S. J. Perelman: A Bibliography of Short Essays, 1932–1979

Sarah Toombs

By 1931, the early period of Perelman’s career, so well documented in the recent That Old Gang O’Mine, was over.1 Perelman had written his first two books, and on the strength of Dawn Ginsburgh’s Revenge and Parlor, Bedlam and Bath, he was hired as a scriptwriter for the Marx Brother’s film Monkey Business. By then, too, Perelman had begun his five-decade association with the New Yorker, the association for which he is primarily and justly famous. A chronological listing of Perelman’s short pieces gives a fuller glimpse into the shape of his career than might a casual perusal of these works as collected into his books.2

The interplay between screenplay, play, and prose works is indeed carefully balanced. From year to year, Perelman moved from one to another, now earning money in Hollywood, now expanding artistically, now returning to favorite themes. Douglas Fowler has reduced Perelman’s points of departure to four: the writing of others, show business, home ownership, and travel.3 From these beginnings his main obsessions build: the evils of advertising, dangers of nostalgia, the humbuggery of self-aggrandizing types, the vicissitudes of life (at home or abroad). In writing serial pieces, Perelman seems to turn over his single theme, expanding on different aspects until the prism of life in the suburbs, for example, has been seen from all sides, as in the "Curses" series in the Saturday Evening Post. These Saturday Evening Post pieces seem the most lightweight material, which may account for their relative obscurity, many never seeing book form. However, they retain a lightness of touch sometimes lacking in the New Yorker pieces, and most notably missing from the later stories dating from the 1970s especially.

During the 1950s and 1960s, Perelman concentrated on lampooning popular culture, particularly as Hollywood and advertising reflect it. The condemnation of American flummery seems particularly intense during this period, and no wonder, for this is the era of family fallout shelters and unrestrained consumerism.

What emerges next is a feeling of gradual deceleration. One senses Perelman consciously hanging onto each piece in an effort to perfect every aspect of each comic situation. Perhaps, after decades of comic writing, Perelman sought to husband his resources, conscious of his increasingly more limited areas of exploitation. Whatever the motives, Perelman’s very latest pieces shine with expert polishing and a subtle mellowness that blunts none of the edge of his satire.

Finally, the shape of his career outlines a rather typical life: early, simpler successes gradually matured into longer and more complex works; middle age brought a great output which gradually slowed, especially

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after the death of his wife Laura. The extreme acerbity of this period gradually mellowed into the unfinished series, The Hindsight Saga, where Perelman’s writings seem suspended halfway between memory and comment, a synthesis of the best of both. In his stories, Perelman leaves the record of a time, a sensibility, and a personality, all sorely missed and fondly remembered.

The articles listed here are arranged in chronological order. When two articles appear on the same date, they are arranged in alphabetical order, by title. Articles appearing in a monthly publication are assumed to appear on the first of the month. After each bibliographical entry, the article is annotated in terms of the series in which it appears and the book or books where it is collected; the title used in the book, if different, is indicated in square brackets. Where applicable, the series articles are numbered. If the article has not been verified, an asterisk (*) denotes this state. Finally, uncollected pieces are annotated to give some very general idea of their content.

I am indebted to the editors of Redbook, TV Guide, and Travel and Leisure, who graciously shared their files with me. My gratitude also extends to the following individuals and their staffs: David B. Sparks of Rare Books and Special Collections, Dr. Pat Max of Reference, and Joseph Lauck of Interlibrary Loan, all of the University of Notre Dame Libraries. Without their kind assistance this list would not exist.

The following short titles are used below:

"Stamps" for "Ten Cents in Stamps"

"Curses" for "Post Scripts: A Child’s Garden of Curses; or, The Bitter Tea of Mr. P."

WH for "Westward, Ha!"

SFP for "Swiss Family Perelman"

CR for "Cloudland Revisited"

Spring for "Springtime for Sidney"

Dr. P for "Doctor Perelman, I Presume, or Small-Bore in Africa"

Bend for "Around the Bend in Eighty Days"

Nostalgia for "Nostalgia in Asia"

Eastward for "Eastward Ha!"

HS for "The Hindsight Saga"

Sat Eve Post for The Saturday Evening Post

Strictly for Strictly from Hunger. New York: Random House, 1937.

Look for Look Who’s Talking! New York: Random, 1940.

Dream for The Dream Department. New York: Random, 1943.

Crazy for Crazy Like a Fox. New York: Random, 1944.

Keep for Keep It Crisp. New York: Random, 1946.

Acres for Acres and Pains. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947.

Westward for Westward Ha! New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948.

 

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Listen for Listen to the Mockingbird. New York: Simon and Schuster,

1949.

Swiss for The Swiss Family Perelman. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.

Ill for The Ill-Tempered Clavichord. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952.

Road for The Road to Miltown. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Most for The Most of S. J. Perelman. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.

Gorge for The Rising Gorge. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

Chicken for Chicken Inspector No. 23. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966.

Baby for Baby, It’s Cold Inside. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970.

Vinegar for Vinegar Puss. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

Eastward for Eastward, Ha! New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977.

Last for The Last Laugh. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

 

1931

 

Monkey Business (screenplay); sketches in The Third Little Show (play).

"Peeper Fads and Fancies; Scratch a Penn and Find a Tartar; One Key to Baldpate." New Yorker 24 Jan. 1931: 17–19. Stamps-1. Strictly. [Part III: "Scratch a Penn and Find a Tartar"].

"A Layman’s Easy Guide to Flirting." New Yorker 28 Feb. 1931: 19–20. Stamps-2. Strictly. [Part I].

"Hip-Hip-Hypnosis!" New Yorker 11 April 1931: 28–29. Stamps-3. Strictly. [Part II].

"They’ve Come to Caviar." New Yorker 17 Oct. 1931: 30, 32. A reply to the allegation of the immorality of eating sturgeon’s eggs.

1932

Horse Feathers (screenplay); The Miracle Man (screenplay); sketches in Walk a Little Faster (play).

1933

All Good Americans (play); Paris Interlude (screenplay of All Good Americans).
"Taxidermy: Its Cause and Cure." New Yorker 17 June 1933: 20–21.*

"China Painting Prince of Dull Sports." New Yorker 8 July 1933: 13–14.*
"Poisonous Mushroom—Are We at the Crossroads?" New Yorker 23 Sept. 1933: 24–25. Strictly. Crazy. ["Poisonous Mushrooms, or Are We at the Crossroads?"].

1935

"Nothing but the Tooth." New Yorker 18 May 1935: 19–20. Dream. Crazy. Most.
"The Yankee Clippers." New Yorker 1 June 1935: 15. Amusing aspects of beauty magazines such as The American Hairdresser.

