Wit and Humour
HREADING jokes together like beads on the string of a sturdy linking narrative has always seemed to me an infallible method of constructing an interesting radio talk-always provided, of course, that one can see the point of the jokes, Professor Joseph Jones, in his series of talks on Modern American Humorists, has selected some gems of wit and humour, some old friends who lost nothing in their re-introduction, others new and valued, Although some of the talks, notably those on the cartoonists, had to rely to a large extent on knowledge of technique shared by the listener, Professor Jones ovefcame the difficulties very well; and he deserves particular praise for his treatment on the air of Will Cuppy, whose forest of footnotes might well have proved an impassable barrier to comprehension. By ringing a bell to denote a footnote, the speaker was able to convey both style and sense without losine anv of the
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 769, 15 April 1954, Page 11
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159Wit and Humour New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 769, 15 April 1954, Page 11
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