I was flipping through an old magazine and I came across this quote. "I remember the first person I ever laughed at while reading was Max Shulman." I might not have paid any more attention to it than I usually do to denture adhesive ads or reports of alien abductions, except that the person who said it was Woody Allen. And when the Woodman talks, people listen. Well, at least people in the person of me.
But Max who? I Googled away: 1950s writer, originally from Minneapolis, wrote the novel the groundbreaking TV sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was based on. Yeah. And a week or so later, walking past a used book kiosk, there it was. Goofy, '50s New Yorker-style cover.Cheap price. Intact - it was a Shulman opus, Rally Round the Flag, Boys. I laid down my 50 cents (strangely, the same price the book...
But Max who? I Googled away: 1950s writer, originally from Minneapolis, wrote the novel the groundbreaking TV sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was based on. Yeah. And a week or so later, walking past a used book kiosk, there it was. Goofy, '50s New Yorker-style cover.Cheap price. Intact - it was a Shulman opus, Rally Round the Flag, Boys. I laid down my 50 cents (strangely, the same price the book...
- 3/8/2014
- by Ken Krimstein
- www.culturecatch.com
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