"The Body Beautiful." New Yorker 6 July 1935: 15–16. Crazy.

"Spots Before the Vest." New Yorker 20 July 1935: 13–14. Crazy. ["Wholly Cleaning and Dyeing"].

"Beauty and the Bee." New Yorker 21 Sept. 1935: 19–20. Dream. Crazy.

"Our Unbalanced Aquariums." New Yorker 26 Oct. 1935: 21–22. Dream. Most.

 

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1936

Florida Special (screenplay)

"Reading and Writhing." New Yorker 11 Jan. 1936: 18–19. Thoughts on the letter columns in Psychology and The Gregg Writer magazines.

"Sweet and Hot." New Yorker 22 Feb. 1936: 15–16. Crazy.

"Before and After." New Yorker 28 Nov. 1936: 17–19. Dream.

"Waiting for Sanity." New Yorker 26 Dec. 1936: 17–18. Strictly. Crazy. Most.

1937

"Midwinter Facial Trends." New Yorker 16 Jan. 1937: 14–15. Look. Crazy.

"Footnote on the Yellow Peril." New Yorker 30 Jan. 1937: 14. Strictly. Crazy.

"The Infant Industry." New Yorker 6 March 1937: 22. Strictly.

"A Farewell to Omsk." Strictly. Crazy. Most.

"Mercy, the Cat’s Got into the Budget." New Yorker 13 March 1937: 69–70. Look.

"Wings Over Hollywood." New Yorker 17 April 1937: 48–49 Look.

"Avocado, Or the Future of Eating." New Yorker 1 May 1947: 28–29. Strictly. Crazy.

"Is There An Osteosynchrondroitrician in the House?" New Yorker 15 May 1937: 69. Look. Crazy. Most.

"The Case of Colonel Bradshaw." New Yorker 5 June 1937: 56. Strictly.

"Yoo-hoo, Mr. Ectoplasm!" New Yorker 7 Aug. 1937: 15. Look.

1938

"Down with the Restoration!" New Yorker 29 Jan. 1938: 15–16. Look. Crazy. Most.

"Frou-Frou, Or the Future of Vertigo." New Yorker 16 April 1938: 15. Look. Crazy. Most.

"Tomorrow: Fairly Cloudy." New Yorker 20 Aug. 1938: 12–13. Look. Crazy. Most.

"Somewhere A Roscoe . . ." New Yorker 15 Oct. 1938: 17–18. Look. Crazy. Most.

1939

Boy Trouble (screenplay); Ambush (screenplay).

"Slow—Dangerous Foibles Ahead!" New Yorker 4 March 1939: 17–18. Look. Crazy.
"Ye Olde Ivory Tower." New Yorker 18 March 1939: 76–77. Look.

"Whiskey Rebellion, 1939." New Yorker 22 April 1939: 16. Look. ["Whiskey Rebellion"]

"Boy Meets Girl Meets Foot." New Yorker 13 May 1939: 18–19. Look. Crazy. Most.

"Hello, Operator? I Don’t Want a Policeman." New Yorker 3 June 1939: 18–19. Look.

"What Am I Doing Away from Home?" New Yorker 1 July 1939: 17. Look. Crazy.

"A Child’s Garden of Extroversion." New Yorker 2 Sept. 1939: 16–17. Look.

"You Should Live So, Walden Pond." New Yorker 30 Sept. 1939: 20. Look. Crazy.

"Kitchen Bouquet." New Yorker 4 Nov. 1939: 17–18. Look. Crazy. Most.

"Abby, This Is Your Father." New Yorker 16 Dec. 1939: 26–28. Look. Crazy.

1940

The Golden Fleecing (screenplay); sketches in Two Weeks with Pay (Summer stock revue)

"Captain Future. Block That Kick!" New Yorker 20 Jan. 1940: 23–24. Look. Crazy. Most.

"Counter-Revolution." New Yorker 2 March 1940: 15–16. Dream. Crazy. Most.

"Woodman, Don’t Spare That Tree!" New Yorker 20 July 1940: 15–16. Dream. Crazy. Most.

"Caution, Soft Prose Ahead." New Yorker 24 Aug. 1940: 16. Dream. Most. "Creepy-Time Gal." New Yorker 28 Sept. 1940: 22–23. Dream.

"Kitchenware, Notions, Lights, Action, Camera!" New Yorker 7 Dec. 1940: 28–29. Dream. Crazy. Most.

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1941

The Night Before Christmas (play)

"A Pox on You, Mine Goodly Host." New Yorker 4 Jan. 1941: 19–20. Dream. Crazy. Most.

"Adorable, Taxable You." New Yorker 8 March 1941: 14–15. Dream. Crazy. "Scrub Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar." New Yorker 28 June 1941: 17–18. Dream. ["Scrub Me, Mammy, Eight to the Bar"]

"Hold That Christmas Tiger!" New Yorker 27 Dec. 1941: 12–13. Dream. Crazy. Most.

1942

Larceny, Inc. (screenplay adaptation of The Night Before Christmas)

"Shubert, Shubert, I’ve Been Thinkin’." New Yorker 10 Jan. 1942: 19–20. Vinegar.

"To Sleep, Perchance to Steam." New Yorker 24 Jan. 1942: 17–18. Dream. Crazy. Most.

"Smugglers in the Dust." New Yorker 21 Feb. 1942: 15–16. Dream. Crazy. Most. "Sauce for the Gander." New Yorker 25 April 1942: 14–16. Dream. Crazy. Most. "Button, Button, Who’s Got the Blend?" New Yorker 30 May 1942: 12–13. Dream. Crazy. Most.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 22 Aug. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 1].

"All Out! Change Cars for the Living Room." New Yorker 29 Aug. 1942: 17–18. Gorge.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 5 Sept. 1942: 30. Acres [Ch. 5].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 19 Sept. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 6].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 3 Oct. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 7].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 17 Oct. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 11].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 31 Oct. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 10].

"Bend Down, Sister." New Yorker 7 Nov. 1942: 14–15. Dream.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 14 Nov. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 9].

"Beat Me, Post-Impressionist Daddy." New Yorker 21 Nov. 1942: 17–18. Dream. Crazy. Most.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 28 Nov. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 4].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 12 Dec. 1942: 30. Acres. [Ch. 2].

"Any Purple Subjunctives Today?" New Yorker 26 Dec. 1942: 18–20. Gorge.

1943

One Touch of Venus (play).

