Word: humorists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Groton was quite another sort-"A magnificent specimen of the Grand Old Man, still erect and towering in his eighties, and looking like the embodiment of rectitude and moral force . . . Horace Taft,*who had also created an important school, was outstanding, too ... He was, however, far more of a humorist, and a twinkle always lurked in his tolerant eyes." Once, after listening to two members of the Headmasters' Association wrangling over some minor matter of undergraduate discipline, "Uncle Horace" abruptly rose and strode out of the room. "How's that debate coming out?" Fuess asked him outside. "There...
...every day. During a lengthy conversation he is as apt as not to chin himself on a door. As a talker, he is occasionally overwhelming. His mind is crowded with stored-up memories, like the attic of an old house; there is no telling what will turn up. Says Humorist A. P. Herbert: "He rather terrifies me. There is nothing he is not prepared to discuss. He even talks at breakfast." Almost any day he may be seen in the park opposite his house churning along at a rapid pace, his lips moving as he tries...
...Writes Humorist A. P. Herbert in the foreword: "[There is] nothing to compare . . . with Peter Arno's famous couple in bed ('Wake up, you mutt. We're getting married today'). The nearest thing to a sexy joke that I can remember seeing in Punch was this: The Mayor of Liverpool, solemnly commemorating and confirming the long association of Liverpool with the River Mersey, threw a gold ring into the river. Punch said: 'Now that Liverpool has been formally wedded to the Mersey, many are saying it is about time that Manchester did the right thing...
...form of social jujitsu invented by British Humorist Stephen Potter (TIME, June 4, 1951). For news of another promising Potter disciple, see BUSINESS...
Guess What Happened? (Thurs.8:30 p.m., NBC). Debut of a panel show aimed at discovering what big news stories some plain citizens have helped to make; with Moderator John Cameron Swayze, Comic Roger Price, Humorist H. Allen Smith...