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...view from our office window of the Pentagon was (IS) unsettling and unspeakably sad...That said, the humor is slowing returning to our workplace (and I work in a government agency, so believe me, there’s a lot here to inspire laughter!), and we need Modern Humorist to help get us back to some version of our normal, disfunctional [sic] selves. I applaud your decision to place political leaders off limits for now, and hope that when the time feels right, you’ll once again exercise that very American right to speak your mind, no matter...
...Modern Humorist team responded with topical, yet tangential humor. Like Jerry Falwell’s history of America. “Jerry Falwell was a comedy savior in September,” Colton says. “It was topical, on the periphery, didn’t really strike at what was going...
...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...
...educational-TV producer; from heart failure relating to treatment for lung cancer; in New York City. Trillin's frequent writings on cancer included a 1981 article on the relationship between patients and their doctors that is still used in medical schools. Widely known as a muse for her husband, humorist and TIME contributor Calvin Trillin--in whose works she often appears as a voice of wisdom and reason--Alice Trillin also co-founded the innovative PBS show Behind the Scenes, featuring Penn and Teller, designed to teach preteens about creativity...