Word: funniest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There are too many good things in this special number to be adequately diagnosed. Off-hand, we'd say "The Game as Seen by the CRIMSON" and "General Information for Yale Visitors" were the funniest things in the book, but the laugh limit is by no means two. The prologue, too, stands out--not by reason of its prime position, but because it carries (as they say) a punch in every line. You can like the prologue whether or not you care for poetry. In fact the less you care for poetry the more you'll like the prologue...
...other characters are for the most part ludicrous in themselves, and the situations into which they are put are calculated to bring out their idiosyncrasies in the funniest manner. There is an alderman who "bosses" town and council and is in turn "bossed" by a Xantippian wife. There is a dapper young insurance agent who undertakes to get his friend out of trouble, and instead draws him into a mesh of complications. There is a group of aldermen typifying various stages of conservatism, churlishness and inebriation...
...addition to the growlers, a professional entertainer will be present to bark away at the latest songs and tell what he considers to be the funniest stories in the world. He is reputed to have a wonderful sense of humor, so that he should leave nothing to be desired. Seniors will also have an opportunity to purchase the posters which have decorated the Square for the last couple of days because they are to be sold to the highest bidders. Besides their intrinsic value, the posters will afford a means of paying for some of the dogs, which is something...
...little book the Alice sketches, which make memorable this year's volume of our jester. Dear Lampy (forgive this touch of sentiment: it is genuine), to how many generations have you brought laughter and fun. Not that you are always funny, you are not; but you are the funniest we know, and we must remember that even the father of Life may occasionally grow weary and prose a bit. Comparisons, however, are out of order: Lampy has the advantage of age, the earlier start and consequently must be nearer the sparkling fountain of youth. This year, whatever may have occurred...
...Comedy of Errors," to be given tonight at Brattle Hall by the Harvard Chapter of Delta Upsilon, offers an unusual opportunity for seeing one of the funniest of Elizabethan comedies presented under conditions which practically assure its success. Elaborate costumes, competent stage direction, well selected music, more than ordinary amateur histrionic talent, together with Shakespeare's most uproarious humor, are considerations which render it most probable that this production will come up to the high standard of Delta Upsilon performances...