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To: Jewbacca
It’s pretty much the birthplace of truly American modern humor.

Other than Mark Twain and Will Rogers, that is. Although I do agree, the confluence of the Borscht Belt with the rise of television certainly revolutionized American pop comedy for nearly a century.

86 posted on 07/25/2021 12:14:41 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
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To: Albion Wilde

Key word being “modern”.

By which I meant a lone comedian on a stage with a stool and a microphone.

Twain is fantastic; literally my favorite English author.

But not what I was imperfectly referring to.


90 posted on 07/25/2021 6:44:10 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Albion Wilde

Key word being “modern”.

By which I meant a lone comedian on a stage with a stool and a microphone.

Twain is fantastic; literally my favorite English author.

But not what I was imperfectly referring to.


91 posted on 07/25/2021 6:44:12 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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