tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post8488311266892696006..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: RIP Clive James (1939-2019)Robert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-53066449738012692142019-11-30T06:59:55.825+11:002019-11-30T06:59:55.825+11:00The New York Times obituary and career-appraisal p...The New York Times obituary and career-appraisal page for James were full of wonderful quotes, including one where James compared his own looks to "a bank robber who forgot to take the stocking off his head," and his comment that the singer Perry Como resembled "a man who has simultaneously been told to say ‘Cheese’ and shot in the back by a poisoned arrow."<br /><br />Clive James was little known in the US, where the very idea of a bona fide intellectual becoming a figure in popular culture is ludicrous. I loved what little I've read by him.John Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972579415280353259noreply@blogger.com