The humorist is a creature not hunted to extinction but subject to extensive overbreeding. If David Sedaris gets a movie deal, playing Julia Roberts' wacky gay roommate, all is lost.
"Don Quixote had his windmills /Ponce de Leon took his cruise
Took Sinbad seven voyages /To see that it was all a ruse
(That's why I'm) Looking for the next best thing"
- Warren Zevon
Monday 25 July 2005
Pleasure In Footnotes
Sisyphis Shrugged sees that Steve Martin has got an award for Humor and gets all nostalgic — as we all do, I have fond memories of when Martin was funny. She saves the best for a footnote, however:
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