Those movie quote convos are great conversations! Thank you, Lesley!!! ~Diana On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 6:13 PM Lesley K <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Oh, movies! > I forgot such classic screwball comedies as BRINGING UP BABY, and of > course WHAT'S UP DOC? > > I can carry on entire conversations with my kids just quoting lines from > those two. > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 5:45 PM Todd Mason <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> If you like Douglas Adams's sfnal humor, it's a good shot you'll like >> Sheckley's and Harrison's, too. I'd also recommend John Sladek, Kit Reed >> (some more lighthearted, some very gallows-humor), and anthologies such >> as Robert Silverberg's INFINITE JESTS. Like Adams (and Vonnegut), >> usually some seriousness underlies the humor in the work of all of them, >> but it doesn't spoil the fun. And Pratchett is perhaps the only fantastica >> humorist in the UK to have consistently outsold Adams in recent decades. >> And... >> Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker, Jean Kerr and Stephen Leacock for >> some of the classics. >> >> Shall mull about this some more, as I see a number of folks have chimed >> in. >> A lot of my favorite funny writers are only Sometimes funny, by intent, >> such as Joanna Russ, Avram Davidson, Barry Malzberg, Roxanne Gay, Muriel >> Spark, Shirley Jackson, Ambrose Bierce. Certainly Samuel Clemens. >> >> If you love THE GREAT RACE, also such near-contemporaries as THOSE >> DARING YOUNG MEN IN THEIR JAUNTY JALOPIES (clearly made to cash in, but I >> was fond of it as a child) or IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD? >> >> TM >> >> https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2013/06/ffb-funny-papers-humor-and-satire-in.html >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 12:07 PM Diana Tallent <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you so much, Dennis! Copying and pasting it all!!! >>> >>> ~Diana >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 11:04 AM d-lien University of Minnesota < >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> An older humor favorite of mine is BAREFOOT BOY WITH CHEEK by Max >>>> Shulman. >>>> >>>> Older but less so: BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO by Harry Harrison, or >>>> almost anything by Robert Sheckley or, of course, Terry Pratchett. >>>> >>>> Dennis Lien // (retired from) U of Minnesota Libraries // >>>> [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 10:50 AM Diana Tallent <[log in to unmask]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Hi ya'll! >>>> > >>>> > In 26 days, and maybe sooner, if I'm lucky/on top of things, I will >>>> turn in my final assignment for my MLIS program at SJSU. (*knocks on wood) >>>> At that point, I would like to decompress by spending some time reading and >>>> watching fun, funny books and movies, so I am here asking you if you would >>>> please recommend your favorite humorous book(s) or movies (or podcasts or >>>> whatever), if you're so inclined. All formats and genres are fair game. >>>> > >>>> > In case you're wondering about titles I have found amusing, some that >>>> have tickled my funny bone are: >>>> > >>>> > Books: >>>> > >>>> > The Hitchhiker's Guide series by Douglas Adams >>>> > Welcome to Nightvale by Joseph Fink >>>> > So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter >>>> > >>>> > Movies: >>>> > >>>> > Liar Liar >>>> > Mrs. Doubtfire >>>> > The Great Race — my all-time favorite comedy movie which I quote with >>>> my family and re-watch regularly. 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