of, well, it’s like the Marx Brothers. It’s a world of crazy adventures. Debunking, debunking serious things and
serious people. Erasmus’ Praise of Folie , Rabelais’ Gargantua . These are Menippean satires that are debunking serious people and pretension. They’re put-ons.
Forsdale: What interests you in that?
McLuhan: I’m working on Tristram Shandy .
Forsdale: Why?
McLuhan: With Eric. My son Eric is doing a doctorate on Tristram Shandy and Menippean satire in Tristram Shandy.