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A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. [1] Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, though it is possible for some persons to occupy both roles in the course of their careers.
Pages in category "20th-century American comedians" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,284 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Early 20th-century American humorists included members of the Algonquin Round Table (named for the Algonquin Hotel), such as Dorothy Parker, SJ Perelman and Robert Benchley. In more recent times popular writers of American humor include P. J. O'Rourke , Louis (L) Harding, Erma Bombeck , and Dave Barry .
American humorists, intellectuals who uses humor in writing or public speaking. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ...
Astérix (French comic strip, satirizing both the Roman Empire era as well as 20th century life) Benchley (US comic strip created by Mort Drucker and Jerry Dumas, satirizing Ronald Reagan and American culture) Bone (US comic strip) The Boondocks (US comic strip, satirizing African-American culture) Le Canard enchaîné (weekly French satirical ...
Baltimore Afro-American, February 3, 1934, p. 1. Yagoda, Ben (2000). Will Rogers: A Biography. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3238-9. All references to Will Rogers concerned with early life and the annual celebration in or around Higgins, Texas are taken from the Texas State Historical Association.
The group that would become the Round Table began meeting in June 1919 as the result of a practical joke carried out by theatrical press agent John Peter Toohey.Toohey, annoyed at The New York Times drama critic Alexander Woollcott for refusing to plug one of Toohey's clients (Eugene O'Neill) in his column, organized a luncheon supposedly to welcome Woollcott back from World War I, where he ...
George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that ...