James Thurber
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My father was in the hospital and every night when I visited him, I read aloud to him. James Thurber. And one night he said "you really should do that on your show," and I said "Dad, it's a television newscast. I'd love to, but how could it possibly fit?" And he said "How often have I ever suggested anything for your shows?" And I remembered that he never had. But I also reminded him that there were things like copyrights and bills, to which he said...
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The evil Duke of cold Coffin Castle fancies he has frozen time by stopping all of the clocks. He is fearful that one day a Prince may come and win away the hand of his niece, beautiful Princess Saralinda - the only warm hand in the castle. Several suitors have tried to court the Princess, but the Duke assigns them impossible tasks to thwart that fate. A few days before Saralinda's twenty-first birthday, a mysterious prince arrives to complete a seemingly...
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The Wonderful O tells of a man named Black who despised the letter "O." He deleted it from his language and omitted it from his words. Opals, moonstones, owls, and oaks could not possibly be his items of choice. Instead, he preferred emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and maps since they contained not a single "O" among them. Soon he wanted his entire village to omit the letter "O," but the villagers found words they would not do without-words such as...
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This 2007 Audie Award finalist features more than three hours of some of the greatest shorts stories of all time.
• James Thurber's "The Night the Ghost Got In"
performed by Isaiah Sheffer
Comic Mayhem is unleashed when a family hears a ghost in the night... and calls in the police.
• Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
performed by Maria Tucci
Two women reflect on romance and intrigue, long ago in Rome.
• Jack London's "Make Westing"
performed...