H. P. Lovecraft and Bob Newhart

Salon recently ran an article on H. P. Lovecraft. I had some trouble taking Lovecraft's work seriously … partly because the first Lovecraft story I read (The Dunwich Horror) reminded my of Newhart:

Hi. I'm Wilbur. This is my brother Yog Sothoth and this is my other brother Yog Sothoth.