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COVER STORY First Night 2000: A sampler Juggling act     MORE INFORMATION Fri. and Sat. 1-6 p.m. Hynes: Hall C The Airborne Comedians Dan Foley and Joel Harris started out as just a couple of kids yukking it up in high school in Spencerport, N.Y. "One night we started juggling snowballs together in a laundromat," Foley recalls. "I could juggle three, but Joel could throw one under his leg at the same time. I had to do that, too. I went home and learned it." That was the beginning of more than a decade of airborne challenges. The comedians don't actually fly. "We jump in the air a lot and act crazy," Foley admits. "But there are no trapezes or trampolines." On the other hand, everything they touch does fly. Like electric guitars and lawn chairs. "We've always had a friendly competition. He'd be juggling one thing, and I'd have to figure out how to do that, and the next thing you know we're juggling lawn chairs," Foley says. Harris and Foley started performing in 1985, and made it a full-time gig in 1990. Then life took over; Harris moved to New York, and now they perform together only when time permits - like at First Night. Next year, though, Harris will return to Massachusetts, and the Airborne Comedians may take off again. - Cate McQuaid Previous page | Next page

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