"Curses" Sat Eve Post 2 Jan. 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 3].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 16 Jan. 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 20].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 30 Jan. 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 8].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 13 Feb. 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 15]. Rpt. Reader’s Digest Nov. 1947.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 27 Feb. 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 14].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 13 March 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 13].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 27 March 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 17].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 10 April 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 12].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 24 April 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 16].

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 8 May 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 19].

"Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus, Amatis, Enough!" New Yorker 8 May 1943: 17–18. Keep. Most.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 22 May 1943: 30. On encountering cutely-named children’s products such as Dy-Dee Dolls and Snuggle-Ducky.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 5 June 1943: 30. P. tries to diet in Hollywood but the script turns into a menu.

"Well, Roll Me in a Turkish Towel!" New Yorker 19 June 1943: 18–19. Crazy. "Curses." Sat Eve Post 26 June 1943: 30. Thoughts on singer Hildegarde’s beauty tips for the throat from the New York Herald Tribune fashion department.

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"Curses." Sat Eve Post 24 July 1943: 30. Nostalgia prompts a disastrous dinner with college pal Jim Budlong and his frosty society mate.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 21 Aug. 1943: 30. P’s short career on radio: nothing but commercials.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 4 Sept. 1943: 30. Macy’s ad prompts imaginary letter from husband of the WAAC pictured there.

"Curses." Sat Eve Post 25 Sept. 1943: 30. P. gets soaked for a night club evening out when trying to celebrate his 14th wedding anniversary.

"Whatever Goes Up." New Yorker 2 Oct. 1943: 20–22. Keep. Most.

"The Bitter Tea of Mr. P." Sat Eve Post 16 Oct. 1943: 64. The problems of buying a Buntwell pipe.

"Nasal-Happy Mamma, Don’t You Try to Two-time Me." New Yorker 25 Dec. 1943: 20–21. Keep.

1944

"Hit Him Again, He’s Sober." New Yorker 8 Jan. 1944: 18–19. Keep.

"I Visit the Kiddies." New Yorker 15 Jan. 1944: 72. The hazards of visiting a summer camp.

"Insert Flap ‘A’ and Throw Away." New Yorker 5 Feb. 1944: 22–23. Keep. Most.

"Pale Hands I Loathe." New Yorker 4 March 1944: 2 1–22. Keep Most.

"Garnish Your Face with Parsley and Serve." New Yorker 1 April 1944: 21–22. Keep. Most.

"Mr. P. Meets His In-Laws." Sat Eve Post 22 April 1944: 46. No matter what means he employs, P. cannot avoid the snares of relations at holiday dinners.

"Sleepy-Time Extra." New Yorker 20 May 1944: 20–21. Keep. Most.

"Dental or Mental, I Say It’s Spinach." Sat Eve Post 27 May 1944: 87. Keep. Most.

"Danger—Children at Work!" Sat Eve Post 24 June 1944: 78. Nerve-wracking day in New York City with two small boys.

"Take Two Parts Sand, One Part Girl and Stir." New Yorker 8 July 1944: 23–25. Keep. Most.

"Birthday of the Infanta." Sat Eve Post 15 July 1944: 38. On the trials of surviving his daughter’s sixth birthday party.

"Why Boys Leave Home." Sat Eve Post 23 Sept. 1944: 87. Keep.

"So Little Time Marches On." New Yorker 23 Sept. 1944: 20–22. Keep. Most. "The Longer the Lip, the Smoother the Grift." New Yorker 14 Oct. 1944: 21–22. Keep.

"Confidentially Whose?" New Yorker 18 Nov. 1944: 20–22. Newsreel substitutions reveal strange, twisted plots.

"Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer." New Yorker 16 Dec. 1944: 19–21. Keep. Most.

1945

"Send No Money, Honey." New Yorker 6 Jan. 1945: 20–22. Keep. Most.

"The Whole Thing in a Nuptial." Good Housekeeping Feb. 1945: 24, 152, 153. P’s misadventures in painting furniture for his spouse.

"Nothin’ Could Be Finer Than to Dine From Manny’s China in the Mornin’." New Yorker 3 March 1945: 20–22. Keep. Most.

"Hell in the Gabardines." New Yorker 12 May 1945: 20–22. Keep. Most.

"White Bimbo, or, Through Dullest Africa with Three Sleepy People." New Yorker 9 June 1945: 19–20. Keep. Most.

"Pull Devil, Pull Beagle." New Yorker 1 Dec. 1945: 33–34. Keep.

"No Dearth of Mirth—Fill Out the Coupon!" New Yorker 22 Dec. 1945: 19–20. Keep. Most.

1946

Sweet Bye and Bye (play).

"How Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth." New Yorker 5 Jan. 1946: 21–22. Keep. Most.

"The Customer is Always Wrong." New Yorker 2 Feb. 1946: 18–20. Keep. Most. "Physician Steel Thyself." New Yorker 2 March 1946: 20–22. Keep. Most.

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"Pain Counterpane." New Yorker 10 Aug. 1946: 16–18. Listen.

"Strictly from Mars, or, How to Philander in Five Easy Colors." New Yorker 26 Oct. 1946: 26–28. Listen.

1947

Travels around World with Hirschfeld.

"Good-by, Broadway, Hello, Mal de Mer." Holiday April 1947: 61–63, 65, 118–19, 121. WH-l. Westward. Most.

"Please Don’t Give Me Nothing to Remember You By." Holiday May 1947: 64–65, 108, 110–12. WH-l. Westward. Most.

"Boy Meets Gull." Holiday Aug. 1947: 62–63, 65, 100. WH-3. Westward. Most.

"The Flowery Kingdom." Holiday Sept. 1947: 72–74, 108–9. WH-4. Westward. Most.

"Carry Me Back to Old Pastrami." Holiday Oct. 1947: 62–63, 65, 104. WH-5. Westward. Most.

"Going Around in Circas." Reader’s Digest Nov. 1947: 131–132. Rpt. from "Curses." Sat Eve Post 13 Feb. 1943: 30. Acres. [Ch. 15].

"The Road to Mandalay." Holiday Nov. 1947: 62–63, 65, 112–113. WH-6. Westward. Most.

"The Back of Beyond." Holiday Dec. 1947: 72–73, 75, 126, 128–129, 131. WH-7. Westward. Most.

1948

"It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Cupidity." Holiday Jan. 1948: 55, 57, 111–113. WH-8. Westward. Most. [Title deleted in magazine.]

"Bile on the Nile." Holiday Feb. 1948: 62–63, 65, 121. WH-9. Westward. Most.

"The Sweeter the Tooth, The Nearer the Couch." New Yorker 7 Feb. 1948: 24–26. Listen. Most.

