tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post4152136493374567651..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Past PaarticipleYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-65920840135740684022011-12-14T12:07:53.188-08:002011-12-14T12:07:53.188-08:00Allen's work was sardonic and cynical -- it wa...Allen's work was sardonic and cynical -- it was a darker style of comedy than others on radio at the time, and a style that was closer to the "been there, done that" ethos of comedians that really started showing up by the end of the 1960s and continues to this day (Fred Allen, the original hipster?). Jack Parr on the other hand was always interested in showing you how clever Jack Parr was; it was like crossing the conversationalist comedy/interview style of Dick Cavett with the anger of Bill Maher (though I assume if Parr were on HBO today, he would probably be allowed to do the water closet joke).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com