All in the Fallacy

THE scene: A TV household. the main characters: archie de paille, an average, middle-aged Republican bigot; EDNA, his downtrodden but intuitive wife; goldie, his daughter, and mitch, his son-in-law, both of them young, idealistic, liberal, but nevertheless, from time to time, fallible in small matters. As the curtain rises, mitch and goldie are seated at the dining room table, studying; archie is sitting in his living room chair, drinking beer, picking his nose, staring at the Daily News open on his lap.

mitch: Here, look at this, honey. Don’t you think it’s very interesting what Kahlil Gibran has to say here? I think even Archie would find it interesting.

DF

About the Author

Dennis Fagan

Featured Tags

Manage following

Comedy

Television

THE scene: A TV household. the main characters: archie de paille, an average, middle-aged Republican bigot; EDNA, his downtrodden but intuitive wife; goldie, his daughter, and mitch, his son-in-law, both of them young, idealistic, liberal, but nevertheless, from time to time, fallible in small matters. As the curtain rises, mitch and goldie are seated at the dining room table, studying; archie is sitting in his living room chair, drinking beer, picking his nose, staring at the Daily News open on his lap.

mitch: Here, look at this, honey. Don’t you think it’s very interesting what Kahlil Gibran has to say here? I think even Archie would find it interesting.