Midterm Comedy Seminar
February, 1997

Review Keillor's call for submissions to the Seminar.

Keillor invited interaction on these seminar subjects:
  • Book Titles
  • Character and Skit Ideas
  • Fart Jokes
  • Politics
  • Offenses?
  • What IS funny?
THANKS to all who participated in our February Seminar on the Comedy of Life. Your grade slips are in the mail, and if you haven't paid your tuition, please take care of that at the bursar's office. Those of you who are graduating and need job recommendations, come see me in my office. I am on leave for the spring, when I will be doing A Prairie Home Companion, and will resume teaching in the summer: Parenting As A Hobby (3 cr). Of course your comments are welcome here anytime, and if you ask a question, I'll try to to answer it on "Post To The Host".

-- Garrison Keillor


Here is the complete set of seminar correspondence with Keillor responses. (Note that categories have been assigned somewhat arbitrarily.)

Postings Feb. 21, 1997
Characters/Skit Suggestions Laura K.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Jeff S.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Sarah H.
Characters/Skit Suggestions George H.
What IS Funny? Eric M.
Fart Jokes Karen K.
Offenses? Janice P.

Postings Feb. 25, 1997
Book Titles Mindy S.
Book Titles Alan T.
Book Titles Bill W.
Book Titles Brad S.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Tom K.
Fart Jokes Linda A.
Fart Jokes Cynthia M.
Politics Nelsons
What IS Funny? John D.
What IS Funny? Erika J.

Postings Feb. 26, 1997
Characters/Skit Suggestions Michelle G.-L.
 Re: Characters/Skit Suggestions Leitha M.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Dale D.
Fart Jokes Bryan S.
Politics Siobhan D.
 Re: Politics/What IS Funny?Siobhan D.
What IS Funny? Dave J.

Postings Feb. 28, 1997
Characters/Skit Suggestions Tom F.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Jeanne
Characters/Skit Suggestions Brad S.
Politics Roberta L.
What IS funny?Gael C.
What IS funny? Sue W.
What IS funny? Christopher W.
What IS funny? Kerry

Postings Mar. 3, 1997
Characters/Skit Suggestions Don B.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Harley S.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Erica S.
Fart Jokes Bill W.
Fart Jokes Theodore K.
What IS funny? Jeanne M.
What IS funny? Steve A.

Postings Mar. 4, 1997
Book Titles Kay W.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Catherine Y.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Ron M.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Ben A.
 Re: Fart JokesCindia
 Re: Fart Jokes Dean K.
Fart Jokes Rick R.
Fart Jokes Mark & Molly D.
Politics mc
 Re: Offenses? Donna V.

Postings Mar. 5, 1997
Characters/Skit Suggestions Ross W.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Larry C.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Jonathan S.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Don D.
Fart Jokes Don D.
Fart Jokes Rick W.
 Re: What IS funny? Siobhan D.
 Re: What IS funny? Vance L.

Postings Mar. 6, 1997
Book Titles Laurel W.
Book Titles Tod M.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Martha M.
Characters/Skit Suggestions Tom D.
Characters/Skit Suggestions M. Ali S.
What IS funny? Jan E.
What IS funny? Eric



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