[FairfieldLife] Re: calling Shemp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I love Heinrik Herzberg! He's almost worth the subscription price alone. Well, I must tell you. About 6 months ago, I was so upset about one of his rants that, as I mentioned, I was ready to cancel my subscription. Then, coincidentally, Herzberg appeared on CSPAN that weekend giving some sort of lecture. It was the first time I had ever heard or seen him (having only read him up to then) and I found him so charming and endearing -- and so un-extreme sounding, unlike his writing -- that it dissipated any negativity I had about him. > But > my favorite is Anthony Lane. His film reviews are hilarious. For the most part, I enjoy all the film reviews...however, I only read them AFTER I've seen the movie in question. Otherwise, the movie is ruined because it either tells me too much of the story or gives me too much expectation as to what I should expect and I want to go into a movie completely innocently. > > I have a friend who doesn't "get" the cartoons. She never laughs at any of > them, even when I explain them to her (actually, especially when I explain > them to her). I guess they appeal to a certain sense of humor. The episode of > Seinfeld where they satirized the New Yorker cartoons was brilliant. Yes, it was. I just love the cartoons and when the contest first came out, I entered their caption contest quite often...I didn't have any luck but did think that my captions were better than the ones that won. Interestingly -- and this piece of info I got from that CSPAN Herzberg lecture -- they got about 50,000 entries every week on the caption contest. That's quite amazing when you realize that each person is only allowed to enter once a week... > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > > > > > Interesting article in the New Yorker this week about > > poverty: "Relatively > > > Deprived: How Poor is Poor?" > > > > > > http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060403fa_fact > > > > > > I assume it's not yet illegal in the great Red State of Arizona to > > read the New > > > Yorker. But maybe you'll need to do it surreptitiously so you > > don't get > > > ostracized by your neighbors. > > > > > > > > > ...and just for your info: there have been times when I seriously > > considered cancelling my subscription because they are so left- > > leaning. > > > > For example, almost every issue Heindrick Hertzberg would rail > > against ANYTHING conservative or GOP and it just simply got too > > much...it was so partisan. And virtually every issue had at least > > one political story in it. > > > > I buy The New Yorker because of the wonderful NON-political articles > > they have...AND, of course, they have the best cartoons of any > > publication in the world. We get enough politics everywhere else. > > > > I feel the same way about NPR: all their non-political stories are > > just the best...but about half of what they do seems to be about > > politics and quite frankly I find politics very depressing. > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: calling Shemp
I love Heinrik Herzberg! He's almost worth the subscription price alone. But my favorite is Anthony Lane. His film reviews are hilarious. I have a friend who doesn't "get" the cartoons. She never laughs at any of them, even when I explain them to her (actually, especially when I explain them to her). I guess they appeal to a certain sense of humor. The episode of Seinfeld where they satirized the New Yorker cartoons was brilliant. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > > > Interesting article in the New Yorker this week about > poverty: "Relatively > > Deprived: How Poor is Poor?" > > > > http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060403fa_fact > > > > I assume it's not yet illegal in the great Red State of Arizona to > read the New > > Yorker. But maybe you'll need to do it surreptitiously so you > don't get > > ostracized by your neighbors. > > > > > ...and just for your info: there have been times when I seriously > considered cancelling my subscription because they are so left- > leaning. > > For example, almost every issue Heindrick Hertzberg would rail > against ANYTHING conservative or GOP and it just simply got too > much...it was so partisan. And virtually every issue had at least > one political story in it. > > I buy The New Yorker because of the wonderful NON-political articles > they have...AND, of course, they have the best cartoons of any > publication in the world. We get enough politics everywhere else. > > I feel the same way about NPR: all their non-political stories are > just the best...but about half of what they do seems to be about > politics and quite frankly I find politics very depressing. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: calling Shemp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting article in the New Yorker this week about poverty: "Relatively > Deprived: How Poor is Poor?" > > http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060403fa_fact > > I assume it's not yet illegal in the great Red State of Arizona to read the New > Yorker. But maybe you'll need to do it surreptitiously so you don't get > ostracized by your neighbors. > ...and just for your info: there have been times when I seriously considered cancelling my subscription because they are so left- leaning. For example, almost every issue Heindrick Hertzberg would rail against ANYTHING conservative or GOP and it just simply got too much...it was so partisan. And virtually every issue had at least one political story in it. I buy The New Yorker because of the wonderful NON-political articles they have...AND, of course, they have the best cartoons of any publication in the world. We get enough politics everywhere else. I feel the same way about NPR: all their non-political stories are just the best...but about half of what they do seems to be about politics and quite frankly I find politics very depressing. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: calling Shemp
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting article in the New Yorker this week about poverty: "Relatively > Deprived: How Poor is Poor?" > > http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060403fa_fact > > I assume it's not yet illegal in the great Red State of Arizona to read the New > Yorker. But maybe you'll need to do it surreptitiously so you don't get > ostracized by your neighbors. > I've had a subscription to "The New Yorker" for the past 10 years. But it usually comes around Friday or Saturday, so I'll wait for the hard-copy to read it which I prefer to do (too much strain to read it on-line on a TV screen). To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
