{"id":557,"date":"2015-11-15T01:10:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T01:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=557"},"modified":"2018-09-27T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T18:50:09","slug":"ace-goodman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/ace-goodman\/","title":{"rendered":"ACE, Goodman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453315804311{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588223-e020d87d-f7dd094f-cf6323fb-3a3d&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;#&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTV \u2013 a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville&#8230;.We call it a medium, because nothing\u2019s well done.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Goodman Ace<\/strong>, American humorist<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">Letter to Groucho Marx<em> (1953) <\/em>in<em> The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx<\/em>, 1965, New York: Simon &amp; Schuster, 14 August 2007 edition, p. 114<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-ban&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Misquotes&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531589281-1a7ccd5f-aa59094f-cf6323fb-3a3d&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;#&#8221;]\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>Requote note<\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A number of sources have quoted an abbreviated version of Ace\u2019s words without using ellipsis to note missing text:<\/p>\n<p><em>Paraphrase<\/em>: &#8220;<span style=\"color: #243569\">TV \u2013 a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing\u2019s well done.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Original line<\/em>: &#8220;&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #243569\">TV \u2013 a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medium \u2013 we call it a medium, because nothing\u2019s well done<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf6323fb-3a3d&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;#&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><em>Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Goodman Ace, responding to a Groucho Marx letter dated 17 July 1953. Ace\u2019s letter is not dated, but it appears in the cited text before the next Marx response on 16 October 1953.]:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have answered your letter of a year or so ago, much sooner, had it not been that Jane and I got mixed up with a television show \u2013 or as we call it back east here, TV \u2013 a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medium \u2013 we call it a medium, because nothing\u2019s well done.\u201d (p. 114)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Research&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf6323fb-3a3d&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;#&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong><em>Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library &#8211; <em>The Groucho Letters: Letters From and to Groucho Marx<\/em> (1965|August 2007 Simon &amp; Schuster edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 1-4165-3603-5<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"section-title\">Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;Wrapper-Author-Resources&#8221;]<b>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #b04b04\">Learn more about Ace Goodman <\/span>| <\/b>Here are a few good places to start:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Goodman and Jane Ace<\/strong> | <strong>National Radio Hall of Fame<\/strong> \u2013 Short synopsis of the the Goodmans&#8217; career in radio, plus photos and sample quotes from their on-air comedy sketches: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiohof.org\/easyaces.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.radiohof.org\/easyaces.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Goodman Ace, Humorist, Dead; Co-Star of \u2018Easy Aces\u2019 on Radio<\/strong>\u2019 (27 March 1982) <strong>New York Times<\/strong> obituary by David Bird; via New York Times archives [subscription service]: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/03\/27\/obituaries\/goodman-ace-humorist-dead-co-star-of-easy-aces-on-radio.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/03\/27\/obituaries\/goodman-ace-humorist-dead-co-star-of-easy-aces-on-radio.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Easy Aces<\/strong>\u2019 | <strong>Old Time Radio &amp; Internet Archive<\/strong> \u2013200+ recorded segments (10-13 minutes each) of Goodman &amp; Jane Ace\u2019s \u201cEasy Aces\u201d serial radio comedy: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/otr_easyaces\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/otr_easyaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goodman Ace papers, 1931-1972<\/strong> | <strong>Manuscript Division, U.S. Library of Congress<\/strong> (LOC) \u2013 Papers include \u201capproximately 2,000 scripts and correspondence relating to radio and television programs for which Goodman Ace was a writer.\u201d Research resource \u2013 contents of collection not available online. 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