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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990
lthough choosy
mothers choose Jiff,
college students
would rather have Skippy on
their campuses.
For seven years, come-
dian/actor Marc Price played
Skippy, the nerdy teen who
lived next door to Alex P.
Keaton and family.
But Price, the stand-up
comedian, and Skippy are
nothing alike. If Skippy was
in one of Price's audiences,
he probably wouldn't under-
stand Price's jokes. And he'd
blush if he half understood.
Now that "Family Ties"
has finished its final
chapter, Price, 22, is being
booked at colleges across the
United States.
"I've been going on the
road a lot, 10 days out of the
month, performing at col-
leges and all types of venues
— even little clubs in
Harleysville, Pa.," Price
said.
In one of his routines,
Price jokes with college
students about a drug prob-
lem he had as a child.
"I became addicted to
Flintstone Vitamins," he
kibbitzed. "I was a Flint-
stoner as a child. I tried to
stop our family car with my
bare feet." Price first ap-
peared on the comedy circuit
when he was a baby, travel-
ing the Borscht Belt with his
father, Alfred Bernie Price,
known to his audiences as
comedian Al Bernie.
"My mom, Joy, was a
singer, and would open the
show. My dad would close
the show. At the end of the
evening, they'd bring me up
on stage; it was kind of like
the young couple with the
new baby. I was sort of a
cheap device to get ap-
plause."
Price's family ties in show
business did not begin with
his mother and father.
Grandpa Lou Price was in
vaudeville.
"My dad and grandfather
can talk to me about the
Depression, World War II,
the innocence of the '50s and
the Kennedy assassination.
You know, events that
changed the world," Price
said. "But when I have chil-
dren, I'll be able to tell them
what it was like to grow up
in the '80s, with momen-
tous events like the
Chrysler comeback, Michael
Jackson's Thriller video and
the Choice of a New Genera-
tion — Pepsi!"
When Price was 12, his
father snuck him in to the
Improv, a comedy club in
New York.
"I'll just never forget sit-
ting in the back of the room
with my mouth open (in awe)
watching the comedians. I
knew I wanted to do this."
At 13, Price first perform-
ed his stand-up act solo.
"I used a little of my dad's
routine in my act," he said. "I
was doing `ba-dum-bum'