Speaking of humor, there was a story in the WSJ a bit ago, a son selling his parents' extensive collection of first issue books. At first he mentions his Dad was an English professor, but then that he got his start in TV writing jokes for Carson, then progressed to writing for such shows as “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Taxi,” “Cheers” and “Frasier.” The son was the creator of "Modern Family." Pretty interesting read, with nice comedic pops.