<VV> April Fools Issue

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Lon,

Phoenix Charlie's and your own offbeat humor are marks of your
personality. That's perfectly acceptable. But the CC isn't a person (nor
is it billed as a comic publication). It's (supposedly) a club news
source. THAT is a big difference. If the "jokes" were labeled as such,
and not mixed in with REAL news, that would be acceptable. But not as a
mixture of truth and humor/satire writings. (Sarah's column falls into
this description.) Satire is only good as long as it is recognizable as
such, labeled or not.

The difference between a comic and a comedian, as one famous comedian
once said, is that a comic says funny things, while a comedian says
things funny. There is a difference between good humor and bad humor,
and the masters of humor know the difference. It's why only masters of
humor are refered to as comedians. Maybe that difference is sometimes a
fine line, but it's a distinct one. I'm beginning to wonder if the CORSA
head office can tell the difference, and where to draw the line.
Obviously there are no comedians among them.

I love a good joke as much as the next guy. But some things wear thin
after a while, particularly if the humor isn't very good or tasteful.
This "April Fools issue" idea is wearing thin, IMHO.

-Mark

corvairs wrote:
> 
> All forms of writing (in fact communications in general) have thier
> supporters and detractors. I live on satire and absurdity  - Linda
> generally doesn't like either. I am painfully aware that there are those
> who do not like my spokesanimals, the Gritzls or many of the other
> strange comics I use to promote my business. I have people who tell me
> that my music on hold is annoying.
> 
> In life there will always be those who complain. I am who I am and the
> silliness is the heart and personality of my business. Of course when
> the number of complainers reach more than a handful I then have to
> re-think my company image. The recent venom (in the part of very few, I
> must point out) agains Phonix Charlie is another great example.
> 
> What if Charlie, I and anyone else with an offbeat sense of humor went
> away? The Communique would be as dry as a tech manual. Do you think that
> we'd build our membership base up from what it is now? For years it's
> been said that Corsa is different from other car clubs owing mostly to
> our lack of pretension and our "group" sense of humor. many things are
> changing in the Corvair hobby - I hope one of the changes IS NOT that
> we're becoming more like the snootier car clubs.
> 
> "If your master is surley from getting up early
> (And tempers are short in the morning)
> An inopertune joke is enough to provoke him
> To give you at once a month's warning.
> 
> But if you refrain, he is at you again
> (For he likes to get value for money)
> He'll ask then and there with an insolent stare
> If you know that you're paid to be funny."
> 
> WS Gilbert  (The Yeoman of the Guard)
> 
> If you don't get the joke - just ignore it.    Lon
> 
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