Word: outs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Particularly effective is Holbrook's timing. He takes time out to light a fresh cigar, flick some ashes off, or just blow smoke into the air--and often takes this time off just before the punch line of a story, a pause that makes the tag all the funnier. And...
Along with these changes in content have come those of organization. Gone is the "parade of stars" which formerly masqueraded as lectures. Instead there are now blocs of integrated lectures covering single aspects of the course, for example the series of lectures the first month that Professor Gill gave on...
Master Bullitt says he will "encourage" students to pack up and leave his great new structure, but he will be sorely disappointed. Few, if any, wish to go to the troubles of furnishing new suites or of leaving the comforts of modern living; and since the Master has foresworn any...
There is no doubt that Mark Twain built his reputation in America on the popular conception that he was a very funny man. After his famous "Jumping Frog" story, he was "made." But humor is not the only trade mark of Twain. A genuine and deep bitterness, sometimes strung out...
Holbrook looks like Twain, or at least like the picture one sees of Twain these days. He even talks and walks like one would expect Twain to walk and talk, and produces a very convincing portrayal of a vigorous old man. He acts some stories out, wanders from rostrum to...