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 1947 | Washington, D.C. New Hires President Harry Truman appoints a Secretary of Semantics.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1731 | Dublin Parthian Shot Jonathan Swift predicts what his friends and neighbors will say about him after he is dead.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1456 | Paris Last Testament François Villon writes his will and burns a few bridges.More
Voices In Time Comedy 300 | Greece Very Old Jokes Two numbskulls trade insults in Ancient Greece.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. 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. 1592 | Padua Wordplay William Shakespeare gives a lesson in taming a shrew. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1748 | Bath Low and Unbecoming Philip Dormer Stanhope recommends to his son to never laugh, ever.More
Voices In Time Comedy 1875 | London Self-Incrimination “Habitual laughers are silly, giddy, frivolous, superficial persons.”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 1882 | San Francisco The Reply Churlish Ambrose Bierce is not amused with Oscar Wilde.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 c. 1555 | Paris Merry Pranksters A prank-war between a nobleman and the court fool escalates out of control. More