Yale University Library Digital Repository Collection Name: Henry A. Kissinger papers, part II Series Title: Series III. Post-Government Career Box: 692 Folder: 15 Folder Title: Dr. Kissinger Testimonial Dinner, New York Friars Club Persistent URL: http://yul-fi-prd1.library.yale.internal/catalog/digcoll:559718 Repository: Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library Contact Information Phone: (203) 432-1735 Email:
[email protected] Mail: Manuscripts and Archives Sterling Memorial Library Sterling Memorial Library P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520 Your use of Yale University Library Digital Repository indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use http://guides.library.yale.edu/about/policies/copyright Find additional works at: http://yul-fi-prd1.library.yale.internal DR. HENRY KISSINGER 133 While two separate entities of riotous Roasts versus sophis- ticated Dinners continued to exist, the ever-closing gap between the two did not go unnoticed. Variety noted in an article cover- ing the Friars Testimonial Dinner in honor of Alan King in IERS 1989, "The line of demarcation between the formal Friars din- 'S ners and the raunchy stag luncheons is continuing to narrow. Some predict ultimate erosion." Then again, maybe Alan just brought out the worst in people. DR. HENRY KISSINGER 14ARTIN TESTIMONIAL DINNER - 1980 si BERLE UTTONS RA SINATRA (Accent on the testimony) KING KIRK Doucis, Toastmaster MATTHEW, MARIC, LUKE & JOHN WILLIAM F. BUCICLEY ROGER MOORE LEWIS JEAN CARROLL PETER NERO Lrrn..E BARRY DILLER GREGORY PECK Lus EPHRAIM EVRON Lou RAWLS ASHRAF A. GHORBAL BARBARA SINATRA BOB HOPE FRANK SINATRA :s ofyesteryear, BUDDY HOWE DAVID TEBET h nothing.