You may only read this site if you've purchased Our Kampf from Amazon
or Powell's or me
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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
or Powell's or me• • •
"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
November 24, 2004
Happy Thanksgiving Eve
I'm going to be away for a while for Thanksgiving. In the meantime, I suggest a visit to the brand new site of Dennis Perrin, author of the first and best biography of Michael O'Donoghue.
UPDATE: Mr. D. Perrin is also the author of American Fan, about sports culture in the U.S. And he says that, regarding the recent NBA brawl, he agrees with Rush Limbaugh about something for the first time in his life. Dennis cites this Limbaugh comment:
"We have a sports culture that practically encourages [violence] and promotes it, by rewarding the most obscene behavior with the most television time and the most attention, and the most appearances on the highlights reel, and so one thing feeds off the other. So I don't know what they're going to do to get hold of it."
You can judge for yourself whether Limbaugh could just as well be describing American POLITICAL culture.
Posted at November 24, 2004 05:38 PM | TrackBackComments
