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Tables of Contents for The Fun of It
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
v
Introduction
xv
David Remnick
Editor's Preface
xvii
1920s
``Up the Dark Stairs---''
3
3
Robert Benchley
A Marquise at Home
6
2
Author Unknown
The King's Pajamas
8
1
Bill Corum
Might Have Been
9
2
Cal and Belles Lettres
11
1
Modest Mr. Shaw
12
2
Vachel Lindsay
14
2
Fence Buster
16
2
The Sin of Adams
18
2
Russel Crouse
Dime Novel
20
2
The Old Lady
22
2
James Thurber
Music Makers
24
2
James Thurber
Potter's Field
26
2
E. B. White
Harriett
28
2
E. B. White
Dancing Couple
30
2
James Thurber
Big Boy
32
2
James Thurber
Harold Ross
Newsreel
34
2
Robert M. Coates
Calder's Circus
36
2
Robert M. Coates
James Thurber
Isadora's Brother
38
3
E. B. White
1930s
Soup of the Evening
41
2
Robert M. Coates
Geoffrey Hellman
Corsets de Luxe
43
2
Geoffrey Hellman
Painter in Town
45
2
Murdock Pemberton
E. B. White
Severest Critic
47
2
E. B. White
Angel
49
2
James Thurber
The High Place
51
2
James Thurber
Trivia
53
2
E. B. White
Harold Ross
Tex and Ella
55
2
James Thurber
Harold Ross
Al
57
2
James Thurber
The Flying Spot
59
2
James Thurber
Oxford Man
61
2
Charles Cooke
Harold Ross
The Frescoer
63
2
James Thurber
Inaugural Blues
65
2
James Thurber
Harold Ross
Long Range
67
2
Wolcott Gibbs
High Hats
69
2
Joseph Mitchell
Charles Cooke
James Thurber
Harold Ross
Great Men
71
2
James Thurber
The Blues Man
73
2
James Thurber
As Millions Cheer
75
2
Helen Cooke
Charles Cooke
Clifford Orr
Harold Ross
House of Brick
77
2
Helen Cooke
E. B. White
Lenox 1734
79
2
James Thurber
Jeann and Jimmy
81
2
William Shawn
James Thurber
Bronx Tiger
83
2
Fred Wittner
James Thurber
The Dakota
85
2
Charles Cooke
Harold Ross
Gtde
87
2
James Thurber
Miss Rand
89
2
A. J. Liebling
Harold Ross
The Joyces
91
2
James Thurber
Met's Maitre
93
2
Charles Cooke
Russell Maloney
Dark Contralto
95
2
Charles Cooke
Russell Maloney
Walter's Banks
97
2
Eugene Kinkead
Knock of Opportunity
99
2
Alva Johnston
Harold Ross
Deshabilleuse
101
2
A. J. Liebling
Dead Pan Joe
103
2
Fred Wittner
Et Tu, Shadow?
105
2
A. J. Liebling
Leftist Revue
107
2
Charles Cooke
Exiles in Princeton
109
4
E. J. Kahn
1940s
Interne
113
2
Eugene Kinkead
The Admiral's Chair
115
2
Eugene Kinkead
Cookless Congressman
117
2
Geoffrey Hellman
Prepared Pianist
119
2
Mary Webb
Berton Roueche
Masterpiece
121
2
John McCarten
The Celluloid Brassiere
123
2
Andy Logan
Last Word
125
2
Andy Logan
One Man's Family
127
2
Lillian Ross
Absurdiste
129
2
A. J. Liebling
Twelfth Night
131
2
Frances Lanahan
After Ten Years
133
2
William Shawn
Niccolo Tucci
Geoffrey Hellman
Lugubrious Mama
135
3
A. J. Liebling
Live Merchandise
138
2
Herbert Warren Wind
Spencer Klaw
Rugged Times
140
3
Lillian Ross
Cocteau
143
2
Geoffrey Hellman
Cole Porter
145
2
Geoffrey Hellman
On Fire
147
6
Lillian Ross
1950s
Success
153
2
Rex Lardner
Eliot and Guinness
155
2
John McCarten
Unframed Space
157
2
Berton Roueche
Slow
159
3
Ring Lardner
No Bullies or Toadies
162
3
E. J. Kahn
Anna in Harlem
165
2
Lillian Ross
Outside the Profession
167
3
Brendan Gill
Mr. Hulot
170
3
Lillian Ross
Notes and Comment
173
2
Maeve Brennan
Rockefeller Center Ho!
175
3
John Updike
Bon Voyage
178
3
Philip Hamburger
Loverlee, Loverlee
181
3
John Updike
Good-Natured Man
184
2
Geoffrey Hellman
The Mushroom's Edge
186
2
John McCarten
Caricaturist
188
3
Geoffrey Hellman
Playwright
191
6
Lillian Ross
1960s
Vidal
197
3
Richard Rovere
Nichols, May, and Horses
200
3
John McCarten
Albee
203
4
Lillian Ross
Faces
207
2
John Updike
The March
209
4
Calvin Trillin
All Fresh and Wide-Eyed
213
2
John McCarten
Fugue
215
5
Lillian Ross
Beckett
220
4
Jane Kramer
Red Mittens!
