baitandswitch:

It seems our comedy dates the quickest.
If you laugh out loud at Shakespeare’s jokes
I hope you won’t be insulted
if I say you’re trying too hard.
Even sketches from the original Saturday Night Live
seem slow-witted and obvious now.

- David Berman, Self-Portrait At 28

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   Shakespeare is anomalous, though. He is the most revered writer in the history of literature. No one can be compared....

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