St. Mugg

[supergee]

I never liked Malcolm Muggeridge. In my childhood he was the editor of Punch, which led me to the erroneous conjecture that the British didn't do humor any better than they spelled it. In his later years he decided he hadn't really liked sex anyway and no one else should. Scott Alexander makes him sound more interesting and offers an inspiring thought:

One day we shall bring forth a new species of man free from utopian desires and cleansed of belief in human perfectibility.

Comments

[legionseagle]

I detest Muggeridge. Not just for his observations on the Pill making women "dead eyed; not just promiscuous, but fat" but because of the infamous appearance with the Bishop of Southwark against Life of Brian when he was so unbearably smug.

[onyxlynx]

I vaguely remember Mr. Muggeridge being on TV in the late '60s and early '70s, but he never made enough sense to watch. And the more I read about him (and largely I only do it because it pings the "name is familiar" thing), the more I realize that even if he had made sense, I would not have liked him.

Was Punch ever funny?

[supergee]

Perhaps in its early days. Or perhaps, like classic New Yorker cartoons, it would not stoop so low.

[weofodthignen]

An awful bloviator, so I won't read the article you linked to. He's taken up enough of my time - and I liked Punch. Unfortunately it's dead; happily he is too.