Art Buchwald 1925-2007

By Mark Kaufman
Humorist Art Buchwald passed away today at the age of 81. The Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and satirist wasn’t exactly my cup of tea, but I first became aware of him as a television personality in the mid to late 1960’s. He was certainly funny to a kid in New Jersey with a black and white television. He was a cigar chomping, funny looking guy with thick black glasses and something of a speech impediment. As I remember it he was certainly good panel on chat shows and game shows. I do remember picking up a couple of his books in my teen years, and either it was over my head at the time or like I’ve said just not my cup of tea. For some reason I seem to always associate him with the late great Herblock. Because they both toiled for the Washington Post I guess. I’ll take a second look at some of Art’s books, only sorry that it hadn’t occurred to me until now.