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How I envy those who get to attend what sounds like a treat for British film buffs, or for that matter anyone who enjoys a good laugh. British film was at its zenith of quality and influence in the 1940s and 1950s, and the Ealing Studio comedies were a big part of that. The writing [...]
Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category
July 14th, 2011
After a week of listening to Londoners make jokes, puns and japes about l’affaire Murdoch, the following emerges as my favorite. A witty friend pointed out that “News of the World” spoonerizes as “Whirls of the Nude”
April 19th, 2011
Category: Humor
With apologies to my relatives for all the times I refused a second helping…
March 17th, 2011
Borowitz: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he is not worried how history will remember him “because if I have my way, there won’t be any history teachers.”
March 9th, 2011
Category: Arts reviews, Humor
Despite dreadful notices, repeated delays and a series of actors either being strung up over the audience or dropped upon the audience onto the stage or into the orchestra pit (ht: Swift Loris), “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” is raking in over a million dollars a week. This calls to mind the apocryphal military officer’s [...]
February 6th, 2011
What did Jesus mean when he accused his opponents of having “ravening” inside them?
January 23rd, 2011
Category: Humor
I just noticed that whoever made the category indicators for this site used the British spelling of humour. As the newest RBCer, I may have been falling down until now because the only funny things I have posted have been from the states. So, here goes, a hilarious Michael Caine impersonation contest (Warning: Has a [...]
January 11th, 2011
Businesses and wealthy individuals have gotten used to using “uncertainty” to mean “higher taxes on me.” But when taxes are to increase precisely because uncertainty is removed, the label gets risible.
November 19th, 2010
In London last week I had dinner with a friend at one of the Victorian-Era gentleman’s clubs (now co-ed). In the drawing room was “the Answer Book”, in which any member could write a question for any other member to answer. The book went back almost to the war, and the questions were wide-ranging. Someone [...]
