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Sidney Joseph Perelman was an American humorist and screenwriter.

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S. J. Perelman

S. J. Perelman (1904-1979) was probably the funniest American writer of the 20th century. He was a master of word-play and a cultural parodist without equal.

S. J. Perelman was once described in these graphic terms:

Under a forehead roughly comparable to that of the Javanese or the Piltdown man are visible a pair of tiny pig eyes, lit up alternately by greed and concupiscence. His nose, broken in childhood by a self-inflicted blow with a hockey stick, has a prehensile tip, ever quick to smell out an insult; at the least suspicion of an affront, Perelman, who has the pride of a Spanish grandee, has been known to whip out his sword-cane and hide in the nearest closet. He has a good figure, if not a spectacular one; above the hips, a barrel chest and a barrel belly form a single plastic unit which bobbles uncertainly on a pair of skinny shanks. … A monstrous indolence, cheek by jowl with the kind of irascibility displayed by a Vermont postmaster while sorting the morning mail, is perhaps his chief characteristic.

That fanciful profile is from an introduction

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S. J. Perelman

American screenwriter (1904–1979)

S.J. Perelman

Born	Sidney Joseph Perelman (1904-02-01)February 1, 1904 New York City, U.S.
Died	October 17, 1979(1979-10-17) (aged 75) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Author, screenwriter
Alma mater	Brown University
Spouse	Laura West (m. 1929; died 1970)
Children	2

Sidney Joseph Perelman (February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979) was an American humorist and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker. He also wrote for several other magazines, including Judge, as well as books, scripts, and screenplays. Perelman received an Academy Award for screenwriting in 1956.

Early life, family and education

Perelman was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the only son of Joseph and Sophie Perelman, who moved from one failed business to another until they found themselves raising chickens on a farm and running a dry goods store^[1] in Providence, Rhode Island.

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S. J. Perelman Papers (Ms. 87.2)

Biographical note

Sidney Joseph Perelman was born on February 1, 1904, in Brooklyn, NY, to Joseph (a machinist and merchant) and Sophia (Charren) Perelman. During Perelman's childhood his family moved to Providence, RI.

S.J. Perelman attended Brown University (class of 1925) as did his future brother-in-law, Nathanael West (class of 1924). Perelman's wife, Laura West Perelman, graduated from Pembroke College, Brown University (class of 1930) and went on to collaborate with her husband on several screenplays and plays. While at Brown University, S.J. Perelman became a cartoonist for the Brown Jug, the campus humor magazine.

Perelman's first book, Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge (1929) brought him to the attention of Groucho Marx. Over the next several years Perelman wrote screenplays (including the Marx Brothers' films Monkey Business and Horse Feathers), plays, and books. In 1956 Perelman shared an Academy Award for his collaboration as a screenwriter for the film Around the World in 80 Days.

S.J. Perelman regularly contributed essays to T