The Attic 5/2/18 The Attic 5/2/18

WHY WE LAUGH, OR DO WE?

"In America, there are two kinds of travel -- first class and travel with children."

-- Meet Robert Benchley.

RUBE GOLDBERG -- MASTER OF CRAZY CONTRAPTIONS

Inventive, clever, funny, cartoonist Rube Goldberg captured our love/hate affair with machines.

They were Dizzy, Daffy, and Ducky. They clowned, brawled, and romped through the Great Depression.