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So long, and Thanks for all the fish..Mr. Crazy Mohan!!
There has been no one who effortlessly made me laugh harder and louder like Mr. Crazy Mohan did and for that I will always be grateful.
Where do I begin? Do I begin at the where?
I mean..
Do I begin at the “Vaer (வேர்)”?
You know what I mean.
There was an audio cassette at home in the early 80s. It was titled “Crazy Thieves in Palavakkam”. And the only thing I remember from the audio recording of that stage play was the lead actor S.Ve.Shekher. It took a few years for me to learn more about the person behind the story of that stage play.
Rangachari Mohan, who went onto become “Crazy” Mohan.
Even though S. Ve. Shekher introduced me to Mr. Crazy Mohan, I moved onto Mr. Mohan for my Tamil humor soon after.
Many seeds of my humor were sown by Crazy Mohan. Even before I learned that there are specific terms called “wordplay” and “pun” for the kind of humor that came naturally to him, I was digging his humor, both knowingly and unknowingly. Crazy Mohan was original, authentic, and there was something childishly naughty about his humor, like he was always exploring. His humor was sometimes…
