Upon being insulted by Dixon:
" '-- Inexpensive Salvo,' Mason notes."
Funny, yeah?
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
10.15.2013
10.03.2013
Pynchon's Comedy
Pynchon likes to use his giant genius brain to make lots of low-brow dirty jokes. Here's a funny article from Slate about it: http://slate.me/1evZQJm
Pynchon's books are dripping with his sense of humor. High brow, low brow, super subtle, and slapsticky. One can practically see a smirking Pynchon typing out each sentence, even the more straightforward ones.
All light from the outside vanishes as something fills the Doorway.
"Gaahhrrhh!" it says.
Mason & Dixon is written in a pseudo-Olde English style, with random capitalization and lots of apostrophes. For example, in this passage, Dixon is expressing remorse for an altercation in his past where he threw a man at a dart board.
"I admit, 'twas the improper way to test thee for Cranial Acuity, - I ought to have ta'en the Board from the Wall, brought it to thee, and then clash'd it upon thy Nob, tha Bugger."
You can almost hear Pynchon giggling when he types "clash'd it upon thy Nob."
Pynchon's books are dripping with his sense of humor. High brow, low brow, super subtle, and slapsticky. One can practically see a smirking Pynchon typing out each sentence, even the more straightforward ones.
All light from the outside vanishes as something fills the Doorway.
"Gaahhrrhh!" it says.
Mason & Dixon is written in a pseudo-Olde English style, with random capitalization and lots of apostrophes. For example, in this passage, Dixon is expressing remorse for an altercation in his past where he threw a man at a dart board.
"I admit, 'twas the improper way to test thee for Cranial Acuity, - I ought to have ta'en the Board from the Wall, brought it to thee, and then clash'd it upon thy Nob, tha Bugger."
You can almost hear Pynchon giggling when he types "clash'd it upon thy Nob."
1.28.2013
Alternate Chapter Titles
...for The Story of America by Jill Lepore
1. John Smith was a huge liar; or was he?
2. The Plymouth Plantation was a disaster that we'll never understand.
3. Benjamin Franklin was a genius but is misremembered.
4. Thomas Paine got no respect.
5. Nobody understands the constitution. (And maybe that's the point.)
6. Debtor's Prison was a nightmare
7. Noah Webster was a jerk/grump/genius
8. George Washington is/was an enigma
9. Andrew Jackson and the rise of the campaign biography
10. Charles Dickens hates America
11. Edgar Allan Poe was a poor/grump/genius
12. Thomas Jefferson was a coward when it came to slavery
13. Kit Carson: Frontier Hero or Homicidal Maniac?
14. Paul Revere's Ride is a Metaphor for Abolishing Slavery
15. Voting Used to be Absurdly Dangerous
16. Clarence Darrow Fights for Workers Rights with Feeling
17. Charley Chan: Racist, Harmless, or Both?
18. Famous Writers Talking to the "Man on the Street"
19. Murder May be a Necessary Side-Effect of Democracy
20. Presidential Inaugurals: Now & Then
FIN
1. John Smith was a huge liar; or was he?
2. The Plymouth Plantation was a disaster that we'll never understand.
3. Benjamin Franklin was a genius but is misremembered.
4. Thomas Paine got no respect.
5. Nobody understands the constitution. (And maybe that's the point.)
6. Debtor's Prison was a nightmare
7. Noah Webster was a jerk/grump/genius
8. George Washington is/was an enigma
9. Andrew Jackson and the rise of the campaign biography
10. Charles Dickens hates America
11. Edgar Allan Poe was a poor/grump/genius
12. Thomas Jefferson was a coward when it came to slavery
13. Kit Carson: Frontier Hero or Homicidal Maniac?
14. Paul Revere's Ride is a Metaphor for Abolishing Slavery
15. Voting Used to be Absurdly Dangerous
16. Clarence Darrow Fights for Workers Rights with Feeling
17. Charley Chan: Racist, Harmless, or Both?
18. Famous Writers Talking to the "Man on the Street"
19. Murder May be a Necessary Side-Effect of Democracy
20. Presidential Inaugurals: Now & Then
FIN
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