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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
October 13, 2004
The Grand Re-Opening Of Bob Harris
Bob Harris, longtime contributor to This Modern World and occasional contributor here, has started his own... uh, thing where you link to and post comments about the news. Is there some commonly-used, hideously wrong term for this type of website? Perhaps so, but I prefer to close my eyes to reality.
Anyway, I've admired Bob's work for quite a while. I also admire his career, which is one of the most impressive, unusual and intriguing on earth. He is more than a Renaissance man; he's like five or six Renaissance men welded together. He has:
• Written for the hit show CSI • Been a five-time winner on Jeopardy, as well as a participant in their all-time championship at Radio City Music Hall • Authored Steal This Book and Get Life Without Parole • Hosted a show on Working Assets Radio • Done radio commentaries distributed worldwide, including on Armed Forces Radio • Written a widely published humor/political column • Been a successful standup comedian • Read the audiobook version of Noam Chomsky's The New Military Humanism • encountered a polite mugger in a European church (only partly career-related) • ...and more!
If you like this site, you will love his. Likewise, if you dislike this site, you will loathe his. Or if you feel neutral about this site, you will feel neutral toward his site in a way you've never felt neutral before. The point is, Bob Harris stirs strong emotions in people. Go to BobHarris.com.
Posted at October 13, 2004 03:53 PM | TrackBacki only entered the blogosphere this year, though i'd been surfing other parts of the web before.
when i encountered bob harris's writing on "this modern world", i wondered, is this the bob harris of jeopardy's "tournament of champions" ? yes, it turns out. i like his writing very much, and it is on his recommendation that i came here. so far, so good.
may the creative forces of the universe stand beside us, and guide us, through the night with the light from above (speaking metaphorically).
Posted by: mistah charley at October 16, 2004 09:27 PM
