Word: laughs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shouting yes you're right, that's the way it is. William Sonzski's Punch Goes the Judy is that kind of book. I made it through the jacket hype, to find a novel that hit me like a punch to the solar plexus; a novel that made me laugh a lot and cry a little and most importantly, stop and think about just what it is that my life and my own personal battle is all about...
...Japanese must now be enjoying a good laugh at our expense...
...never read an article that I agreed with more than your "The Age of Touchiness" [May 10]. The sensitivity of the '70s has hampered the sense of humor of many. It appears that laughter is limited to "Why did the chicken"-type jokes, and we can no longer laugh at ourselves. Perhaps we will soon have to concentrate on the ludicrous only in inanimate objects. I hope I haven't offended anyone-or anything...
...taking his Louisville Slugger and smashing the front windshield of our van, and then slashing the tires with a knife. And coming back four hours later to try to pick up the van, and finding the police had exploded popper gas inside, and watching the cops across the street laugh as we choke. A police sergeant came up to me, "What's the matter boy?" "I ran into a little gas." "Oh, well, watch it, you could get arrested for hanging around places where there's gas." (Two of our friends went back again in the evening...
Making people laugh for the sake of laughing is easy. Sustaining it for an entire evening is a neat trick. Senelick and his cast perform it admirably. Welcome back, HARPO, it's good to see someone around here who doesn't take himself so seriously...