VHS Catalog #37013
30 Minutes
ISBN 1-56994-198-X
UPC 0 12233 70133 3
Suitable for Family Viewing

Limericks, Epigrams and Occasional Verse

Author and humorist George Plimpton leads the members of The First Poetry Quartet through a merry mélange of light verse and bright witticisms. Helped along by Alexander Pope, James Joyce, Dorothy Parker, Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain among others, George and his friends provide a rare assemblage of limericks, epigrams, humorous epitaphs, parodies and poetic put-downs. You’ll discover the shortest poem in the English language and also the longest. Topics include classical art, automobiles, journalism, music, sports, elocution and etiquette.

As seen on PBS.