"A Mediterranean Idyll: Cairo to Genoa." Holiday March 1948: 68–69, 71, 96–98. WH-10. Westward. Most. ["Twenty Centuries Look Down"].

"Don’t Bring Me Oscars (When It’s Shoesies that I Need)." New Yorker 13 March 1948: 29–30. Listen. Most.

"Seamy Side Up." Holiday April 1948: 80–81, 83–86, 88. WH-11. Westward. Most.

"Many a Slip." New Yorker 17 April 1948: 25–26. Listen. Most.

"Danger in the Drain." New Yorker 1 May 1948: 22–25. Listen. Most. "Gulliver’s Survival." Holiday May 1948: 65, 67–68, 70, 96, 98–99. WH-12. Westward. Most. ["Home Is the Hunted"].

"Monet Makes the World Go Round." New Yorker 15 May 1948: 28–30. Listen.

"Casanova, Move Over." New Yorker 12 June 1948: 22–24. Listen.

"Be a Peacock! Earn Big Acrimony!" New Yorker 3 July 1948: 21–23. Listen.

"Little Boy Grue." New Yorker 17 July 1948: 22–24. Listen.

"Mortar and Pestle." New Yorker 16 Oct. 1948: 28–30. Listen. Most.

"Into Your Tent I’ll Creep." New Yorker 30 Oct. 1948: 21–23. CR. Listen. Most. "Tuberoses and Tigers." New Yorker 13 Nov. 1948.

"Home." Sat Eve Post 23 Sept. 1944: 87. Keep.

"Methinks He Doth Protein Too Much." New Yorker 27 Nov. 1948: 29–31. Listen. Most.

1949

"Stringing Up Father." New Yorker 1 Jan. 1949: 16–17. Listen. Most.

"How Ruritarian Can You Get?" New Yorker 22 Jan. 1949: 23–25. CR. Listen. "Washington Whirligig." Holiday Feb. 1949: 80, 82–84, 86–87. P. and Al Hirschfeld get away for a few days in the Nation’s Capital.

"Sodom in the Suburbs." New Yorker 12 Feb. 1949: 24–26. CR. Listen. Most. "Lady, Play Your Endocrines." New Yorker 12 March 1949: 25–27. CR. Listen.

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"Long Time No Sight-See." Holiday April 1949: 50–51, 142, 144–146. P. and Hirschfeld tour Radio City.

"Bluegrass Blues." Holiday May 1949: 54–55, 119–120, 122–124. P. and Hirschfeld go to the races and observe the indigenous types.

"Mayfair Mama, Turn Your Damper Down." New Yorker 14 May 1949: 26–28. CR. Listen.

"Great Aches from Little Boudoirs Grow." New Yorker 9 July 1949: 16–18. CR. Listen. Most.

"Rancors Aweigh!" Holiday Oct. 1949: 80–81. Swiss-l. Swiss. Most. *

"Low Bridge—Everybody Down." Holiday Nov. 1949: 54–55. Swiss-2. Swiss. Most.*

"The Wild Blue Yonder." Holiday Dec. 1949: 72–74. Swiss-3. Swiss. Most.*

1950

"Mamma Don’t Want No Rice." Holiday Jan. 1950: 54–55. Swiss-4. Swiss. Must.*

"The Java Sea, Through a Jaundiced and Bloodshot Eye." Holiday March 1950: 87–88. Swiss-5. Swiss. Most. ["Columbia, the Crumb of the Ocean"].*

‘Fifteen Dutch On a Red Man’s Chest." Holiday April 1950: 58–59. Swiss-6. Swiss. Most.*

"Our Vines Have Shrewder Grapes." New Yorker 22 April 1950: 28–31. Ill.

"Personne Ici Except Us Chickens." New Yorker 20 May 1950: 24–26. Ill. Most.

"The Hand that Cradles the Rock." New Yorker 1 July 1950: 20–22. Ill. Most.

"Stoked By Equal Parts Bols and Bombast, Our Hero Explores the Banda Sea." Holiday July 1950: 65–66. Swiss-7. Swiss. Most. ["Refrain, Audacious Tar"].*

"A Hepcat May Look at a King." New Yorker 22 July 1950: 22–23. Ill. Most.

"Our Author’s Portable Matriarchy Fearlessly Braves the Miniscule Perils of Bali and Bangkok." Holiday Aug. 1950: 61. Swiss-8. Swiss. Most. ["Whenas in Sulks My Julia Goes"].*

"The Song is Endless, But the Malady Lingers On." New Yorker 5 Aug. 1950: 20–23. Ill.

"Pickle Puss in Seven-League Boots Traverses the Road to Rome the Hard Way, Via Istanbul and Anguish." Holiday Sept. 1950: 65–66. Swiss-9. Swiss. Most. ["Pickle Puss in Seven-League Boots"].*

"Antic Hey-Hey." New Yorker 9 Sept. 1950: 28–31. CR. Ill. Most.

"Why, Doctor, What Big Green Eyes You Have!" New Yorker 30 Sept. 1950: 22–25. CR. Ill. Most.

"Young as You Feel." Redbook Oct. 1950: n.p. Ill.*

"Our Leisurely Hero and His Devoted Family, After a Sojourn in Southern France, Wind Their Way to England and Invest in a Midget But Miraculous Jalopy." Holiday Oct. 1950: 83–84. Swiss-l0. Swiss. Most. ["How Much Lotus Can You Eat?"].

"Our Travelers Pause for a Dish of Decorum with Bread Sauce on Sidmouth’s Glacial Strand." Holiday Nov. 1950: 11. Swiss-11. Swiss. Most. ["Decorum with Bread Sauce"].*

"Salesman, Spare that Psyche." New Yorker 11 Nov. 1950: 40–43. Ill.

"The Roaring Traffic’s Boom is Music in Our Traveler’s Ears as They Set Foot Once More on Their Native Heath." Holiday Dec. 1950: 27–28. Swiss-12. Swiss. Most. ["The Roaring Traffic’s Boom"].

"Rock-A-Bye, Viscount, in the Treetop." New Yorker 23 Dec. 1950: 18–21. CR. Ill. Most.

1951

"Nesselrode to Jeopardy." New Yorker 6 Jan. 29–32. III. Most.

"On the Banks of the Old Hogwash." New Yorker 27 Jan. 1951: 29–30. 111. "Watch the Birdie and Shield the Beezer." New Yorker 10 Feb. 1951: 28–29. 111. "Four-and-Twenty Blackjacks." New Yorker 3 March 1951: 26–28. CR. Ill. "Chewies the Goat but Flicks Need Hypo." New Yorker 31 March 1951: 22–24. Ill. Most.

