78 Years Ago Today: “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” Broadcast From The Algonquin Roundtable, this audio clip of James Thurber’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, read by Robert Benchley (as part of a 1944 CBS Radio Broadcast series, “This Is My Best”). The audio clip is just 19 minutes — not the full performance. — my thanks
Read moreCream Of Thurber If you happen to look up Cream Of Thurber, a Hamish Hamilton (Thurber’s UK publisher) title that appears to have first shown up in 1939, you’re likely going to come across the book on the left. Altho I’ve had the opportunity to pick up the book a number of times in used bookstores it never made it
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Glen Le Lievre Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast This week’s guest on the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast is Glen Le Lievre, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2004 (he no longer contributes). Listen here. Visit Mr. Le Lievre’s website here. Photo: clockwise from upper left…hosts Paul Nesja,
Read moreSofia Warren Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Episode #72 of The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast is now available. The hosts (in photo above, beginning clockwise upper left) Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Vin Coca, and speak with newbie(ish) New Yorker cartoonist, Sofia Warren (lower left). Listen to it here. Visit Sofia Warren’s website here.
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