From a 1944 CBS Radio Broadcast of a series, “This Is My Best” here’s an audio clip (not the full performance –just 19 minutes) of Robert Benchley performing James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (Link courtesy of David Pomerantz) And… From the
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BBC: Bert & Ernie New Yorker Cover & The Power of Cartoons: Bob Mankoff on Favorite Cartoons, Pt.2; Book of Interest: American Cornball
From BBC News Magazine, July 19, 2013, “A Point of View: Bert, Ernie and the power of cartoons” And… From New Yorker Cartoon Editor, Bob Mankoff’s newyorker.com blog, here’s part 2 of his look into favorite cartoons. This time Mr. Mankoff begins to roll
Read moreSyd Hoff’s Online Exhibition
A website dedicated to the late great Syd Hoff now has a 19 panel online slide show, “Syd Hoff…the Man, the Magic & the Mystery.” Mr.Hoff’s niece, who created the website, writes to Ink Spill that “the exhibit includes a variety of original images, text panels and family photos…the exhibit has also been created as a traveling exhibit
Read moreHappy Birthday, Mr. Roth
Philip Roth, who celebrates his 80th birthday today, was first published in The New Yorker the issue of March 14, 1959, with his story, “Defender of the Faith” causing an immediate stir (see the upcoming PBS American Masters profile “Philip Roth: Unmasked” for, among so many other things, Mr. Roth’s recollection of buying, opening up, reading and rereading his story
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