ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE

Who's Who in American Comedy

Shel Silverstein

Writer whose comedy songs ("A Boy Named Sue") and cartoons stand in contrast to his children's books ("The Giving Tree"). Here's one of his parodies of folk singers: "Folksinger Blues"


[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]