tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310932026414002755.post1725111612546588244..comments2023-10-30T06:56:44.513-07:00Comments on An Artist in Beacon, NY: Runaway Bicycle (for M)James Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244397625471191032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310932026414002755.post-53210912926902206142009-08-21T19:10:30.376-07:002009-08-21T19:10:30.376-07:00What makes this extra funny:
the laugh track
the...What makes this extra funny:<br /><br />the laugh track<br /><br />the perfect way the rider runs up a little hill then, arms flailing, disappears down the other side off into the horizon in pursuit, like a Chaplin routine<br /><br />the Asian graphics with exclamation point!<br /><br />The 1880 piece reminds me of a Mark Twain classic from the same decade, in which he recounts a bicycle riding lesson. He's talking about the Penny Farthing, or Hi Wheelers, of that era:<br /><br />http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/888/Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285886035638697215noreply@blogger.com