Word: yorkerism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Sam Cobean, 34, The New Yorker cartoonist known for his X-ray-eyed heroes' "thought balloons" in which passing women got undraped; in a motor accident; near Watkins Glen...
...night in 1927 at a small party in Greenwich Village, Thurber met E. B. White, who was already doing "Notes and Comments" on the front page of The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" section. White was immediately taken with him; a little later, he recommended him to Ross as a "Talk" reporter and writer...
...that era, New Yorker managing editors had a life expectancy hardly greater than that of May flies. In addition to hiring & firing managing editors, Ross was combating his restlessness by having the office walls torn down. The editorial floor was cluttered with scaffolding; workmen bashed out plaster and lath with sledge hammers and crowbars; a chalky haze permeated the halls, assailing-the lungs of staff and visiting contributors...
...present, Jim is putting the finishing touches on his latest book, The Thurber Album, which will be published next fall. In some of the chapters that have appeared in The New Yorker-particularly one -called Daguerreotype of a Lady-Thurberites believe they have detected a new Thurber, still very funny, but somehow deeper and richer; the most exciting Thurber, they claim, since his sight failed...
During wassail, Thurber's ambivalence can snap loose and he may be given to bursts of hooting & hollering. A New Yorker editor once returned to the office after a stormy evening at the Algonquin Hotel and thoughtfully announced, "Thurber is the greatest guy in the world up to 5 p.m." Those who love Thurber ascribe such outbursts to old-fashioned artistic temperament and simply shrug them off. They know that when real troubles arise, there is nobody more steadfast and generous. The jams he has helped and comforted friends through are without number...