"Hell Hath No Fury . . . and Saks No Brake." New Yorker 28 April 1951: 32–35. Ill. Most.

"Nirvana Small by a Waterfall." New Yorker 2 June 1951: 25–27. III. Most.

"Exit Pagliacci, Beefing." New Yorker 30 June 1951: 20–22. Ill.

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"Swing Out, Sweet Opiate." New Yorker 21 July 1951: 20–21. Ill.

"Duck, for the Night Is Coming." New Yorker 11 Aug. 1951: 22–24. Ill.

"Up the Close and Down the Stair." New Yorker 8 Sept. 1951: 32–35. Ill. Most.

"Oh, Sing Again that Song of Venery." New Yorker 20 Oct. 1951: 28–31. CR. Ill.

1952

"A Girl and a Boy Anthropoid Were Dancing." New Yorker 12 Jan. 1952: 22–24. Ill. Most.

"Birth of a Conquistador." Redbook Feb. 1952: n.p. Spring-1. Gorge. ["Go Now, Splendid Wayfarer: Birth of a Conquistador"].*

"In Pixie Land I’ll Take My Stand." Redbook March 1952: n.p. Spring-2. Gorge. ["Go Now, Splendid Wayfarer: In Pixie Land I’ll Take My Stand"].*

"A Week-End with Groucho Marx." Holiday April 1952: 58–59.*

"Duces Wild #3: Snake Eyes, Why Are You Blue?" Redbook April 1952: n.p. Spring-3.*

"Corn on the Caballero." Redbook June 1952: n.p. Spring-4.*

"The Great Nosepiece." Holiday June 1952: 87–90.*

"Give a Man Enough Latigo." Redbook Aug. 1952: n.p. Spring-5.*

"When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Films." New Yorker 2 Aug. 1952: 20–23. CR. Road. Most.

"Roll on, Thou Deep and Dark Scenario, Roll." New Yorker 16 Aug. 1952: 24–27. CR. Road. Most.

"Say a Few Words, Georgie." Holiday Sept. 1952: 77–79. Gorge. [Reworked into "Impresario on the Lam"].*

"Vintage Swine." New Yorker 20 Sept. 1952: 34–36. CR. Road. Most.

"The Wickedest Woman in Larchmont." New Yorker 18 Oct. 1952: 34–36. CR. Road. Most.

"I’m Sorry I Made Me Cry." New Yorker 8 Nov. 1952: 28–30. CR. Road.

"Danger—Molting Plumage." New Yorker 22 Nov. 1952: 36–39. Road.

"The Great Sourpuss." Holiday Dec. 1952: 95.*

1953

"By the Waters of Razz-Ma-Taz." New Yorker 3 Jan. 1953: 15–16. CR. Road. "Long Time No Sheepskin." New Yorker 31 Jan. 1953: 23–25. Road.

"‘M’ Is for the Migrane that She Gave Me." New Yorker 14 March 1953: 29–31. CR. Road.

"De Gustibus Ain’t What Dey Used to Be." New Yorker 18 April 1953: 28–31. Road. Most.

"I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been, A Matrix of Lean Meat." New Yorker 16 May 1953: 29–30. Road. Most.

"Come On In, the Liability’s Fine." New Yorker 6 June 1953: 37–38. Road.

"Hungarian Goulash, with Battered Noodles." New Yorker 27 June 1953: 23–25. CR. Road.

"Sorry—No Phone or Mail Orders." New Yorker 18 July 1953: 20–22. Road.

"Don’t Tell Me, Pretty Gypsy." New Yorker 15 Aug. 1953: 20–22. Road.

"Genuflection in the Sun." New Yorker 29 Aug. 1953: 22–24. Road. Most.

"It Takes Two to Tango but Only One to Squirm." New Yorker 12 Sept. 1953: 30–33. CR. Road. Most.

"Shades of Young Girls among the Flummery." New Yorker 10 Oct. 1953: 34–36. CR. Road.

"Short Easterly Squall, with Low Visibility and Rising Gorge." New Yorker 24 Oct. 1953: 29–31. Road.

"And Thou Beside Me, Yacketing in the Wilderness." New Yorker 21 Nov. 1953: 40–43. Road. Most.

"You’re My Everything, Plus City Sales Tax." New Yorker 12 Dec. 1953: 38–40. Road.

1954

"Calling All Addlepates." New Yorker 16 Jan. 1954: 22–23. Road.

"This is the Forest Primeval?" New Yorker 17 July 1954: 22–26. Dr. P-1. Gorge.

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"To Count the Cats in Zanzibar." New Yorker 31 July 1954: 16–19. Dr. P-2. Gorge.

"Shoot, If You Must, Past This Old Gray Head." New Yorker 14 Aug. 1954: 20–23. Dr. P-3. Gorge.

"Jet-Propelled Turban." New Yorker 28 Aug. 1954: 21–23. Dr. P-5. Gorge.

"The Artemisses." New Yorker 6 Nov. 1954: 35–38. Dr. P-4. Gorge.

1955

"Against the Grain with Charlene Bozeman." New Yorker 29 Jan. 1955: 20–23. Dr. P-6. Gorge.

"No Starch in the Dhoti, S’il Vous Plait." New Yorker 12 Feb. 1955: 28–31. Road. Most.

"Whereas, the Former Premises Being Kaput—" New Yorker 5 March 1955: 28–31. Road.

"Next Week at the Prado: Frankie Goya plus Monster Cast." New Yorker 26 March 1955: 28–30. Road.

"This Little Piggy Went to Market." New Yorker 23 April 1955: 28–30. Road. Most.

"Swindle Sheet with Blueblood Engrailed, Arrant Fibs Rampant." New Yorker 4 June 1955: 28–29. Road.

"My Heart’s in the Highlands, and My Neckband, Too." New Yorker 16 July 1955: 20–22. Road.

"Is There a Doctor in the Cast?" New Yorker 26 Nov. 1955: 46–49. Road. Most.

1956

Receives Academy Award, New York Film Critics Award for screenplay of Around the World in Eighty Days.

"The Saucier’s Apprentice." New Yorker 14 Jan. 1956: 22–23. Road. Most.

"One Comely Babe, Piping Hot." New Yorker 14 July 1956: 18–20. Road.

"Who Stole My Golden Metaphor?" Road. Most.

"Cuckoos Nesting—Do Not Disturb." New Yorker 25 Aug. 1956: 28–31. Most.

"Heat Yeggs In Vessel and Sprinkle with Hazard." New Yorker 15 Sept. 1956: 38–41. Most.

