Word: humored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rather intrigued, to say the least, by Mr. Ole Clausen's Nov. 5 letter concerning the supposed incapability of the American people for self-government. Most of the men here who have read the letter feel that either our Danish friend was indulging in a bit of sarcastic humor, or he's one of the most biased and unenlightened demagogues this side of the Iron Curtain...
...best part of this production. Written by Michael Arlen, Ralph Blum, Malcolm MacDougal, and Charles Osborne, it is intelligent, fast moving, and witty without being filthy. The authors were fortunate in getting James Wood to play the lead comedy role, for Mr. Wood wrings every bit of humor out of the well stocked script...
...designed by Felicia Conte, the first woman ever to work on a Pudding show. The "ballet," coming as the first act climax was a trifle long and a bit overdone, but the pantomime of a Senate investigation (complete with Senators McCarthy and Tobey) was executed with taste and humor...
...stories. They are a commentary on modern, metropolitan life. As Peter Arno puts it in his introduction to his collection (1926-51), "Ladies and Gentlemen." "Harold Ross, in starting the "New Yorker" cost out the stale joke, the pun, the he-and-she formula. . . . In their place developed . . . a humor related to everyday life; believable, based on carefully thought-out, integrated situations...
Above is pictured "A meeting of the educational council of Harvard University, America's greatest university." At least that's what "Krokodil," the Russian humor magazine contends in its September 30 issue, on sale at almost no local news stands...