Word: comic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Life in Budapest at present is not unlike a scene out of a comic opera. The population, in overthrowing the monarchy, also repealed the old royal edict against duelling which was found necessary in order to keep the Army from killing itself off in times of peace. Since an army is now held to be a menace to the freedom of the proletariat, it was thought wise to provide a safe way for getting rid of it. Hence the adoption of the duel...
...club is known far and wide as a world-beating aggregation, the Ibis and his followers have so falsified reports of their prowess that the betting odds are even. This will only be the second defeat which the CRIMSON will have handed to Lampy this year, since the cowardly comic was afraid to meet us on the ice during the winter...
...four acts and many scenes of the play were mostly of a comic order. The humor, if it was not always up to the standard of the Pat and Mike stories, was strangely boisterous and effective; nothing was appreciated more than hero Donovan's brazen nerve in Lawyer Waddy's office when he succeeded in striking a match on the bald pate of the frightened attorney. There were of course, really clever lines, all too many of which escaped the observation of the Collegians and Cavanagh in the boxes; subtility was not expected. As for plot, what more is necessary...
...Were" and the other jingles in the Graduates' Number. Those who want to know the sort of absurdities that Robert Benchley '12 committed for the Lampoon before he gave up drawing and became Life's dramatic editor should consult page 455. Those who believe there is an abler comic artist in the country than Gluyas Williams '11, should glance at page 458 before making an irrevocable decision. Those who liked "Dere Mable" should read the skit by its author, Edward Streeter '14, on long-distance telephones. Finally, those who feel that the Lampoon is most unique when it is most...
...Business and News Problems of the Comic...