224
4
Lillian Ross
The McLuhan Metaphor
228
3
Jane Kramer
Long-Winded Lady
231
3
Maeve Brennan
Runouts, Kickouts, and Popouts at Gilgo Beach
234
5
James Stevenson
1970s
Bike to Work
239
3
Hendrik Hertzberg
Questions at Radio City
242
3
Hendrik Hertzberg
The Postmaster
245
3
William Shawn
Elvis! David!
248
4
Hendrik Hertzberg
Almanac
252
2
Garrison Keillor
Mays at St. Bernard's
254
3
Lillian Ross
Elsewhere
257
3
Lola Finkelstein
Lillian Ross
``Wonder Bar''
260
2
Anthony Hiss
Dylan
262
3
Hendrik Hertzberg
George Trow
New Boy
265
3
Hendrik Hertzberg
Fancy
268
4
Lillian Ross
Being Present
272
4
Jacqueline Onassis
Leaving Motown
276
4
Jamaica Kincaid
George Trow
Minnesota Fats
280
2
Ian Frazier
Taxi Jokes
282
3
Mark Singer
Twenty-five Thousandths of a Second
285
2
Ian Frazier
Film
287
2
Ian Frazier
Turnout
289
4
George Trow
1980s
Still Wonderful
293
3
Mark Singer
Filmmaker
296
3
Veronica Geng
Melnikoff's
299
3
Mark Singer
Bojangles'
302
3
William McKibben
Handbag
305
3
Ann Beattie
Speed and Roses
308
3
William McKibben
The Float Committee
311
3
Alec Wilkinson
Tourist
314
4
Susan Lardner
D. of D.
318
2
George Trow
With Fellini
320
6
Lillian Ross
Monster Trucks and Mud Bog
326
3
Ian Frazier
Workouts
329
4
Lillian Ross
Eager
333
3
William McKibben
Popcorn Memoirs
336
3
Susan Lardner
Adoption
339
3
Mark Singer
In Virgin Forest
342
4
John McPhee
Taste of Texas
346
3
William Finnegan
On Display
349
4
Susan Orlean
Palace
353
3
Adam Gopnik
In Progress
356
5
Bryan DiSalvatore
1990s
Miss Subways
361
3
David Owen
Popsiana
364
4
Nancy Franklin
Murphys
368
3
John Seabrook
Flowering
371
3
Garrison Keillor
Judy Heaven
374
4
Nancy Franklin
Splurge
378
3
Susan Orlean
Good Citizen
381
3
Joan Acocella
Scouting
384
2
Susan Orlean
The Smell
386
3
John Seabrook
Beautiful Dreamer
389
2
Alison Rose
Intensive Care
391
2
Susan Orlean
Word Perfect
393
2
David Handelman
Cyberspace Has a V.I.P. Lounge, Too
395
3
John Seabrook
Tou-Tou-Toukie, Hello
398
2
Hilton Als
Russian Tennis: Advantage Yeltsin
400
2
George Plimpton
The Shit-Kickers of Madison Avenue
402
4
Lillian Ross
After Midnight
406
3
William Finnegan
A Battalion of Bellas
409
2
James Traub
A Dickensian Task
411
2
Brendan Gill
The Times Embarks on New Ways to Get Out the Gray
413
2
Hendrik Hertzberg
Son of est: The Terminator of Self-Doubt
415
3
Kurt Andersen
Do the Rookies Know How Willie Mays Played?
418
2
Roger Angell
Al Hirschfeld Blows Out His Candles
420
2
Philip Hamburger
The World Was Invited to Noam Chomsky's Virtual Birthday Party
422
2
Rebecca Mead
A Postmodernist Goes Shopping
424
2
Paul Goldberger
Elegy for a Parking Space
426
2
John Seabrook
A Little Bit of Audrey for Everyone
428
2
Daphne Merkin
Bill and Hill, Meet Rob and Laura
430
2
Andy Borowitz
Nostalgia for the Bygone Days of Feminist Family Feuding
432
5
Rebecca Mead
2000
The New Year Stumbles In
437
3
Anthony Lane
The Well-Heeled and the Wonky Toast the Millennium
440
2
John Cassidy
Two Menus
442
2
Steve Martin
The Book to Have When the Killer Bees Arrive
444
2
David Owen
The Fast-Food President Goes Haute Cuisine
446
2
Rebecca Mead
What's in a Domain Name?
448
2
Julian Barnes
How to Make the Most of Some Sexy Snapshots
450
3
Mark Singer
The Guy Who Makes The President Funny
453
2
Jeffrey Toobin
Naked and Truthful in the Bronx
455
3
Lillian Ross
Nudie Pix Redux
458
4
Mark Singer
Balloon Diplomacy for Elian
462
2
Rebecca Mead
An Ode to Golf
464
2
John Updike
A Rubin's Guide to Getting it All
466
2
Nick Paumgarten
Quiz Whiz
468
3
Nancy Franklin
Proverbs According to Dennis Miller
471
1
Johnny Carson
The Goodest Guys
472
4
David Remnick
An Analog Toast to the Digital Age
476
Lillian Ross