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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 6, 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 5, 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 4, 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 3, 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 2, 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
Jul 1, 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...

Joe Pace
Jun 30, 2016
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