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Still an accomplished musi- cian, playing the piano, classical guitar and har- monica, Brill also holds a black belt in Aikido, is fluent in six languages (Yiddish, Japanese, Italian, German, Romanian and English) and is a marathon runner. After such a varied career, Brill is returning to the stage once again to do stand-up comedy. His material is a varied as he is, but he does like to concentrate on the political area, especially the many politicians who have been pushed on the public because of TV. He also enjoys some rather distinct ethnic humor, pointing to the "Irish who gave us Eddie Murphy and Jews who gave us Whoopi Goldberg." Another funny bit revolves around his father, an im- migrant, Brill says, "who learned only one word of English and was made the language supervisor of the post office department!' Brill admits that while there "were an unbelievable amount of small clubs up and down the whole Eastern sea- board" when he started his stand-up career in the 1960s, giving him ample opportuni- ty to showcase his many talents, he has indeed paid his dues. He says, "You have no idea how hard I worked and the kind of dues I paid. There was a bleak period in comedy in the '60s when there was no interest in comedians on a na- tional level. At my peak I did 60 shows for Merv, 37 for Johnny Carson and dozens of Mike Douglas appearances. And yet all that made no im- pact on the industry. Whereas today, if a comic does five or six Carson shows, he's a na- tional name." Today, he adds, "doing five shots on Carson's show is practically a career. There's nothing after that. Nowhere to go. The attention span of an audience seems much shorter. Look at careers like a Jack Benny or a Red Skelton. Their careers lasted a whole lifetime. But in comedy today, five shots and you're out. People seem to tire very quickly of everything." Brill also accused comedy club owners today of believing that no comic over the age of 25 can make people laugh. "There's this kind of continu- ing notion among the guys who run these clubs that older comedians can't play to a younger audience. And that's just not true. Put Milton Berle in a comedy club and he'll find the connection, a way to make those kids laugh. Whether you're 20, 60 or 80, if you're funny, you're funny. "When I was a kid," he con- tinued, "we loved Martin and Lewis, who were the young kids on the block. But at the same time we loved Eddie Cantor. -We loved the new guys and the old ones alike. I believe there's a door being shut and it isn't fair because everybody's missing out. There's no tradition, no con- nection with the past. We're going to end up producing these freaky, alien kids who don't know what their past was and that will be a real shame." It's a tough and often unrelenting business, filled with the whims and wishes of those who are not always in the know. What keeps Marty Brill in it? "Fear;' he answers quickly. "Fear of poverty:' he laughs. "I can't get into another pro- fession now. It's too late. Oh, one day you might say to yourself, that's it. I'm not go- ing to do this anymore. But the next thing you know, you get an idea and a kernel starts to form. Next thing you know you're writing it down. You just can't help it. For bet- ter or worse, this is the business I'm in and it's the only thing I know how to do. So I guess I'm stuck!" ❑ DSO Concert Trip Slated The city of Southfield Iburs will go hear a Detroit Sym- phony Orchestra coffee con- cert on May 12. Free coffee and donuts will be served. The trip includes round-trip motorcoach transportation and lunch at the Rhinoceros restaurant. There is limited space. Call Sol Gelbman, 354-4717, for information and reservations. Author Appears At Borders Pulitzer Prize-winning jour- nalist Neil Sheehan will be at Border's Book Shop May 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. to autograph his book, A Bright Shining Lie. Border's Book Shop is located in the Corners Shop- ping Plaza.