Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland back when downtown department stores were what malls are today. Cleveland had three major stores, May Company, Higbees, and Halles. My mother, I think, preferred May Company and Higbees, but when her sister worked at Halles, I know she spent a fair share of time there. If … Read more
The Purple Rose of Cairo was yet another of a long list of movies I always wanted to see, but neglected out of stupidity. I shouldn’t have waited, but I may not have understood it when it came out, so maybe it was better to have waited. There is no risk that anyone won’t get … Read more
Clarence, our neighbor with the beagles, hated us.
Third degree jokes deal with reversal of scale–something little made big, or something of great value trivialized. The most persistent example I have in my head is from when David Letterman first had a night time talk show, he had a running bit one week with a really large doorknob. It was about three feet … Read more
I am adding content, but also cross-promoting that content on Twitter and Facebook. The hope is that people will care enough to catch up. Here’s what I have that is new and exciting: I am still finding the combination of Chris Soth’s Mini-Movie method, and Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive, continuously helpful in my writing. Every … Read more