Sedaris created "At Home" with her longtime friend and collaborator Paul Dinello, who also appears in the second episode as a placid bouzouki player.
"They wanted a happy, placid place".
The Squaw Valley champions remain in the shadow of the so-called Miracle on Ice team, which won the gold at the 1980 Lake Placid Games, and only two players from the 1960 squad — goalie Jack McCartan, who played briefly for the Rangers, and forward Tom Williams — went on to the National Hockey League.
They had conjured up the most placid and ridiculous possible faults imaginable and assigned them to a player, seemingly at random.
named Davey, from Philadelphia, and two ensigns — a big, ham-handed college football player from Danbury, Connecticut, named Vaghi, and a blocky, placid youngster from Chicago named Reich.
named Davey, from Philadelphia, and two ensigns a big, ham-handed college football player from Danbury, Connecticut, named Vaghi, and a blocky, placid youngster from Chicago named Reich.
After several players ran afoul of the law, the typically placid program started to appear in disarray.
The emotion was laid bare on Klinsmann's face at the nerve-shredding denouement, the normally placid German becoming involved in a slanging match with Ecuador players who were beginning to lose their heads as the clock ticked towards 90 minutes.
"When you want talented players on your team," he said, "you don't get all placid, calm personalities".
Mr. Almazan, placid and serious, immersed in sound, the kind of musician who's more fascinated by text than context, was born in Havana, the son of the bass player Rafael Almazán.
