[Dixielandjazz] Dorothy Parker -- Jazz age quipster

[Don Ingle]

Most likely she did. My favorite quip was when she revived an actor's
performance -- "Her performance ran the gamut of emotions from A to B."
Oh to have  been a fly on the wall at the Round Table at the Algonquin Hotel
in the 20's and early 30's when the New Yorker inner circle and friends met
for lunch. Though much written about this time, place,  and people, much
more was never recorded, and that's the pity.
Incidentally, a jazz age connect here -- George Gershwin was a regular at
the Round Table and jazz was certainly part of the flow of conversation.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Durham" <mikedurham_jazz at hotmail.com>
To: <Jrtnft at aol.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:28 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Dorothy Parker


> My favourite is her response to a friend who said she had been at a
> Halloween party, ducking for apples.....  "there, but for a typographical
> error, is the story of my life"
>
> Apologetically (but she did say it!)
>
> Mike D.
>
>
> >From: Jrtnft at aol.com
> >To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> >Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Dorothy Parker
> >Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 07:23:08 EST
> >
> >My favorite goes something like this; if anyone knows the exact wording,
> >please send it.
> >
> >About how many drinks she had at partys, she said not too many and ended
> >with
> >the great line:
> >
> >"with two I'm under the table, with three, under the host"
> >
> >
> >Jack Thomas
> >_______________________________________________
> >Dixielandjazz mailing list
> >Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> >http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today!
> http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dixielandjazz mailing list
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>