Voices In Time Comedy 1865 | London A German Comedy Is Like a German Sentence George Eliot pays homage the wittiest nation on the continent. More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 1940 | Ireland Flann O’Brien Splits the Atom Atomic theory is beyond the reach of the third policeman. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1882 | San Francisco The Reply Churlish Ambrose Bierce is not amused with Oscar Wilde.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1838 | Springfield, IL Abraham Lincoln Loses the Girl Before he was president, Abraham Lincoln went on a terrible blind date. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1688 | France Character Study A man of sense should learn to jest gracefully and to not be obscene.More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 1592 | Padua Wordplay William Shakespeare gives a lesson in taming a shrew. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1895 | London Oscar Wilde Arranges an Interview Lady Bracknell is not impressed with her future son-in-law.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1963 | Los Angeles Lenny Bruce Loses the Crowd “Do you mind being called a sick comic?”More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 330 BC | Athens Categorical Imperatives Aristotle explains that the aim of comedy is to show men as more terrible than they really are.More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 1555 | Paris Merry Pranksters A prank-war between a nobleman and the court fool escalates out of control. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1921 | Baltimore H.L. Mencken on Balder and Dash A newspaperman takes down the enemy: “He writes the worst English I have ever encountered.”More
Voices In Time Comedy 1791 | Steventon Briefly Noted Fifteen-year-old Jane Austen is unimpressed with the kings and queens of England. More
Voices In Time Comedy 300 | Greece Very Old Jokes Two numbskulls trade insults in Ancient Greece.More