tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944527145765262011.post9167540470315865241..comments2023-10-11T03:36:57.563-04:00Comments on Robert Benchley Society: Who Was It Who Said...?tomshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279674220712896692noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944527145765262011.post-23744087212058020082012-08-10T19:42:59.927-04:002012-08-10T19:42:59.927-04:00Doesn't sound at all like Benchley to me. As f...Doesn't sound at all like Benchley to me. As for Albom -- well, I read the book and saw the play (under duress) and my take on it was there was less there than meets the eye. As for Anderson's play -- we studied it in high school and even then I thought it a reeking pile of forced verbiage and cheap sentiment.David Trumbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061723886207394871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944527145765262011.post-52287140553331189362012-08-10T18:29:21.502-04:002012-08-10T18:29:21.502-04:00"Towards" (if that's the word intend..."Towards" (if that's the word intended) tends to be British English so that may simplify it. Sounds very un-Benchleyesque for public utterance. Doesn't rule out that it was taken from a letter or interview during an uncharacteristic moment. But the statement itself is so commonplace that I can't imagine Benchley shrinking himself to that level. Mitch Albom: yes. I don't know Anderson's stuff. It must have been difficult to deliver that line for a play or movie and hold back one's laughter.<br /><br />Well, I guess that sounded pretty clever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149938205029337562noreply@blogger.com