SPECIAL NOTE: Be sure to check out our comedy cousins Yankee Pot Roast, who have published a new piece by Big Jewel editor Kurt Luchs called "Diary Of A Radioactive, Flesh-Eating Teen Zombie." Go get it here: http://www.yankeepotroast.org/archives/2008/04/diary_of_a_radi.html And now welcome to The Big Jewel, where old time radio is now time radio to us. For those wondering whatever became of those old time radio stalwarts Abbott and Costello, perhaps the answer lies in fictitious and malicious reviews like the one below, penned by Dirk Voetberg in his first piece for us: Who's On First, But Why? By Dirk Voetberg A review of The Colgate Toothpaste Abbott and Costello Comedy Radio Hour Village Voice, February 16, 1938 Last night, anyone tuning into the National Broadcasting Company's Colgate Toothpaste Abbott and Costello Comedy Hour definitely heard something new and, according to the reaction of the studio audience, very funny. But does funny by itself satisfy the mission of comedy? For the benefit of those who think it does: okay, let's first ask, do Abbott and Costello even get funny right? Sure, it can't be denied that the duo's formula works: friendships between thin and fat men founded on insults, Schadenfreude, and physical abuse are objectively hilarious. But Laurel and Hardy have a greater difference in weight between them than Abbott and Costello... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx