Book idea: the influence of Harvard on American comedy: Robert Benchley, Gluyas Williams, Harvard Lampoon, the Simpsons, @petridishes
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semi-related Dorothy Parker interview quote about Benchley's time in Hollywood back in the daypic.twitter.com/86Uy4rJgiw
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Yeah, I think they're self-perpetuating dynamics. Yale produces a ton of journalists, so people interested in journalism are often drawn to the school, and the university invests in those programs.
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(My dad was in the William Zinsser seminar that became On Writing Well, and a generation later, both I and my brother studied/are studying with Ann Fadiman and Fred Strebeigh.)
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