Martin Schneider, the man behind the admirably focused and semi-extant Between the Squibs, contributes an occasional column in which he spelunks into the Complete New Yorker archives and tells us what he’s uncovered, occasionally creating Squib Report Challenges for readers who think they know their stuff.
I was watching Blast from the Past on cable earlier today, and I got a little curious about Christopher Walken. Such a singular figure. I think I may have found the first reference in The Complete New Yorker about him. Anyone care to guess when it is? I can reveal that the index gives the wrong answer—indeed, it is off by many years.
Previously in Between the Squibs: Here’s the column’s debut and the second installment.