What were "comedy" and "laughter" like 100+ years ago?

Missed the edit window. I graduated in 1973.

Me, too! But I had extra credits from some honors programs, so I graduated a quarter early.

Oh, and we share a first name too.

Too weird! I didn’t know anyone there with my name, but we probably
passed each other on campus. :slight_smile:

Entirely possible! I was mostly North campus (my sister was a zoology major and South Campus). Ate lunch at the Gypsy Wagon a lot.

I remember that. I had a lot of classes in Haines Hall. :slight_smile:

I was an English major, so I was in Royce a lot. Do you remember all the kerfuffle after Kent State? Were you on campus that day? I was, and it was surreal.

I transferred there in 1971, so I missed it.

Because this thread reminded me, I finished out my set of Mr. Dooley books. I found a first edition of the 1902 Mr. Dooley’s Observations. Not terrific condition but solid.

What was really cool was something the seller didn’t mention: a folded half-page of the August 27, 1904 edition of the Minneapolis Journal, with a full Mr. Dooley column, illustrated by Frank Wing, “Mr. Dooley on the War,” the War being the Russo-Japanese War, just under way. “I niver raymimber a hero’s name of f’rget a coward’s.”

On the flip side was a mention of forest fires raging through British Columbia. Some things never change.

I would like to have seen that show! This thread inspired me to read the script of the play, and yeah, although some of the jokes and slapstick fall flat today, there’s enough comic potential for it to come across as very funny if done with pace and gusto. “Well, if you had a brother do you think he’d like cheese?” :grin: