SKB: Lolita lurking in a 1940s
Abbot[t?] & Costello sketch, caught on a WW2 movie-rerun TV last night[...]
C is bemoaning the fact that he is 40 years old but his “girl friend” is only 10
(Nymphet is not in use then?) Abbot tells C not to worry about the age
difference:You’re now 4 times her age (L Carroll might say “Frice!”) , but in 5
years time the ratio will be reduced to 3 (45/15). And in 20 years’ time,
incroyable, C is only twice as old (60/30). Abbot then consoles C that if he
waits long enough, he’ll be the same age as his beloved. C says “How dumb! She
won’t wait for me that long!”
JM: Two associated
reminders
(1) one of the Marx brothers, on
"Lolita", mentioned his plan to let the book wait in a drawer for a few
years, until the nymphet turned older;
(2) One of Schulze's "Peanuts" characters, perhaps
Charlie Brown, consoles his friend who is in love with a girl that is three
years younger than he is (say he is 6 and Sally is 3): "Don't
you worry about that! The difference will be slight after you turn 96,
because she will then be 93." ( the original caption is funnier).
There might even be a mathematical formula to
distinguish abnormal interests in girls that are half one's
age...
And what about Fitzgerald's "Benjamin Button" (movie
version)?