The Friars Club is in the news - this group founded in 1904 by vaudevillians who were shunned by the elite clubs of the time i.e. The Players and the Lambs. It was a hangout for Milton Berle, Jack Benny et al and the home of celebrity roasts. The old gag defines the differences: "The Players are gentlemen pretending to be actors. The Lambs are actors pretending to be gentlemen. And the Friars are neither trying to be both."
tjs
NYT 1/9/19
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