The 1930s — a Golden Age for American humor, mainly because everything else was going so badly. The wisecrack was the basic American sentence because there were so many things that could not be said any other way.


"James Thurber: Men, Women, and Dogs" (1975), p. 228 - The Good Word & Other Words (1978)

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The 1930s — a Golden Age for American humor, mainly because everything else was going so badly. The wisecrack was the basic American sentence...

The 1930s — a Golden Age for American humor, mainly because everything else was going so badly. The wisecrack was the basic American sentence...

The 1930s — a Golden Age for American humor, mainly because everything else was going so badly. The wisecrack was the basic American sentence...

The 1930s — a Golden Age for American humor, mainly because everything else was going so badly. The wisecrack was the basic American sentence...