Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes!

"Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort. It's some sort of explosive reaction."

Madeline Kahn

Many films and television shows are created to be funny and I often think that visual media is how many of us experience humor. When you are tired of watching TV and are ready for a good fun read, I have a book for you. 'Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes!' by Jack Douglas is long out of print but this guy was a comedic genius. Douglas was a sought after writer in his day for the Jack Paar Show. He had traditional Japanese wife named Reiko and together, they bought a home in the snowy wilds of Canada. If you are familiar with the television, radio and film celebrities of the 1950s you will recognize the cast of characters that parade through the home in search of cocktails, broads and a swingin' swell time away from the stress of Hollywood and New York. The next time you are tired of watching 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' on TV see if you can get a copy of this book and sit down for a good old fashioned belly laugh.