- T.S. Eliot, Susan Sontag, Phillip Lopate, Cold Bacon
(people who fancy themselves as intellectuals)
- Anthony Lane, Dave Hickey, Elaine Scarry, Mike Lewis
(people who fancy themselves as cultural critics)
- Evelyn Waugh, Edward Gorey
(people who fancy themselves as off beat humorists)
- David Ives
(people who fancy themselves as postmodern humorists)
- Dave Barry
(people who fancy themselves as humorists)
- Steven Almond,
Allison Silverman
(people who fancy themselves as contemporary humorists)
- Julia Lipman
(the next generation)