Richard Armour
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Richard Willard Armour (July 15, 1906-to-date) was an American poet and writer who wrote more than 65 books.
Life and works
Armour was born in San Pedro, California, and was Harry W. and Sue Wheelock Armour's only child. Armour's autobiographical Drug Store Days recalls his childhood in both San Pedro and Pomona. He studied at Pomona College and Harvard University, where he collaborated with renowned Shakespearean scholar George Lyman Kittredge and obtained a Ph.D. in English philology. Geoffrey and Karin were his two children, and he later became Professor of English at Scripps College and the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California. Armour was named an Honorary Doctor of Human Letters in 1968 (L.H.D.). Whittier College has a degree.
Coleridge's early career revolved around serious literature, publishing (in 1935) a biography of the lesser English poet Bryan Waller Procter, and co-editing (with Raymond F. Howes) a collection of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's contemporaries. "Two pious American editors have collected the comments of this diverse company [Coleridge's acquaintances], Virginia Woolf said in an essay, and the results are, of course, varied. Nevertheless, it's the only way to get to the truth — to have it broken into many splinters by many mirrors and so select."
Armour wrote humourous poems — light verse — in a manner reminiscent of Ogden Nash. In a feature called Armour's Armory, these poems were often included in newspaper supplements. Many of Armour's poems have been repeatedly and incorrectly attributed to Nash. The quatrain is likely Armour's most quoted poem (often incorrectly linked to Nash): "Shake and shake / the catsup bottle / none will come / and then a lot'll." "Nothing attracts/ the mustard from wieners / as much as the slacks / just back from the cleaners" is another common quatrain of his.
Armour wrote Twisted Tales from Shakespeare and his ersatz history of the United States, and With Columbus, It All Started With Columbus. These books were often loaded with puns and plays on words, and gave the appearance of someone who was not paying attention in class but also providing basic facts that weren't quite correct, which gave the appearance of someone who wasn't paying attention, which led to a parody of sorts.
"The British attacked Fort McHenry, which shielded the harbor, as an example." Bombs were soon released in air, rockets were glaring, and all in all, a time of great historical importance. During the bombardment, a young lawyer named Francis "Off" Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner, and when the British heard it sung, they fled in terror!
It's all started with Europa, which is abundant in "fierce animals" ready to spring and tameless birds ready to chirp."
"Two pants with every suit!," Lenin, a rabble-rousing, says in public, "Two pants with every suit!" "Two suits with every pants!"and "The Tsar is a tsap!"
In a letter, Eve writes, "Do you [ Joséphine] miss me?" I hope the enemy artillery does well."
His book The Classics Reclassified includes take-offs of works such as The Iliad, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, etc. Each take-off is preceded by a brief biography of the work's author in the same manner. It says he was "baptized" in April 26, 1564, according to Shakespeare. The time he was born is uncertain, but anyone who claims that it was after this date is just being unreasonable."
Armour's books are generally published in a parodying dull academic tome, with many footnotes (funny on their own), fake bibliographies, quiz sections, and glossaries. W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, both British humorists, pioneered this style in the 1930s and All That in the 1930s.
According to a preface to one book, "The reader will not encounter any half-truths," but "the reader will occasionally encounter a truth-and-a-half."
Appearance on You Bet Your Life
Armour appeared on the television game show You Bet Your Life in 1957. "Say the obscure word, win a hundred dollars" after introductions. (i.e., every episode of the show had a mystery, common word). (home, head, door), and if the contestant used the word in his/her interview, the partnered contestants would all receive $50. Armour had the host in a semantic trap by announcing "the mystery word" right away. He then demanded his $100. Following a brief moment of confusion, the band broke out with a short medley, signaling that the word had been revealed. "From the C.O." announces an announcement and assistant George Fenneman who came on camera and turned to Armour. We're going to encourage you to do what you just did. But there's nothing else to try here. "They said they said nothing" was the case. "Thank you, very much," Armour said. "You're welcome," Fenneman replied as she stepped away from saying, "I had nothing to do with it." Groucho takes the money right away as the mysterious word is explained. He didn't hand over the money, and it's unclear if Armour and his partner won the game. He also wrote the following poem, which he read to Groucho.
On the program, he recited a few other amusing poems.