Word: thurberism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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People ought to dedicate public buildings to James Thurber and sing to his memory on holidays. At least they should read his books and, those who can, go to see Dunster House's excellent production of A Thurber Carnival...
SEATTLE. A Contemporary Theater. A Thurber Carnival, by James Thurber, Aug. 2-15; Friedrich Duerrenmatt's The Physicists, Aug. 16-29; Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace, Aug. 30-Sept. 11; Harold Pinter's The Collection and The Room, Sept...
Kileff, who relies on steady ground strokes from the backcourt, beat Tech junior Rich Thurber, 6-3, 6-2. Kileff, consistently retriving shot after shot from the corners, won easily. Friedman had a little more trouble but still won in straight...
...doubles, Adelsberg and Benjamin teamed up to beat Chandler and Thurber, 12-9. Adelsberg and Benjamin will have to improve on yesterday's sloppy play if they are to win the crucial matches against Princeton and Pennsylvania. Kileff and Dave Hodges played second doubles, while Friedman and senior Disny Adams won the last match...
...desired, the quantity of written humor is pitifully small; most writers with a comic talent have been lured by the wide exposure and high pay of TV. No replacements have been found for such essayists as Benchley, Ring Lardner, Don Marquis. Frank Sullivan. There is no longer a Thurber, expressing in word and picture the uneasiness of modern life and the war between the sexes. "Funny men don't seem to write books these days," laments Russell Baker. Nightclub humor-what there is of it-is also in bad shape. San Francisco's hungry i, where many comedians...