Dave Barry

Yeah, true, true.

Yeah, true, true.

It was it was interesting. I mean, I like I had to go back and dig up all these old photos and letters and stuff like that. And I mean, trying to be accurate, trying to and write to people who are there and say, this is the way you remember this happening. Like, you know, when you you were the editor of my high school newspaper, do you remember that?

It was it was interesting. I mean, I like I had to go back and dig up all these old photos and letters and stuff like that. And I mean, trying to be accurate, trying to and write to people who are there and say, this is the way you remember this happening. Like, you know, when you you were the editor of my high school newspaper, do you remember that?

I wrote a column for you that, you know, like that kind of stuff.

I wrote a column for you that, you know, like that kind of stuff.

It was. I enjoyed it. But there was always this feeling, like I was saying earlier, who's going to, besides me, is going to care about this stuff? Well, we'll find out, Dan, won't we?

It was. I enjoyed it. But there was always this feeling, like I was saying earlier, who's going to, besides me, is going to care about this stuff? Well, we'll find out, Dan, won't we?

Well, I have thought about it, and I think that... Based on the humorist that I loved when I was a kid, there was a guy named Robert Benchley I was obsessed with when I was a kid. My dad had all his books. He was a very popular humorist in the 20s, 30s, 40s. He wrote for the New Yorker and he was a brilliant, brilliant guy and silly. That's what I loved about him.

Well, I have thought about it, and I think that... Based on the humorist that I loved when I was a kid, there was a guy named Robert Benchley I was obsessed with when I was a kid. My dad had all his books. He was a very popular humorist in the 20s, 30s, 40s. He wrote for the New Yorker and he was a brilliant, brilliant guy and silly. That's what I loved about him.

He was a very silly humorist, but brilliant, really smart. And I patterned myself after him more than anybody else. Now, nobody but me knows who Robert Finchley is. But you're the one referenced in his place, though. I understand. But that's my point. It's exactly that. I think that, you know, and this is not, again, it is not false modesty. It's just the way the world works.

He was a very silly humorist, but brilliant, really smart. And I patterned myself after him more than anybody else. Now, nobody but me knows who Robert Finchley is. But you're the one referenced in his place, though. I understand. But that's my point. It's exactly that. I think that, you know, and this is not, again, it is not false modesty. It's just the way the world works.

What is funny to one generation is less and less funny because the references become vaguer and less familiar. And with humor, that's the case. So I think that my main legacy is going to be that I popularized, I didn't think of it, I didn't invent it, but I popularized international talk like a pirate day, which is observed every September 19th.

What is funny to one generation is less and less funny because the references become vaguer and less familiar. And with humor, that's the case. So I think that my main legacy is going to be that I popularized, I didn't think of it, I didn't invent it, but I popularized international talk like a pirate day, which is observed every September 19th.

Because I wrote a column once because two guys said, hey, we should all talk like pirates on September 19th. I said, that's funny, I'll do that. And it's still going on. Chum Bucket. Yeah, that's very good. 50 years from now, they'll still be doing that, but I don't think they'll know who I was.

Because I wrote a column once because two guys said, hey, we should all talk like pirates on September 19th. I said, that's funny, I'll do that. And it's still going on. Chum Bucket. Yeah, that's very good. 50 years from now, they'll still be doing that, but I don't think they'll know who I was.

This was a young and sweaty, very sweaty.

This was a young and sweaty, very sweaty.

Look how much sweat.

Look how much sweat.