"The Frosting’s on the Dry Goods, the Customer’s in Shock." New Yorker 20 Oct. 1956: 29–31. Most. ["The Frost’s on the Dry Goods, the Customer’s in Shock"].

"Pulse Rapid, Respiration Lean, No Mustard." New Yorker 8 Dec. 1956: 48–50. Most.

1957

"The Big Wheel." Omnibus. An original teleplay. With Bert Lahr. 27 Jan. 1957.

"The Changing Ways of Love." The Seven Lively Arts. Narrated by P., hosts John Crosby, Mike Wallace. With Jason Robards, Jr., Piper Laurie, Dick York, Rip Torn. 3 Nov. 1957.

"The Yanks Are Coming, in Five Breathless Colors." New Yorker 19 Jan. 1957: 26–28. Most.

"The Great (and Invisible) Man." Holiday Oct. 1957: 88–89. Most. ["And Did You Once See Irving Plain?"].

"The Pants Recaptured." Most.

1958

"On Me It Looks Wizard." New Yorker 25 Jan. 1958: 29–30. Most.*

"Where Do You Work-a, John?" New Yorker 7 June 1958: 29–31. Gorge.

"Rent Me and I’ll Come to You." New Yorker 12 July 1958: 22–24. Gorge.

"Call and I Follow, I Follow!" New Yorker 16 Aug. 1958: 20–22. Gorge.

"Small is My Cinema, Deep My Doze." New Yorker 20 Sept. 1958: 36–38.

Gorge.

"La Plume de Mon Ami Est Dans le Flapdoodle." New Yorker 11 Oct. 1958: 38–41. Gorge.

"Is You Is or Is You Ain’t, Goober Man?" New Yorker 15 Nov. 1958: 52–55. Gorge.

"Dry Run—Everybody Down!" New Yorker 27 Dec. 1958: 18–20. Gorge.

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1959

"Malice in Wonderland: Three Hollywood Cameos." Omnibus. Dir. James Lee. With Keenan Wynn, Julie Newmar, Pat Englund, Norma Crane. 18 Jan. 1959.

"Open Letter to a Cold-Slough Mob." New Yorker 7 Nov. 1959: 49–52. Gorge.

1960

"Baby, I Will Enchant Thine Ear— Maybe." New Yorker 9 Jan. 1960: 22–24. Gorge.

"I Declare, Under Penalty of Milkshake." New Yorker 20 Feb. 1960: 39–41. Gorge.

"Brush with the Quality." New Yorker 25 June 1960: 28–30. Gorge.

"Revulsion in the Desert." New Yorker 23 July 1960: 18–20. Gorge.

"Eine Kleine Mothmusik." New Yorker 13 Aug. 1960: 28–30. Gorge.

"Let Old Acquaintance Be Forgot." New Yorker 8 Oct. l960: 38–40. Gorge.

"Monomania, You and Me Is Quits." New Yorker 26 Nov. 1960: 46–48. Gorge.

"Dial ‘H’ for Heartburn." New Yorker 3 Dec. 1960: 56–58. Gorge.

"The Slicker the Vet, the Sicker the Pet." New Yorker 24 Dec. 1960: 23–26. Gorge.

1961

"Gather Ye Rosebuds, But Watch Ye Step." New Yorker 7 Jan. 1961: 24–26. Gorge.

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mime." New Yorker 28 Jan. 1961: 28–31. Gorge.

"Oh, I Am a Cook and a Houseboy Bland." New Yorker 18 Feb. 1961: 34–37. Gorge.

"Plus Ça Change." New Yorker 18 March 1961: 38–40. Baby.

"Nobody Here ‘cep’ Us Riffraff." New Yorker 29 April 1961: 32–34. Chicken.

"The Sweet Chick Gone." New Yorker 3 June 1961: 28–31. Chicken.

1962

The Beauty Part (play)

"A Soft Answer Turneth Away Royalties." New Yorker 7 April 1962: 38–41. Chicken.

"If It Please Your Honor." New Yorker 28 April 1962: 37–38. Chicken.

"Nobody Knows the Muggin’ I’ve Seen." New Yorker 7 July 1962: 22–24. Chicken. ["Presto Change-o—Bunco?"]

"A Walk on the Sweet Side." New Yorker 11 Aug. 1962: 20–23. Chicken.

"Hail to the Chief, at Two-Thirds Off." New Yorker 15 Sept. 1962: 38–40. Chicken.

1963

Elizabeth Taylor’s London, 6 Oct. 1963.

"Large World." Theatre Arts Feb. 1963: 20–24.*

"Once Over Lightly, and Please Hush Your Bazoo." New Yorker 14 Dec. 1963: 50–52. Chicken.

"Hello, Central, Give Me That Jolly Old Pelf." New Yorker 21 Dec. 1963: 27–29. Chicken.

1964

"If a Slicker Meet a Slicker." New Yorker 25 Jan. 1964: 24–27. Chicken.

"I Was a Slave of Love." Sat Eve Post 22 Feb. 1964: 76–77. Chicken. ["Sampson Shorn, or The Slave of Love"].

"Reunion in Gehenna." New Yorker 22 Feb. 1964: 24–26. Chicken.

"Great Oafs from Little Monsters Grow." New Yorker 16 May 1964: 44–46. Chicken.

"Goodbye Broadway, Hello Mr. Square." Sat Eve Post 23 May 1964: 94, 96. Chicken.

"S .J. Perelman Talks to Teens: Do Anything Else, But Lay Off the Quill." Seventeen June 1964: 148, 170. After forty-five years as a writer, Perelman tries his best to counsel teens away from the profession.

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"Be a Television Writer! Earn No Money!" TV Guide 19 July 1964: 59. Chicken.*

"Eat, Drink, and Be Wary." New Yorker 21 Nov. 1964: 53–55. Chicken.

"Pastiche of the Author in Sweet Disarray." New Yorker 26 Dec. 1964: 26–28. Chicken.

1965

"Flatten Your Wallet—High Style Ahead." New Yorker 20 Feb. 1965: 34–36. Chicken.

"Six Daggers East." New Yorker 27 Feb. 1965: 28–31. Chicken. [Reworked into

"Misty Behind the Curtain"].

"Sex and the Single Boy." New Yorker 8 May 1965: 40–43. Chicken.

"Caveat Emptor, Fortissimo ex Philadelphia." New Yorker 19 June 1965: 28–30. Chicken.

"Are You Decent, Mem-sahib?" New Yorker 28 Aug. 1965: 28–31. Chicken.

"No Autographs, Please—I’m Invisible." New Yorker 18 Sept. 1965: 46–49. Chicken.

