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1、The author,Max Shulman,马克斯舒尔曼,Max shulman,Max Shulman(March 14,1919August 28,1988)is a 20th century American writer best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis(多比吉尔斯),as well as for other best-selling novels.His writing often focused on young people,particularly in a collegi
2、ate(大学的)setting.,Max shulman,NovelistPlaywrightScreenwriter(编剧)Humorist,Max shulman,Barefoot Boy With Cheek无礼的赤脚少年Sleep Till NoonThe Feather Merchants衣冠楚楚的商人The Zebra DerbyThe Tender TrapRally Round the Flag,Boys!孩子们,团结在旗帜周围吧I Was a Teenage Dwarf Anyone Got a Match?,Barefoot Boy With Cheek,Outrageou
3、s(粗暴的;无法容忍的;反常的;令人惊讶的)and witty(诙谐的)expose of American college life,The Feather Merchants,The term Feather Merchants was a G.I.slang for civilians during the World War II.This book tells the story of an unheroic hero.In this comic classic episodes follow in rabid succession.,Rally Round The Flag Boy
4、s,which became a best-seller and then a movie starring Paul Newman,Joanne Woodward,Joan Collins,Anyone Got a Match?,It satirized both the television and tobacco industries,as well as the South and college football.,Feature of his writing,He is a writer who could make people laugh.Indeed,the intentio
5、n of Shulmans humor is to present a world without risk and menaceBut his humor is not an instrument of criticism,Dobie Gillis,The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis The Affairs of Dobie Gillis(1953)I Was a Teenage Dwarf(1959),Shulmans collegiate character,Dobie Gillis,was the subject of a series of short st
6、ories compiled under the title The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,which became the basis for the 1953 movieThe Affairs of Dobie Gillis,followed by aCBStelevision series,The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis(1959-1963).,Dobie Gillis,Dobie Gillis,My name is Dobie Gillis and I like girls.What am I saying?I love g
7、irls!Love beautiful,gorgeous,soft,round,creamy girls.Now,Im not a wolf,mind you.No,you see a wolf wants lots of girls,but me?Well,I just want one.One beautiful,gorgeous,soft,round,creamy girl for my very own.Thats all I want!One lousy girl!But Ill tell you a sad,hard fact.Im never gonna get a girl.N
8、ever.Why?Because to get a girl you need money.And standing between me and money is a powerful obstacle:a POWERFUL obstacle!,A select list of his endeavors in pursuit of love:,Pretends to be terminally ill Dobie reads a book on positive thinking to increase his mental powers Borrows fancy clothes fro
9、m a local tailor to better his wardrobe Fist fights with Milton Armitage for the title of Top Fist Takes a job in a shoe store to impress a girls father Exaggerates his fathers WWII military record to impress a girl with a military family,Dobie Gillis,The moral of the story is You cant always get what you want,but if you try some time,you just might find,you get what you need.,Max shulman,life was bitter and I was not.All around me was poverty and sordidness but I refused to see it that way.By turning it into jokes,I made it bearable.,over,