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April 18, 2005
Jokes in the NYT Weekly Review
Sunday, April 17, 2005. New York - Hurry, Hurry, get your jokes right here! Yes, the Gray Lady (or as my friend Bill Grimes would say, the Pink Lady) has introduced another innovation into its Sunday "Weekly Review" section--jokes.
Last week the NYT introduced a three-page "Opinion" section within the Weekly Review--one page of editorials and letters to the editor and two pages of columns (these columns used to be referred to as op-ed columns, but now I guess they'll be behind-ed columns). The Times moved Frank Rich to Sunday and moved Maureen Dowd out of Sunday. A demotion for Dowd and promotion for Rich? Whadda' you think?
This week on page two, under the heading of "This Week," the times ran pictures of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, and Dennis Miller and under each picture three jokes from last week (except for Stewart there was only one long one about Gingrich). Is the Gray Lady finally admitting that these five comedians have become the journal of record, especially for young people--you know those people who grew up watching MTV and who don't read the New York Times? Is the Times finally admitting that if you want to know what's important in the news, you watch Leno or Letterman?
I'm delighted that the Times is printing these jokes from the big five and hope it continues. I never watch live TV, although my wife TiVOs Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" and I watch it occasionally, especially when there is something important in the news so that I can learn what’s gong on without all the spin that comes from news sources that the Times and other news organizations print. I also am glad to learn what younger people are learning and think is important. Finally, I’m thrilled to be able to get the important news in a few short jokes so I don’t have to read the book-length articles (and columns) in the Times.
If you’re in a hurry, then hurry, hurry and get your news via the jokes in the Sunday New York Times. This could be a fabulous innovation and, let’s hope, a trend.
Posted by Charles Warner at April 18, 2005 12:32 AM
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