A Funny Thing Happened on the...

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE...

   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 4 August 1960, pg. 17, col. 1:

_Art Buchwald in Paris_
_"A Funny Thing Happened on the..."_

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YOU FEEL GOOD WHEN IT STOPS

   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 21 February 1961, pg. 24, cols. 3-4:

   _You Feel Good When It Stops_
To the N. Y. Herald Tribune:
   Three cheers for you and Sir William Walton for protesting the inescapable bombardment of "canned" music.
   Music should be listened to, danced to, or performed--voluntarily.  It should not be inflicted upon captive auditors busy (presumably) with their own thoughts.
   Few persons can enjoy fine music more than I--and probably none but the New York music critics have heard so much as I.  But it certainly does not soothe me when I do not choose to listen to it.  It just irritates me and makes me wonder if the Oriental was not right when asked why their music seemed to sound so discordant replied--"It makes you feel so good when it stops!"
   If we must have canned music thrust at us...at least let us have more "stops" and longer silences to enjoy.
   M. M. FISHER
New York.

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IT'S NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE

   The caption to a cartoon about politics in the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 17 October 1960, pg. 22, cols. 4-5, is: "It's Not an Exact Science."

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FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED

   From THE SODA FOUNTAIN, June 1923, pg. 75, col. 2:

   A cannibal's motto for strangers:  "First come; first served."