But I still haven't forgiven Jean Shepherd for a gratuitous (and false) slap he leveled at Fred Allen in his introduction to an otherwise wonderful collection of Vic & Sade scripts. Saying Allen was nothing more than a phony Chinese detective (referencing Allen's Charlie Chan satires, the "One Long Pan" routines) showed Shepherd to be an ignoramus. He didn't need to do that to present Paul Rhymer's genius.
Very nice.
And I am pleased to come across another Paul Rhymer fan. I belong to a few OTR groups on FB and when Vic and Sade comes, a lot of people have negative comments.
Any time I come across someone who “gets it” and appreciates the absolute genius, it’s like being in a foreign land and finally finding someone who speaks English.
I looked, but haven’t been able to find the full text of the introduction you mentioned, so I can’t speak in anything but general terms, but frankly I have never cared for Fred Allen, and it sounds like Shepherd didn’t either. I won’t disagree that his comment might have been out of place in that introduction, but I won’t disagree with his opinion.
Do you have a link?