tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post3932979862492319089..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Perspective"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-85507193205831080042012-01-12T14:23:11.117-08:002012-01-12T14:23:11.117-08:00Mel Brooks: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger....Mel Brooks: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."<br /><br />Tubas are always funny.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-74298133526296569982012-01-12T09:20:13.807-08:002012-01-12T09:20:13.807-08:00Dear Mr. Pomerantz; isn't, as Peter Ustinov sa...Dear Mr. Pomerantz; isn't, as Peter Ustinov said, "comedy is simply a funny way of being serious"?<br /><br />As I see it, your writing and the works you've been associated with show the funny side of everyday life and sometimes show us the funny side of serious events in a life.<br /><br />-zZarayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336440600394588306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-58011531971656569732012-01-12T07:50:41.528-08:002012-01-12T07:50:41.528-08:00"Tragedy plus time" was from Crimes and ..."Tragedy plus time" was from Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody's best). Yet, the character who said it was considered a hack.<br /><br />It's the same consideration one must have when quoting Shakespeare as writing "Neither a borrower nor a lender be". The character who said it (Polonius) was considered an idiot. Polonius also says "brevity is the soul of wit" while being long-winded.<br /><br />But I do believe there would have been a few more laughs in Hamlet with more tuba references.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970641911241417692noreply@blogger.com