The war of pranks

Author(s)

Ira Scott Levin

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

6-23-2017

Abstract

My dad and I spent time watching black-and-white classic movies as well as building, and meticulously painting, classic Universal monster models. We would read stories by H.G. Wells and H.P. Lovecraft. When reading the latter, my dad would frequently consult a dictionary so that we both understood and benefitted from the textured obtuse vocabulary. That stretched my imagination with imagery comparing, for example, a hillside to the gigantic toe of a corpse. Our shared enthusiasm for the fantastic and grotesque unwittingly got us into a war of pranks.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

eCommons Citation

Levin, Ira Scott, "The war of pranks" (2017). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1546.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1546