[lbo-talk] Kim Jong Il is dead

[Fernando Cassia]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 05:17, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Here he's acting the squirrel scholar (as Gore Vidal would call it) with
> Groucho:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWcOuUg77BE

Thanks for those clips, Dennis. Amazing, historical footage. :)
I´ve also never heard the term "squirrel scholar". Very, very nice tidbits too.

Googling it lead me to
http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/2005/03/its_savory_scho.html

"How does a scholar differ from a scholar-squirrel? The squirrel is a
careerist who mindlessly gathers little facts for professional
reasons. I don't in the least mind this sort of welfare for the
"educated" middle class. They must live, too. But when they start
working in concert to revise history to suit new political
necessities, I reach for my ancient Winchester..."

I will now, to paraphrase Vidal, mindlessly gather these tidbits for
professional reasons, and store them in a folder of their own, for
future re-use. ;o)

FC