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Article: The other, not funny, side of the late comic Milton Berle.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- March 29, 2002
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In 1994, Milton Berle dropped by the old "Morning Exchange" and gave Cleveland TV viewers a little more than they expected. He was bossy, he was irritable, he used some language not usually heard on morning TV.
The folks at "Morning Exchange" said afterward that Berle did not realize his comments were going out live. But viewers got a glimpse of a Berle that has been missing from the comedian's eulogies this week.
Berle, who died Wednesday after a long bout with colon cancer, was a tough guy. Demanding. A braggart about his onstage accomplishments and his offstage amours. Often unpleasant to be around. When he hosted "Saturday Night Live" in the late ...
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Article: MILTON BERLE AT HOME IN THE CATSKILLS.(Living)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
January 8, 1991 ;
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... ... his 75th year in show business, Milton Berle, the onetime king of TV, received shtick ... resorts where young performers, including Berle, once found steppingstones to Broadway ... comedians seated alongside the 82- year-old Berle were hardly spring chickens either ...
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