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Joe Pace

Jul 6, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #189: Irwin M. Fletcher

There was a time when Chevy Chase was funny. Really funny. And if his early-80s run of Caddyshack, Spies Like Us, and Vacation was Hall...

Joe Pace

Jul 5, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #188: Ian Dunross

James Clavell's weighty novel Noble House is the fourth entry in his sweeping Asian Saga (though the fifth in the timeline). A...

Joe Pace

Jul 4, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #187: Betty Cooper

Yeah, I was an Archie comics guy. For all their insipid shallowness, they were a fun, quick read at a certain time in my life. Yes, they...

Joe Pace

Jul 3, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #186: The Courier

1776 has always been my favorite stage production. Stone and Edwards did a masterful job in adapting the epic story of how the rare...

Joe Pace

Jul 2, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #185: Ernie

Sesame Street was a big deal when I was a little guy. Only six years old when I was born, it was already firmly established as an iconic...

Joe Pace

Jul 1, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #184: Dan Fielding

Kicking off the second half of this yearlong exercise with yet another of the despicable rogues who populate this list. I enjoy a good...

Joe Pace

Jun 30, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #183: Dr. Wilbur Larch

While A Prayer for Owen Meany is undeniably my favorite John Irving novel, Cider House Rules is a not-too-distant second. His loving...

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