tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post6749454076514540840..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Cackling Over What I've Written'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-49218169663637981282014-02-03T22:10:44.830-06:002014-02-03T22:10:44.830-06:00Went back to Perelman a few months ago after a lon...Went back to Perelman a few months ago after a long hiatus and felt like I was reacquainting myself with an old friend And I may be the only person on the planet who never got the point of Wodehouse.Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-29553365422224091872014-02-01T08:28:35.813-06:002014-02-01T08:28:35.813-06:00I disagree, mostly. There are pieces that just pil...I disagree, mostly. There are pieces that just pile it on too much--reading all of <i>The Swiss Family Pearlman</i> through is not particularly enjoyable--but then there are such gems as the "Cloudland Revisited" series, some of <i>Acres and Pains</i>, some of <i>Westward, Ha</i>.<br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-44251962026120877632014-02-01T02:02:49.999-06:002014-02-01T02:02:49.999-06:00I once read an article (I can't remember its t...I once read an article (I can't remember its title or where it appeared) that addressed humor and how it ages over time. The writer said Charlie Chaplin is no longer funny to contemporary audiences because he's cloyingly sentimental. W. C. Fields on the other hand is still funny because his jaundiced view of the world squares with our cynical age.<br /><br />The Marx Bros still click because their humor is based on wordplay. I agree with that although their wordplay has a level of sophistication that keeps it funny. I watch reruns of Monty Python or listen to old Goon Show broadcasts, and they don't age well. Mere zaniness has a short shelf life IMHO.Chuck Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com