so we like to say I paddled south to get here, and that’s when it hit us, that was it.”

The Nissen’s enjoyed craft beer and brewing for many years. Like Patrick, their interest in craft beer and home brewing, involvement in the community, and caring for community members are a top priority.

“We have positioned ourselves as a community brewery. We want to support High Point since High Point is going through a big revitalization right now, and we want to see High Point come out on the other side thriving,” said Nissen.

David and Amy, both educators with Guilford County Schools, said that the business wouldn’t disrupt their work as teachers in the public school system. Their commitment to the betterment of young men and women is a small testament to their commitment to caring for those around them. For over 25 years, Patrick has practiced as an internal medicine Physician Assistant providing medical care to generations of High Point residents.

“Patrick and I connected by chance, he saw a story about our brewery, and he reached out on Facebook. We engaged in a great conversation about our weird similarities, and in the end, Patrick asked me if I was looking for someone to go on this journey with, and if so, he’d be honored to do it. That is how Patrick came along,” said Nissen.

No stranger to a good brew, Watterson grew up in Bourbon Country, Kentucky, so he brings a love of bourbon barrel products to the company. He knows how to take that process and combine it with great beer, and he has the Bourbon collection to prove it.

Amy Nissen said that the couple got

Patrick Watterson, co-owner of Paddled South Brewing Co. into brewing after she gifted her husband, Dave, a one-gallon brewing kit for Christmas roughly seven years ago.

“After making his first beer, we realized we never wanted to make just one gallon again,” she said.

“I always liked a really light beer, so I lean towards strawberry wheat. I tend to add fruit to beers regardless of the style. Our first beer we made was called Hops and Dreams, and we have another one made of Hefeweizen with jalapenos and mint, and we call it a Badass Mojito because we thought it was badass and it reminded us of Mojitos,” said Dave.

“I always hated IPA’s. I refused to drink it, so my husband went on a crusade to find and create one just for me,” Amy added.

Paddled South Brewery doesn’t just offer craft drinks. The brewery has a variety of food trucks that come on-site on a regular basis.

For Dave, it’s as much about service as it is about a tall glass of brew.

“I’m not looking to become huge or open 10 locations. I want to serve my community. I want people to stop in and think I can’t get a beer like this anywhere else,” he explained. “I want people to feel good when they walk in our space. For them to know that we are happy they are there and to feel at home. Sharing good libations and honesty. As a family business, we try to treat everyone who comes in like family.” !

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The Carolinas will be heard!” as the inaugural Carolina BBQ Music Festival heats up the Silo Entertainment Event Center in downtown Greensboro on July 10.

Katei Cranford Celebrating NC hip-hop through a smorgasbord of Contributor more than 50 artists spread across two stages, the Carolina BBQ Music Festival is centered around community and artistry— highlighting the camaraderie of barbecue gatherings rather than the food itself.

Metaphorically speaking, organizers invite attendees to enjoy a “Taste of the Carolina Sauce,” a phrase they use to describe the talent found across the region. “This event is a “sample platter” of what we have to offer the world,” said cofounder Torey “Viva” Evans. “We believe every artist on our line-up has what it takes to be recognized on a national level, and we’re providing spectators an opportunity to connect with NC’s rising stars.”

Regarding the concept, “we honestly just wanted to come up with a name that symbolizes the Carolinas while cultivating a sense of unity and what unifies people better than a Barbecue?” Evans explained.

A Halifax native, Evans has been in the Greensboro area since 1995. His partner in festival operations, Damion Lewis (aka Wordplaydame), has called Greensboro home since his freshman year at NC A&T. They met through nightlife channels and connected over a passion for arts with promoter backgrounds.

Together, they’ve hosted an array of pop-up events, including the Black2Hiphop festival, which celebrated Black artists primarily from around the Triad. “With this one, we wanted to create something that the Carolinas could call its own,” Evans explained of expanding toward a regional music experience.

“We’re the curators, the founders, and the culture-pushers,” he continued, reflecting on their roles within the festival.

“We wanted to invest in the talent we know the Carolinas have. This platform is bigger than us as individuals. It’s about the community.”

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Eastern-NC acts include Khalil Nasim, Bailey Snow, GCUE, Lucky Lefty, Reke, Xbrodie, Kimar Flows, and Tymain Robbins; and artists from the Triangle like Northside Rocky, Shame Gang, Les the Genius, Ty Harriz, and Jasmyn Milan are just a sample of the lengthy line-up.

Hosts Big John, Lord Phly, Chubbz, and COK will keep the day rolling. While DJ K Grady, SoundsBySunday, and DJ Yung228 will spin the backdrop of sounds throughout the event.

The goal is to host a premier festival experience highlighting rising talent from across the state. “The city of Greensboro has been the stomping grounds for creatives,” Evans said. “So we felt the need to create a staple event here in the Gate City and continue uplifting the voices of our fellow creatives and influencers in the North and South Carolina area.”

Beyond the two-stages, the festival will feature vendors, live painting, and a “Food Truck Station” with eats from Backyard Flames, Shmack’n Plates Bistro, the Icy Cart, Little Women Baking Co., and Jamaica Coast Catering.

