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PROF.
STANLEY DAVID FRUMKIN |
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- media
superstar
- tastemaker
- globe-trotting
sophisticate
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CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS:
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1947 |
Institutes
first Voice of America broadcasts to the Soviet Union as director
of the State Department's International Broadcasting Division;
plays Ukulele Ike's "My Red Hot Gal" non-stop for 14 days. |
1948 |
Employed
in New York as a gag writer for Lew Parker, a radio comedian.
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1959 |
The
United States Information Agency (USIA) asks Frumkin to fill the
newly created post of chief of religious policy. |
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1960 |
Wrestles
the Fabulous Moola to a draw in a televised Madison Square Garden
grudge match. |
1974 |
Faces
a Federal felony charge for illegal contributions to the 1972
Nixon re-election campaign and a Federal misdemeanor charge of
accessory after the fact; "Not my finest hour," Frumkin is quoted
as saying. |
1991 |
As
a noted ethnomusicologist at the Cambridge Conservatory, discovers
The Twenty % Tippers; conceives and sponsors their touted East-Asian
club tour, but immediately ditches the band at the Osaka airport
with only 200 yen amongst them for two giggling Kabuki dancers
in Motley Crue T-shirts. |
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His
Cultural Pick of the Season:
THE
TWENTY % TIPPERS
AT
THE TRILOGY THEATER
341
W. 44th St. (bet. 8th & 9th Ave.)
Saturday, September 16th 10PM
For
a Free Twenty % Tippers cassette
call (646) 335-3390
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