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Benchley

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Bench·ley  (bnchl), Robert Charles 1889-1945.
American humorist, critic, and actor whose works, including the film How to Sleep (1935) and the book My Ten Years in a Quandary (1936), often pitted an average American against the complexities of modern life.
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Noun1.BenchleyBenchley - United States humorist (1889-1945)
Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley
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in Kafka and Borges, Cervantes and Diderot, Faulkner and Joyce; humorists like Perleman, Benchley, Ring Lardner, and Will Cuppy; contemporary goofers of fictional forms like John Barth and Thomas Pynchon.
What's so funny, Mr. Scieszka? by Scieszka, Jon / The Horn Book Magazine
Artifacts created and gestures enacted by figures such as Jack Benny, Robert Benchley, the Ramones, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, David Letterman and Jeffrey Vallance are appropriately placed in this category.
Concrete comedy: a primer by Robbins, David / Artforum International
Perhaps regretful about penning such a sensational and misleading book, Peter Benchley is now involved in efforts to protect the shark; see the review of his book Shark Trouble below.
Allen, Thomas B. The shark almanac; a fully illustrated natural ... by Gillen, Katherine E. / Kliatt
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