Cruel Shoes
by Steve Martin
Buy on AmazonI was a kid when this book came out in the ’70s. I had a bunch of Steve Martin and George Carlin records, and the absurd humor that these guys presented, especially Martin, was incredibly appealing to me. The title story, ‘Cruel Shoes,’ is about an unwearable pair of shoes a woman has to own. Another, called ‘The Smokers,’ which is very funny, is about how much people enjoy their smoking. He uses the word smoke probably 50 times in a two-page piece, and the final sentence is: ‘And then his li...
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"I was a kid when this book came out in the ’70s. I had a bunch of Steve Martin and George Carlin records, and the absurd humor that these guys presented, especially Martin, was incredibly appealing to me. The title story, ‘Cruel Shoes,’ is about an unwearable pair of shoes a woman has to own. Another, called ‘The Smokers,’ which is very funny, is about how much people enjoy their smoking. He uses the word smoke probably 50 times in a two-page piece, and the final sentence is: ‘And then his li..."
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