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Ben Stein comes to UTA
Comedy Central’s Ben Stein will lecture on his unusual career
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Ben Stein, host of Comedy Central’s “Win Ben Stein’s
Money” will speak about his career and sign autographs Thursday.
Most pop culture savants can probably recall the memorable scene of
the monotone-voiced economics teacher played by Ben Stein in the 1986
cult classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Reciting his lecture on tariffs and asking, “Anyone know what
this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone?” to an unfocused classroom of
teens, Stein not only paved his way into pop culture history but set
the pace for a versatile career.
This career is the highlight of Ben Stein’s lecture here at 7:30
p.m., Thursday in Texas Hall.
Tickets to the show are free to students, $5 for faculty, staff and
alumni and $10 for general public.
Seth Ressl, Greek Life and university events associate director, said
the lecture should last about an hour, with an autograph meet-and-greet
session to take place after the show.
Ressl thinks Stein will leave an impression on the audience.
“He’s a speaker who can appeal to a broader audience,”
he said. “He is someone who is regularly seen in the media and
associated in pop culture references.”
The lecture wouldn’t have been possible if not for the recommendation
of Collins Watson, student congress vice president.
Stein left an impression on Watson at a Texas Christian University lecture
the biomedical engineering graduate student attended a year and a half
ago.
“He gives lectures around discourse and he talks a lot about morality.”
Watson said. “His memory is phenomenal.”
Watson said that before the dinner, Stein introduced himself and had
every person at the table tell Stein something about themselves, later
making jokes or references from the tidbits he picked up from each person.
Watson brought the idea of bringing Stein to UTA at the President’s
roundtable discussion last year, and everyone at the table was immediately
open to the idea.
Watson said booking Stein was an easy task for the university. With
in-laws living in Dallas, Stein immediately agreed to come.
Stein brings a résumé many will never see in their lifetime.
Stein graduated with an economics degree from Columbia University, and
went to law school at Yale University.
He later became a speech writer and legal counsel to the Nixon and Ford
administrations.
Stein’s stints in Washington haven’t constrained him to
just politics, He has since ventured into writing — frequently
for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and magazines in New
York and Los Angeles.
However, students will most likely remember him from movies, commercials,
and tv shows. From 1997-2002, Stein was the host of the Comedy Central
game show “Win Ben Stein’s Money,” which went on to
earn several Emmy awards.
Stein’s lecture is 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Texas Hall. Tickets to
the show are free to students, $5 for other university community members
and $10 for general public. Tickets for the event are available at http://www.utatickets.com.
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