tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post6626740900041705058..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Fables in Crime Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-77759620299613315222015-12-11T10:55:22.052-05:002015-12-11T10:55:22.052-05:00Sounds like an early version of Ring Lardner's...Sounds like an early version of Ring Lardner's "Haircut". If you haven't read it already, check it out:<br />http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/haircut.htmlEve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64402693827793603062015-12-10T19:54:28.611-05:002015-12-10T19:54:28.611-05:00That was fun, Rob. I hadn't heard of George Ad...That was fun, Rob. I hadn't heard of George Ade before, but I have fond memories of archy and mehitabel--hadn't thought of them in years.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-34309926280332033252015-12-10T14:25:38.804-05:002015-12-10T14:25:38.804-05:00Jean Shepherd had a radio show in NYC for 20+ in w...Jean Shepherd had a radio show in NYC for 20+ in which he just talked. No music, no callers. That's where the movie A Christmas Story started. He was very fond of reading Ade's fables, along with Don Marquis's archy & mehitabel pieces, and the poetry of Robert Service.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61832081441537786162015-12-10T12:42:44.143-05:002015-12-10T12:42:44.143-05:00Ha! I didn't think anyone else knew who he was...Ha! I didn't think anyone else knew who he was. I though he was funny when I was a child. My grandmother, who was born in 1900, had an attic full of old books, including some of George Ade's writing & a first edition of <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> in which Dorothy had blonde hair.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-4950126451187243182015-12-10T08:39:52.944-05:002015-12-10T08:39:52.944-05:00You know, it's scary to see this guy's des...You know, it's scary to see this guy's descendants in politics these days. :-) (In all parties!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70093352712175257882015-12-10T08:06:40.045-05:002015-12-10T08:06:40.045-05:00I will think of this every time we pass the George...I will think of this every time we pass the George Ade rest stop in Indiana!janice lawnoreply@blogger.com