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Jul. 13th, 2010 12:58 amPenn & Teller have an interview in the Telegraph, where Penn quotes Jerry Seinfeld this way:
The lesson from this, fannishly, is that obviously Seinfeld knows D. West.
Seriously. That quote sums up D's career comprehensively. It's why I regard D so boring as to be a, "He puts whole nations to sleep," kind of writer (originally Harlan talking about Wagner) -- because you always know what the punchline is going to be.
“Here’s a quarter, now it’s gone. You’re a jerk. Now it’s back. You’re an idiot. Show’s over.”
Yup. Seinfeld has saved all of fandom from ever having to read a D. West cartoon or article ever again. It'll only be repetition from here on out.
I said something similar to Victor Gonzalez at this past Potlatch. Victor took great umbrage -- mostly, I suspect, because he read D at an impressionable time, before he knew better. Heck, I was there when Victor met D, during a jaunt to outer Yorkshire especially for the purpose right after the Leeds Corflu.
At Potlatch, though, Victor stiffened and said, "He's a better writer than you!"
Which has no bearing whatsoever on D's merits, but as I told Victor at the time, "Victor, everyone in this room is a better writer than I am. If that's your standard, it's very low."
"(Penn) couldn’t care less what (magicians) think. “I have always hated magic,” he says. “I have always hated the basic undercurrent of magic which Jerry Seinfeld put best when he said: 'All magic is “Here’s a quarter, now it’s gone. You’re a jerk. Now it’s back. You’re an idiot. Show’s over”.’ I never wanted to grow up to be a magician. It was never my goal.”"
The lesson from this, fannishly, is that obviously Seinfeld knows D. West.
Seriously. That quote sums up D's career comprehensively. It's why I regard D so boring as to be a, "He puts whole nations to sleep," kind of writer (originally Harlan talking about Wagner) -- because you always know what the punchline is going to be.
“Here’s a quarter, now it’s gone. You’re a jerk. Now it’s back. You’re an idiot. Show’s over.”
Yup. Seinfeld has saved all of fandom from ever having to read a D. West cartoon or article ever again. It'll only be repetition from here on out.
I said something similar to Victor Gonzalez at this past Potlatch. Victor took great umbrage -- mostly, I suspect, because he read D at an impressionable time, before he knew better. Heck, I was there when Victor met D, during a jaunt to outer Yorkshire especially for the purpose right after the Leeds Corflu.
At Potlatch, though, Victor stiffened and said, "He's a better writer than you!"
Which has no bearing whatsoever on D's merits, but as I told Victor at the time, "Victor, everyone in this room is a better writer than I am. If that's your standard, it's very low."
