Word: humorist
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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DIED. CAROLINE KNAPP, 42, humorist, whose readers learned about the darker side of her life--her 20-year struggle with alcoholism--in her 1996 best seller, Drinking: A Love Story; of lung cancer; in Cambridge, Mass...
...surprisingly, the “Blind Date” formula for compatibility sometimes fails. Miserably. Last week, Mark, a self-described humorist, attempted to seduce Raquel with his biting wit: “What do you get when you cross a potato with a penis? A dictator.” Worse, during the show’s “Hall of Shame” segment, Pete described what he looks for in a woman: “medium-sized breasts” and “a shaved pubic region...
...Board reminded us of that—but that’s another story.) Which is why Lisa and I were darn lucky to have AE Michael Colton ’97 on board. Who’s Michael? These days, he works running some little project called Modern Humorist (www.modernhumorist.com). But more importantly, he’s the man, the myth, and the legend behind the original Gossip Guy, a safe forum for mocking Harvardians for five years running. And that’s the rest of the story...
...thought what you did was meaningless before, it probably is,” he says, and clearly he thinks what he did was not meaningless. Triviality is on hold, but Modern Humorist and The Onion are going forward with comedy that will help the nation heal...
...maybe comedy pieces like this post-Sept. 11 “Friends” parody from Modern Humorist are really performing a valuable service in the nation’s time of need...