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This sub-culture isn’t being reached by
the church. Just so you know, I’m not
particularly tempted to resort to comedy
material that would strip the stain off a nun’s
desk. But these folk need the Lord, and His
forgiveness, and His cleansing!
I’m not planning on retiring from teaching,
but there may be opportunities for me to
do clean comedy for Christian audiences,
senior citizens’ cruises to Alaska, perhaps
even a performance for organizations like
AARP.
There’s a lot of funny in our world. Let’s not
leave it to the gross, the perverse, and the
lost. We were once there (Titus 3:3- “foolish,
disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all
kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived
in malice and envy, being hated and hating
one another.”) — but now we have a lot to
laugh about!
If you’re interested in seeing the set I
performed, you may find it on the March 1
entry at my blog:
www.larrydixon.wordpress.com.
“This sub-culture
isn’t being
reached by the
church.”
–Larry Dixon, Ph.D.
Tirrell Howell says he “had fun” but was “exhausted” after the taping of
an episode of “Family Feud” that was recorded last summer and aired
in February. Howell, who serves as corporate coordinator of Information
Technology Services at CIU, was asked by his Aunt Angela Wigfall to audition
with other family members for the show.
“She told me I pretty much didn’t have a choice,” Howell said with a laugh a
few days after the show aired.
Howell says that playing “Family Feud” is a family tradition at Thanksgiving
and Christmas get-togethers in the small town of Cross (population 3,974)
in South Carolina’s Lowcountry where he has his roots. But even though the
family has had plenty of practice, in the end they came just short of winning a
prize.
“I think we had clean fun in our particular recording, and we were kind of
disappointed that we didn’t win,” Howell said. “But in reflection, we can
say, ‘We actually did this thing; we actually did this as a family’ and that’s an
experience that we will take with us the rest of our lives. But for me, I just went
on the show because my aunt asked me to.”
CIU Staff Member
on “Family Feud”
Larry Dixon (right) with his son Brian Dixon,
a 2001 graduate of CIU, who convinced dad
to take a stand-up comedy class.
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A THEOLOGIAN TAKES STAND-UP COMEDY LESSONS
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