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The Nonsense Hall of
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A Toast from
Ed
Maybe one day they’ll teach humor-writing in university. Curriculum
should start with Alice in Wonderland. Finish with Robert
Benchley's autobiography:
“Personally, I would rather have written
Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.”
- Stephen Leacock
About Alice in
Wonderland, Robert Benchley wrote, “Of course, it is true that many
present-day situations have parallels in the situations of the Alice
books, but I like to believe that this is not because Carroll put sense
into his nonsense but because the present-day situations are sheer
nonsense in themselves. Why monkey around with Nonsense? It can stand well
enough on its own feet.”
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