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| Gumpert, Father Clodian |
The moderator of the Saint Contraceptua Youthful Anti-Smut League; author of So You Think Chasity is a Joke!, Keep Your Hands to Yourself, The Topless Bathing Suit and the Bottomless Pit, and After Marriage: All Systems GO? [St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 98-9].
There isn't much to say about Father Gumpert - maybe an echo of the word clod with a nod to baseball player Randy Gumpert? Anyway, as to his writing endeavors we wonder how close Bellairs's titles were to the real thing?
"Catholic pamphlets aimed at teens were not luridly titled and aimed at a friendly, straightforward writing style," says Myers, noting Bellairs is truly exaggerating and being unfair with Gumpert's writing.
"The actual titles were considerably tamer - like Father Bob Talks Straight from the Shoulder to Patty and Joe," adds Bowen. "John's are a little over the top but not too far from the spirit of the contents, at least. What little of this stuff I remember reading was rather smarmy in tone, presuming that Patty and Joe were eager for Father Bob's wise guidance. The scolding tone in John's parody titles was mostly reserved for sermons, where the audience was captive." |
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