"Caution—Beware of Excess Prophets." New Yorker 23 Oct. 1965: 53–55. Chicken.

"Afternoon with a Pint-Sized Faun." New Yorker 4 Dec. 1965: 55–57. Chicken.

"Tell Me Clear, Parachutist Dear, Are You Man or Mouse?" New Yorker 25 Dec. 1965: 22–24. Chicken.

1966

"Muddler on the Roof." New Yorker 19 Feb. 1966: 32–34. Chicken.

"Walk the Plank, Pussycat—You’re on Camera." TV Guide 14 May 1966: 5–9. Chicken.*

"Hey, What’s Wriggling Around That Caduceus?" New Yorker 18 June 1966: 32–35. Chicken.

"The Rape of the Drape." New Yorker 24 Sept. 1966: 56–58. Baby.

"Too Many Undies Spoil the Crix." New Yorker 22 Oct. 1966: 53–55. Baby.

"Anna Trivia Pluralized." New Yorker 26 Nov. 1966: 53–55. Baby.

"Now Silent Flows the Con." TV Guide 24 Dec. 1966: 5–9. On the trials of television promotional appearances for his new book, Chicken Inspector #23.

1967

"Let a Snarl Be Your Umbrella." New Yorker 14 Jan. 1967: 26–27. Baby.

"Heads I Trim, Frails You Lose." New Yorker 25 Feb. 1967: 38–40. Baby.

"In Spite of All Temptations/To Belong to Other Nations." New Yorker 25 March 1967: 44–47. Baby.

"Paint Me a Pinion Immortal, Limner Dear." New Yorker 6 May 1967: 41–43. Baby.

"Dear Sir or Madam." New Yorker 3 June 1967: 31–33. Baby.

"The Hermit Crab." New Yorker 15 July 1967: 26–27. Baby.

"Lock Lips—Monkeyshines in the Bridgework." New Yorker 7 Oct. 1967: 47–49. Baby.

"10:30, and All Quiet on West Forty-fifth Street." New Yorker 23 Dec. 1967: 24–26. Baby.

1968

"Naked in Piccadilly, W. I." New Yorker 27 Jan. 1968: 29–30. Baby.

"The Poison and the Passion: Our Intrepid Investigator Solves Mysteries in Scotland Yard’s Black Museum." Holiday April 1968: 50–54, 95. Baby. ["My Life in Scotland Yard"].

"And, in the Center Ring, That Stupendous Death-Defying Daredevil . . ." New Yorker 11 May 1968: 38–40. Baby.

"I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls." Holiday Sept. 1968: 56–57, 101–102. Baby.

"Turn the Knob, Doe, You’re Obsolete." TV Guide 28 Sept. 1968: 6–9. Baby.

"Five Little Biceps and How They Flew." New Yorker 19 Oct. 1968: 53–54. Baby.

"Call Me Monty, and Grovel Freely." New Yorker 23 Nov. 1968: 56–58. Baby.

"Come, Costly Fido, Fur I Am Sick With Love." New Yorker 7 Dec. 1968: 56–59. Baby.

"Thunder Under the Kalahari, or Aliquid Novi Ex Botswana?" New Yorker 21 Dec. 1968: 29–32. Baby. ["Thunder Under the Kalahari"].

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1969

"She Walks in Beauty—Single File, Eyes Front, and No Hanky-Panky." New Yorker 22 Feb. 1969: 32–34. Baby.

"Room and Bored." Holiday March 1969: 40–41.*

"Three Loves Had I, in Assorted Flavors." New Yorker 22 March 1969: 34–37. Baby.

"Calling All Moths: Candle Dead Ahead." New Yorker 3 May 1969: 33–35. Baby.

"Be a Cat’s Paw! Lose Big Money!" New Yorker 26 July 1969: 31–33. Baby.

"The Skin You Love to Watch." TV Guide 2 Aug. 1969: 6–7, 9–11. Baby.

"Moonstruck at Sunset." New Yorker 16 Aug. 1969: 28–3l. Baby.

"To Err Is Human, To Forgive Supine." New Yorker 4 Oct. 1969: 36–38. Baby.

"Hark! Whence Came Those Pear-Shaped Drones?" New Yorker 1 Nov. 1969: 46–48. Baby.

"Out of This Nettle, Danger . . ." New Yorker 29 Nov. 1969: 49–51. Baby.

1970

"Who Stole My Golden Undies?" New Yorker 6 June 1970: 30–32. Vinegar. "Mad About the Girl." Holiday Sept.-Oct. 1970: 80–81. Vinegar.

"Missing: Two Lollapaloozas—No Reward." New Yorker 17 Oct. 1970: 39–41. Vinegar.

"Grifter, Stay ’Way from My Door." New Yorker 31 Oct. 1970: 40–42. Vinegar.

"Slow Down, Dangerous Footlights Ahead." New Yorker 21 Nov. 1970: 53–55. Vinegar. ["Slow Down, Dangerous Footlights"].

"The Pen is Mightier—and Also Pricier." New Yorker 26 Dec. 1970: 21–22. Vinegar.

1971

"The Machismo Mystique, or some views on various aspects of masculinity, as demonstrated by Ernest Hemingway, Mike Todd, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and a sensuous shrimp from Providence, Rhode Island." McCall’s Feb. 1971: 88–89, 168–169. Vinegar. ["The Machismo Mystique"].

1972

"Disquiet, Please, We’re Turning!" New Yorker 1 Jan. 1972: 22–24. Bend-1. Vinegar.

"New Girdle, With Lots of Support." New Yorker 8 Jan. 1972: 30–33. Bend-2. Vinegar.

"The Turkey Trot: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back." New Yorker 15 Jan. 1972: 24–27. Bend-3. Vinegar.

"Dip in Hot Water and Fry Till Acerbic." New Yorker 5 Feb. 1972: 30–33. Bend-4. Vinegar.

"In Vishnuland I’ll Take No Stand." New Yorker 12 Feb. 1972: 32–35. Bend-5. Vinegar.

"For Sale or Rent: One Pair of Seven-League Boots." New Yorker 19 Feb. 1972: 36–38. Bend-6. Vinegar.

"Meanwhile, Back at the Crunch . . ." New Yorker 8 April 1972: 33–35. Vinegar.

"Sleep Tight, Your Honor." New Yorker 12 Aug. 1972: 24–26. Vinegar.

"Hail, Hail, the Ganglia’s All Here." New Yorker 23 Sept. 1972: 32–34. Vinegar.

