[ExI] for longer life

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Sent: Tuesday, 9 May, 2023 5:07 AM
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Cc: William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ExI] for longer life

 

What?  Spike - can't stand silliness?

 

True it is puzzling.  There are multiple brands of silliness.  Consider what Steve Martin was doing in the 70s and compare with his later comedy.  For some odd reason it sold like hotcakes back then but his later stuff was never as good.

 

>…I'll bet you also didn't like Soupy Sales and Pinky Lee…

 

My apologies Billw, I don’t know of either of them.

 

>…I'll also bet that you love Jonathan Winters, who could be pretty silly….

 

I really did like his stuff, but I didn’t know of him much until he and Robin Williams were bouncing off of each other on Mork and Mindy.  I thought that was terrific comedy, and a lot of it was ad lib.

 

>…  I still can't tell you why that's funny.      bill w

 

Even professional comedians will say how mysterious it is.  They write material, they have only a very vague general idea what will sell and what will die on stage.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

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