Tidbits of Ephemera or The Year National Lampoon Goosed E.M. Forster.

Did you know that during a long bout of writer's block Dashiell Hammett decided to cash in on the popularity of his Thin Man (Nick Charles) character by creating a detective who was, well, um, a Fat Man?




Did you know that Merchant Ivory Productions (mainly known for their fancy-trousered film versions of novels read in upper level English Literature classes) once put together an absurd, little art film (co-written by genius Michael O'Donoghue ) that has more in common with Luis Buñuel than Henry James?