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Thinking about my father performing the role of Nikolaus I imagine him as a waylaid understudy to his Uncle Wern, or more properly, to the magician Dorny.
(photos by Margrit Diehl)
Saturday morning pancakes were like the Eleusinian Mysteries in the hands of this otherwise amateur chef. (re-enactment above features Edward Diehl's pancake alchemy)
The understudy ad-libs a self-deprecating comedy monologue in 1997, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
(video by Carl Diehl
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