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Nature of the Satirist (1956)

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Lists some of the satirists, and discusses the major satirists of the world. Describes briefly such satirists as Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain in America, and Geoffrey Chaucer and Charles Dickens in England. Points out that with few exceptions, satirists are unhappy individuals. (Description from NET Film Service Catalog 1960)

Directors & creators

WOI-TV (Television station : Ames, Iowa)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Satire, Humor, Comedy, Satirists, Humorists, Psychology of humor, Leonard Feinberg, Joe Grimaldi, Clowns, Pagliacci, Harold Lloyd, A.A. Milne, Man and Laughter, National Educational Television, Iowa State College, Literary criticism, Human nature, Emotion, Social commentary, Philosophy, Educational broadcasting, Laughter, 1950s television

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