Humorist Fred Marple at Black River Academy

LUDLOW, Vt. – Fred Marple brings his one-man show of yankee humor, music, and assorted nonsense to benefit the Black River Academy Museum in Ludlow, Vt., on Saturday, June 15, at 7 p.m. Fred Marple is the unofficial spokesman for … Continued

An Night of Comedy with Lee Hardin

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Clean Comedy comes to Springfield! Featuring Lee Hardin, as seen on DryBar Comedy and NBC. Lee comes to us all the way from Nashville, Tenn., with his clever writing and stories of hilarious embarrassment. Clean Comedy for … Continued

I love stories

From Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Henry LaBatt’s Stroke Arlington, [Vt.] of the twentieth century has not at all lost its habit of turning small everyday chance happenings into a good-humored laugh, which passes around the community and ends by leaving in … Continued

Springfield Library: “A Funny Program About Funny Programs”

The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – On Thursday, April 22 at 6 p.m., join the Springfield Town Library for an online presentation of “A Funny Program About Funny Programs.” Award-winning author and pop culture historian Martin Gitlin hosts this fun and enlightening presentation … Continued

Vermont humor

May 1924 Carpenter's Store News.

Below is a front page article from the May 1924 Carpenter’s Store News. “Carp,” as he was known, wrote stories under a number of pseudonyms: B.V.D., Jack, Diogenes, Heinie, and others. Carp’s hyperbolic sense of humor was enhanced with his … Continued

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