tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773338741521373594.post536628493091649470..comments2023-11-14T04:16:13.276-05:00Comments on Popular Fiction: The Only Banana Peel in the Entire ValleyT. D. Fuhringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720211564743445759noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773338741521373594.post-56293909553063276682007-06-06T17:41:00.000-04:002007-06-06T17:41:00.000-04:00Love the anecode "P", what a great story. Thanks!Love the anecode "P", what a great story. Thanks!T. D. Fuhringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720211564743445759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773338741521373594.post-23431800855897535722007-06-05T22:03:00.001-04:002007-06-05T22:03:00.001-04:00d'oh. I wish I could edit comments for typos. "ane...d'oh. I wish I could edit comments for typos. <BR/><BR/>"anecode" should have been "anecdote"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773338741521373594.post-44761192332629296502007-06-05T22:03:00.000-04:002007-06-05T22:03:00.000-04:00Your post reminded me of the following story. Her...Your post reminded me of the following story. Here's a good (and true!)anecode about a banana peel & Charlie Chaplin:<BR/><BR/>_____________<BR/><BR/>The playwright Charles MacArthur had been brought to Hollywood to do a screenplay, but was finding it difficult to write visual jokes. <BR/><BR/>"What's the problem?" asked Charlie Chaplin <BR/><BR/>" How, for example, could I make a fat lady , walking down Fifth Avenue , slip on a banana peel and still get a laugh? It's been done a million times," said MacArthur. " What's the best way to get the laugh? Do I show first the banana peel then the fat lady approaching, then she slips? Or do I show the fat lady first, then the banana peel, and then she slips?" <BR/><BR/>" Neither," said Chaplin without a moment's hesitation. " You show the fat lady approaching ; then you show the banana peel; then you show the fat lady and the banana peel together; then she steps over the peel and disappears down a manhole."<BR/><BR/><BR/>...classic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773338741521373594.post-36020059631450165442007-05-30T13:12:00.000-04:002007-05-30T13:12:00.000-04:00Hey, I'm just reporting it as it happened. I was p...Hey, I'm just reporting it as it happened. I was pretty sweary back when I worked at UPS. I'm much better now, dammit.T. D. Fuhringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720211564743445759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773338741521373594.post-91063691568843742052007-05-30T00:29:00.000-04:002007-05-30T00:29:00.000-04:00Um, how do I put this gently? It was a funny story...Um, how do I put this gently? It was a funny story, but frankly, you've GOT to do something about that language problem of yours, T.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773338741521373594.post-5164863627998535392007-05-29T20:34:00.000-04:002007-05-29T20:34:00.000-04:00For those who don't believe, he's not kidding. It ...For those who don't believe, he's not kidding. It happened just the way he wrote it! Must have been a very large mud hole.<BR/><BR/>Merf, still got any dignity left?Paulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389703514426519858noreply@blogger.com