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You\u2019re listening to Ogden Nash read his poem: \u201cBankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer\u201d, and,
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\nWhat\u2019s wrong with having a little fun in poetry? Ogden Nash was known for doing just that, which led to him having a little fun on tv, radio, and in collegiate lecture halls nationwide. Even the uninitiated will recognize some of his lines, no doubt: \u201cIf called by a panther/don\u2019t anther\u201d and \u201cCandy/ is dandy/ but liquor/ is quicker\u201d, to name a couple.
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\nThis 1943 Decca recording contained poems from his book \u201cThe Face is Familiar.\u201d You can listen to the whole thing right here!
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\nPhoto: "Money" by 401 (K) 2012, made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic.