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...more interesting as an archive of American humor. From the '30s until the '80s, Mankoff says, the punch line was in the third person: we were laughing at--not with--the figure in the cartoon: it was an era of screwball comedies, Jack Benny and cops chasing people through hallway doors. In a James Thurber cartoon, a man stops his date in the lobby of his building to say, "You wait here and I'll bring the etchings down." It's the Joey theory of humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When It's O.K. to Laugh at the Old | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...more interesting as an archive of American humor. From the '30s until the '80s, Mankoff says, the punch line was in the third person: we were laughing at - not with - the figure in the cartoon: it was an era of screwball comedies, Jack Benny and cops chasing people through hallway doors. In a James Thurber cartoon, a man stops his date in the lobby of his building to say, "You wait here and I'll bring the etchings down." It's the Joey theory of humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When It's OK to Laugh at the Old | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...year at school, but Harvard seemed like an imperfect tool. I learned about public policy and politics; I even participated in my share of campus activism. But I was torn. I liked to party. I liked to make midnight trips to the Kong and play roller hockey in the hallway of my dorm. Harvard offered millions of opportunities to be part of The Movement, and I felt guilty when I turned down one of those opportunities to enjoy the pleasant distractions of college life...

Author: By Sam M. Simon, | Title: There's No Place Like School | 9/17/2004 | See Source »

...Glickman was spotted in a Madison Square Garden hallway Monday night, quietly exiting the convention arena just hours before his tenure as director of the Institute of Politics ended...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Jessica E. Schumer, and Joseph M. Tartakoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Crimson on the Floor | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

...Glickman was spotted in a Madison Square Garden hallway Monday night, quietly exiting the convention arena just hours before his tenure as director of the Institute of Politics ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson on the Floor | 9/2/2004 | See Source »

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