The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: (Plus some that she overheard!) [Paperback]

Kevin Kenworthy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2000

Here are Minnie Pearl's best jokes, funny stories about her family and friends in Grinder's Switch, and fond remembrances of Minnie by many stars who knew and loved her.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (October 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558537341
• ISBN-13: 978-1558537347
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #729,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Within a few pages, you easily recall Howdee and a grin, May 25, 1999

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This review is from: The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: (Plus some that she overheard!) (Paperback)

What a delightful book, a must buy for anyone that needs quick material to warm up a crowd or just to have a joke to share with friends. Remember, she stole them and admitted it. Minnie Pearl has a special place as an Icon of American humor. Within a few pages, you easily recall "Howdee" and a grin that grabbed you and didn't let go until you were rolling in the floor laughing at jokes and stories you had heard before and reading them you can picture her telling them wearing that famous $1.98 hat. These stories and jokes often started in Grinder's Switch but were understood from the streets of New York to the plains of Kansas.

I really can't remember all the television shows I saw her on, but she was always the same and always entertaining. Reading the jokes and the stories from her co-stars for the Grand Ole Opry brought back good memories. I especially enjoyed the chapter "Tyin' Ourselves Up in Knots". The chapter "Take Two Lawyers and Call Me in the Mornin'" takes a shot at everyone and what profession would want to be left out of a Minnie Pearl joke book?

I would recommend this book to anyone who truly enjoys a good joke and likes to share it with others. To know who stole it the first time makes it even funnier!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Trip to Grinder's Switch, June 20, 2000

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Steven Fantina (Phillipsburg, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: (Plus some that she overheard!) (Paperback)

No vulgarity. No profanity. No salacious remarks. No racism. No blasphemy. And Minnie Pearl called herself a comedienne? Indeed she did, and so did legions of fans for over fifty years. Even now that she's gone, her memory is beloved by all her admirers and those who value clean and uproariously funny jokes.

Some of these zany stories may lose something without Miss Minnie's unique delivery, but even those that fall a little flat will still cause a chuckle, and none will offend.

Its hard to imagine the ribald monologues of Roseanne Barr or any of today's other so-called funnywomen living on the way Minnie Pearl's classy comedy has. Besides the good times these jokes will bring, they stand as the wholesome legacy of an admirable lady who respected both her fans and her integrity.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Her Humor Lives On, June 16, 2000

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Steven Fantina (Phillipsburg, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: (Plus some that she overheard!) (Paperback)

No vulgarity. No profanity. No salacious remarks. No racism. No blasphemy. And Minnie Pearl called herself a comedienne? Indeed she did, and so did legions of fans for over fifty years. Even now that she's gone, her memory is beloved by all her admirers and those who value clean and uproariously funny jokes.

Some of these zany stories may lose something without Miss Minnie's unique delivery, but even those that fall a little flat will still cause a chuckle, and none will offend.

Its hard to imagine the ribald monologues of Roseanne Barr or any of today's other so-called funnywomen enduring the way Minnie Pearl's classy comedy has. Besides the good times these jokes will bring, they stand as the wholesome legacy of an admirable lady who respected both her fans and her integrity.