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America's longest running comedy television series and the originator of the stand up comedy television genre. An Evening at the Improv is a season ticket to...
Alphabetter Juice, or, The Joy of Text ” . . . a classic American humorist . . . Blount shows he is a master at blending folksy humor with word play and etymological analysis. . .
Christopher Lee hosts this episode of An Evening at the Improv from October 9, 1981. Featuring Bob Saget, Glenn Hirsch, Carrie Snow, Mousie Garner
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In 2009, we had the pleasure of speaking with Roy Blount, Jr. on the occasion of the publication of Alphabet Juice, a compilation of his linguistic musings presented in dictionary style. Now he's back with the sequel, titled, naturally, Alphabetter Juice .
Alphabetter Juice. Fresh-squeezed Lexicology, with Twists. No man of letters savors the ABC’s, or serves them up, like language-loving humorist Roy Blount Jr. His glossary, from ad hominy to zizz, is hearty, full bodied, and out to please discriminating palates coarse and fine.
Roy Blount, Jr. and former CSW fellow James Shapiro discuss Blount's new book about language, "Alphabetter Juice".
May 8, 2012 · Alphabetter Juice: or, The Joy of Text. Roy Blount, Jr., Jr. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 8, 2012 - Humor - 304 pages. Fresh-squeezed Lexicology, with Twists No man of letters savors...