Creative Director Virginia Holmes (of various art groups including the Haze Art Collective, the Collective GSO, and Haus of Lacks) will curate set design and artistic direction. “It’s all about people coming together over good food, drinks, games, and live entertainment,” Holmes said of the festival. “This event comes at a time where a vast majority of my people feel misunderstood, underutilized, and under-represented. It’s almost like many

have been looking for an avenue of release,” she explained. “I’m excited to see yet another grassroots organization stepping up to provide a safe space for the community to gather and support one another. This kick-back style event will also allow artists who may not have been able to work

this past year an opportunity to share their works with their peers.”

Evans agreed. “Everyone deserves to be heard,” he said. “We’re artists ourselves, and we didn’t have these types of platforms coming up, so we created them. Pushing the culture forward for the home state is getting our voices heard across the world.”

Pushing beyond the daytime festival, organizers will host an afterparty starting at 10 p.m at Culture Lounge. Continuing his food metaphors, Evans envisions the party to be a “melting pot of creatives,” with a “multicultural atmosphere—from the drinks to the hookah—it’ll be a place everyone will love.”

Taste some Carolina Sauce at the Carolina BBQ Music Festival on July 10. !

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were actually just talking about the high standards you have, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

CC: No, and that’s the way I felt. It’s got to be coming indelicately from me, and not from a guy like Harmon who wrote “Community.” I agreed to do the show because I thought it might be fun and funny, but ul-

timately, Harmon had problems with drugs or alcohol himself. I don’t know which one, but that can make writing less good.

JL: Let’s circle back to the pain you often endured and injuries you suffered in your career, particularly on SNL. I see these old, retired NFL players sitting at home in wheelchairs and suffering with the aftereffects of injuries, and they always say they wouldn’t have done anything differ-

ently. Did you ever regret being so physical with your comedy?

CC: No, and not only do I not regret it, but I’m still that way at 77. I gotta tell you; I can still do a great fall.

JL: Earlier, you talked about being influenced by the physical comedy of Art Carney, but what film stars made you laugh as a little kid? I’m guessing it was also a physical comedian.

CC: At first, I guess it was whoever my Dad said was the funniest, ’cause you can’t have a perspective on that if you haven’t seen that many comedians. But Dad was totally in love with the Marx Brothers. As I got older, it was Chaplin. Ultimately, I feel more like Charlie Chaplin than I do any of the Marx Brothers.

JL: You have a lot of Buster Keaton in you too.

CC: Yeah, but Buster wasn’t as good as Chaplin. It’s just that Buster was willing to break bones to be funny, and he was funnier than hell.

JL: Who makes you laugh today?

CC: Well (long pause), shit, I haven’t laughed in years. I like to look at old shows and tapes, so how could I not say Dan Ackroyd. When he did Julia Childs on SNL, man, that was so funny. Dan has done so many incredible things. He was our resident genius on that show, and he’s a wonderful guy. We’re very close friends.

JL: Speaking of those early SNL days, and before you met your lovely wife Jayni, did you ever get fan mail from women who wanted to sleep with you?

CC: Yes, but they had to sleep in the other bed (laughs). Sure, but only before SNL, during the “Lemmings” period when I was single. I still get lots of fan mail today, but they mainly want me to autograph a photo.

JL: We’ve been talking about your television career because this is your 50th anniversary on TV, but adding all of your films in the mix, do you realize how many hundreds of millions of people around the world whose lives you’ve touched and made more fun and bearable? Do you ever think about that?

CC: No, not in that way, but it’s nice of you to say that, so I better start thinking about it (laughs). I guess I just think about how I haven’t worked much at anything the last couple of years, and that pisses me off, but I should think more about those things. It would probably raise my spirits.

Truth is if Chevy Chase never made another film or TV series, his place in pop culture history is already well cemented.

He’s one of those rare performers who has achieved success in every medium, including social media. Just check out his 1986 music video, “You Can Call Me Al,” co-starring Paul Simon, which is rediscovered by new audiences every day via Youtube and has been viewed by over 91 million people. And, if you troll various posts and blogs, you’ll find plenty of praise for Chevy and his work from people of all ages. “Chevy is a national treasure,” writes evillink1. “Chevy is a funny guy with great comic timing,” says ArchStanton. “Chevy is an amazing actor!” says TheOnlyCelt. And Daniela Simittchieva says it all, “Chevy Chase is a LEGEND !”

No doubt about it. So long as Chevy’s around, we’ll all have our backs to the Grand Canyon. !

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You might create an eviction ritual to get the guy out of your head. I suggest writing the story of your relationship, including what you learned that will help you avoid entanglements with future Mr. Rottens.

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Min Reqs: BS deg in Ops Mgmt, Ind Eng, or cls rel deg & 4 yrs exp in pos off or as Gen Mgr or rel occ. How to Apply: Resumes to: Technical Methods, attn: Motaz Madi, 307 S Swing Road, Greensboro, NC 27409.

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