DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, July 7, 2014
-- Marlee Matlin is part of Jerry Seinfield's greatest TV episodes
There is a celebration right now, honoring Jerry Seinfield's 25th
TV anniversary. Even though his program was cancelled in 1998,
there are Seinfield re-runs everywhere. TV critics made a list
of Jerry Seinfield's best episodes. One such episode involved
Marlee Matlin; because of her deafness, Jerry thought she was
an expert lipreader, in which she was not, but which led to
laughs among these TV viewers.
-- a deaf ASL-signing football coach at a big public school
DeafDigest mentioned in the past that Kevin Bella, who is deaf,
and uses ASL, was the assistant football coach at Mission
San Jose HS in Fremont, California. He has moved on - becoming
the head junior varsity coach at nearby Irvington HS. It is a
big public school of 2,100 students. Said Kevin "we are getting
ready for this fall season."
-- a politician's hearing aid trick
Eric Williams, the past prime minister of Trindad & Tobago, served
in this position for 19 years. He had a hearing loss and wore
a hearing aid. His political opponents would complain that when
they tried to discuss an issue, Eric would remove his hearing
aid. Without his hearing aid, he just could not hear anything at
all. He did that all the time, which only angered his political
opponents!
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/deafdigest1
Twitter:
@deafdigest
to make subscription changes, go to http://deafdigest.com,
click on the "subscribe" icon and follow screen instructions
07/06/14 Blue edition at:
http://deafdigest.com/category/newsletter/newsletter-blue-newsletter/
07/06/14 Gold edition at:
http://deafdigest.com/category/newsletter/newsletter-gold-newsletter/
