Voices In Time Comedy 1947 | Washington, D.C. New Hires President Harry Truman appoints a Secretary of Semantics.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 1791 | Steventon Briefly Noted Fifteen-year-old Jane Austen is unimpressed with the kings and queens of England. More
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 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 c. 1555 | Paris Merry Pranksters A prank-war between a nobleman and the court fool escalates out of control. 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 c. 1940 | Ireland Flann O’Brien Splits the Atom Atomic theory is beyond the reach of the third policeman. 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 1452 | Florence Have You Heard the One About the Doltish Venetian? Situational comedy from the Pope’s secretary.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1225 | France Goodbye to All That A wife takes a priest as her lover and hides him in an unfortunate place.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1830 | Eafield Non-Apology A wild and drunken night leaves Charles Lamb worse for wear but unapologetic about his actions.More
Voices In Time Comedy c. 1592 | Padua Wordplay William Shakespeare gives a lesson in taming a shrew. More