Posted on 12/06/04
The funniest writer in America
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimBy David SedarisLittle Brown, 257 pages, $34.95I have always believed there is a comedy angel. She -- or he (or it) -- is itinerant and fickle. She-he-it flits from one show or singular talent and moves on fast, but causes a light to shine hard and bright from each new perch. In the case of television shows, this usually means a critical mass of talent has assembled to urgently work a new comic vein resulting in some groundbreaking TV: Places become "comedy labs." Shows like SNL play pass the baton to Letterman and on to Conan, The Simpsons, briefly from Beavis and friends and even -- secretly -- to SpongeBob SquarePants. U.S. author and playwright David Sedaris is another. He does it alone.
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