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Contents 1 New Yorker 2 James Thurber Quotations 3 Sexist statements 4 Question on Thurber's Death 5 Ha 6 Ha Ha

[edit] New Yorker

I changed back "well known ... for the New Yorker" to "best known ... for the New Yorker". Thurber was a New Yorker writer and cartoonist. That was his identity. He may have written for some other magazine some time or other, but it didn't change his primary identification.Ortolan88 15:18, February 6, 2003

I agree. Even in his books, one cannot escape the words "New Yorker". Not only are the vast majority of pieces in the books from that magazine, but he mentions it frequently in the writing itself. --Karen | Talk | contribs 00:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Thurber Quotations

Excellent Quotations, wonder if some people can find and bring some more. Additional links to his comics and short stories are welcome.

Somebody blanked the quotations section a day ago, leaving only the header. In restoring the section, I've trimmed it back quite a bit, and transferred a few things to the Thurber article on Wikiquote,[1] which is rather extensive. As I understand it, WP:Trivia discourages large quotation sections on Wikipedia itself. Also, some of the quotes were either inexact or difficult to track down. For example, the only definite source I've found for the famous martini quip was a brief reference in an old issue of Time Magazine, which didn't match the text quoted here.

Links to Thurber's works online are problematic, because his work is still in copyright. Karen | Talk | contribs 07:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sexist statements

I think that James grover thurber was a little sexist Rusty Shakelford —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.89.166.19 (talk) 12:50, 26 April 2006'.

I think that he was a little fruity, it made me nervous. Tyler Perry —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.82.168.231 (talk) 18:40, 25 September 2006'.

Please do not delete the comments of others while adding your own. Also, the talk page is not a forum for statements of personal opinion about the subject of the article. It is for discussing ways to improve the article. Thank you. Karen | Talk | contribs 07:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question on Thurber's Death

I read on the NNDB James Thurber page that Thurber died of an aneurysm. However, since the official Thurber House site states "complications from pneumonia" I guess that stands.--Kulturvultur 22:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ha

Figures, doesn't it, that this would turn out to be one of the more poorly-written articles in this so-called "encyclopedia". If Jim's up there reading this, I'm sure there's quite a jaundiced eye cast in this direction. +ILike2BeAnonymous 06:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Lest I be accused of being a nattering nabob of negativity, cf. S. J. Perelman for a counter-example. +ILike2BeAnonymous 06:40, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ha Ha

An adoption of Thurber's The Catbird Seat was made into a British film The Battle of the Sexes (1960). It stars Peter Sellers and directed by Charles Crichton. ImNotAshamedOfMyName-Matthew Bateman-Graham 203.171.197.129 (talk) 10:18, 15 February 2008 (UTC)