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Galaxy Quest: Humor is the Best Medicine

Those of you who share my vintage may remember the story of Norman Cousins of the New Republic, who treated his illness with Marx Brothers films in 1974, at a time when you had to use a movie projector and borrow films from a film exchange.

Laughter is still the best medicine, I rediscovered with a recovering friend last week. Without question, the film Galaxy Quest, a gentle spoof of Trekkies, is the funniest laugh-out-loud movie I have ever seen. I laughed so loud my wife came out of her home office to say she could hear me while tele-treating her clients. I stifled my guffaws. Groundhog Day is still my favorite film, and The Paper is still the best journalism film, but Galaxy Quest is now, officially, the funniest film ever made.

June 20, 2021 in Film |

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    Starting with an appearance on a WBZ public access program in 1972, I've been on local and national TV numerous times, mostly as a game show contestant (I appeared on the game shows Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Scrabble , Win Ben Stein's Money and Merv Griffin's Crosswords) and as an author. I was also on the Computer Chronicles for years. Here are my journal entries for three of my game show appearances: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Merv Griffin's Crosswords

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