1973

"The Flash." Art News April 1973: 38–39. A parodic sketch of Al Hirschfeld on the occasion of "Al Hirschfeld—an Exhibition to Celebrate His 50 Years in the Arts" at the Margo Freiden Galleries.

"East of Java." Travel and Leisure June-July 1973: 26. Nostalgia-l. Vinegar. ["A Nutmeg for the Master"].*

"The Egg and Ainu." Travel and Leisure Autumn 1973: 30. Nostalgia-2. Vinegar.*

"Paradise—Once Over Lightly." Travel and Leisure Oct-Nov. 1973: 38. Nostalgia-3. Vinegar.*

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"Razzle-Dazzle in the Rib Room." New Yorker 29 Oct. 1973: 37–40. Vinegar.

"Ready, Aim, Flee!" New Yorker 24 Dec. 1973: 34–36. Vinegar.

1974

The Beauty Part revived.

"Frustration in Hong Kong." Travel and Leisure Jan. 1974: 30. Nostalgia-4. Vinegar. ["No Starch, No Tunic, No Chicken Fat"].*

"Whenas in Gilt my Julio Goes." New Yorker 21 Jan. 1974: 28–30. Vinegar.

"Barefoot in Burma." Travel and Leisure March 1974: 42. Nostalgia-5. Vinegar.*

"Pipe All Hands—Chimeras Dead Ahead!" New Yorker 20 May 1974: 35–36. Vinegar.

"And Then the Whining Schoolboy, with His Sachel." New Yorker 9 Dec. 1974: 40–43. Last.

"One of Our Stagecraft is Missing." New Yorker 23 Dec. 1974: 32–34. Last.

1975

"I Have Nothing to Declare but My Genius." New Yorker 24 Feb. 1975: 41–43. Vinegar.

"The Frost Is on the Noggin." New Yorker 2 June 1975: 34–36. Last.

"Three Fingers of Glencordite." Travel and Leisure Sept. 1975: 28. Eastward-l. Eastward. ["Looking for Pussy"].*

"Paris." Travel and Leisure Oct. 1975: 40. Eastward-2. Eastward. ["Paris on Five Dolors a Day"].*

"Russia." Travel and Leisure Dec. 1975: 30. Eastward-3. Eastward. ["The Millennium, and What They Can Do with It"].*

1976

"Turkey." Travel and Leisure [March 1976]. Eastward-4. Eastward. ["The Nearer the East, the Shorter the Shrift"].*

"Israel." Travel and Leisure June 1976: 30. Eastward-5. Eastward. ["Unshorn Locks and Bogus Bagels"].*

"Iran." Travel and Leisure Aug. 1976: 36. Eastward-6. Eastward. ["The Vintner Buys the Rolls Nobody Eats"].*

"Amok in Asia." Travel and Leisure Sept. 1976: 44. Eastward-7. Eastward. ["Rosy and Sleazy, or Dream and Reality in Asia."].*

"Zwei Herzen in die Drygoods Schlock." New Yorker 13 Sept. 1976: 32–33. Last.

"The Joy of Mooching." New Yorker 27 Sept. 1976: 30–32. Last.

"To One Cup of Java, Add One Snootful of Tahiti." Travel and Leisure Oct. 1976: 48. Eastward-8. Eastward.*

"Recapture Your Rapture, in One Seedy Session." New Yorker 29 Nov. 1976: 34–37. Last.

"Hooray for Hollywood." Travel and Leisure Dec. 1976: 44. Eastward-9. Eastward. ["Back Home in Tinseltown"].*

"Under the Shrinking Royalty the Village Smithy Stands." New Yorker 27 Dec. 1976: 21–24. Last.

1977

"To Yearn is Subhuman, to Forestall Divine." New Yorker 23 May 1977: 32–34. Last.

"All Precincts Beware—Paper Tigress Loose!" New Yorker 27 June 1977: 28–31. Last.

"Methinks the Lady Doth Propel Too Much." New Yorker 26 Sept. 1977: 32–34. Last.

"Scram! You Made the Pants Too Short." New Yorker 24 Oct. 1977: 38–41. Last.

1978

"Meanness Rising from the Suds." New Yorker 2 Jan. 1978: 20–23. Last.

"The Great Perelman Bazaar." The New York Times Magazine, 15 Jan. 1978: 12–13. His

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"Cloudland Remembered: S.J. Perelman presents the N.Y. Film Critics’ screenplay award to Annie Hall." Film Comment March-April 1978: 25. Amidst remembrances of writing in Hollywood during the 1930s, he praises Allen and his writer Marshall Brickman.

"Is There a Writer in the House?" New Yorker 20 March 1978: 33–35. Last.

"As I Was Going to St. Ives, I Met a Man with Seventeen Wives." New Yorker 11 Sept. 1978: 33–35. Last.

"One Order of Blintzes, and Hold the Flimflam." New Yorker 6 Nov. 1978: 40–42. Last.

1979

"Wanted: Short or Long Respite by Former Cineaste." New Yorker 19 Feb. 1979: 32–34. Last.

"A Farmer By Default or, Custodian of the Land." Sat Eve Post April 1979: 30. On the problems of getting rid of a farm and moving back to the city.

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cat’s-Paw." New Yorker 10 Sept. 1979: 43–45. Last.

1981

"My Brother-in-Law." Esquire June 1981: 93–94, 96. HS. Last. ["Nathanael West"].

"Going Hollywood with the Marx Brothers." Esquire Sept. 1981: 60–64, 66. HS. Last. ["The Marx Brothers"].

"Dorothy Parker." HS. Last.

"Three Little Photoplays and How They Grew." HS. Last.

University of Notre Dame

Notes

    1Richard Marschall, ed. New York: Morrow, 1984. Calling this period of Perelman’s career "early and essential," Marschall has collected the best of Perelman’s stories and woodcuts from his contributions to Judge (1925–1931). These frenetic, highly associational works are typical of Perelman’s contributions to the other humor magazines of this period, such as College Humor and the old Life. Perelman’s only contribution to the New Yorker in 1930 was "Open Letter to Moira Ransom" (13 Dec. 1930: 95–96), a reply to a "Strangest Thing I Ever Saw" column in which Perelman explains why he kissed the statue in a fountain.                                                                                                                   
    2In his "S.J. Perelman: Twenty Years of American Humor," Bulletin of Bibliography (Jan-March 1972: 10–12), Stephen H. Gale lists the stories written from 1940 to 1960 alphabetically and groups together series such as "Cloudland Revisited" alphabetically.
   3S.J. Perelman. Boston: Twayne. TUSAS #436, p. 109. Some biographical details in the yearly notes derive from this work.

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