A revised and expanded version of the author's previous book Jokes. There is a new chapter featuring tips and anecdotes from such luminaries as Bill Novak, Leo Rosten, Charles Osgood and Tip O'Neill. All jokes are ``clean'' and there are chapters on flies in the soup jokes, unintended puns, knock-knock jokes, shaggy dog jokes and many others. Includes a bibliography of joke books and magazines.
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A revised and expanded version of the author's previous book Jokes. There is a new chapter featuring tips and anecdotes from such luminaries as Bill Novak, Leo Rosten, Charles Osgood and Tip O'Neill. All jokes are ``clean'' and there are chapters on flies in the soup jokes, unintended puns, knock-knock jokes, shaggy dog jokes and many others. Includes a bibliography of joke books and magazines.
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Paul Dickson is the author of more than 45 nonfiction books and hundreds of magazine articles. Although he has written on a variety of subjects from ice cream to kite flying to electronic warfare, he now concentrates on writing about the American language, baseball and 20th century history. His most recent titles include Drunk: The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, Sputnik: The Shock of the Century and Slang: A Topical Dictionary of Americanisms.
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This important formula joke, which dates back at least to the early days of vaudeville, has inspired the following accolade from British humorist Michael Watts, which appeared in his wonderfully corny book, I say, I say! Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Knock Who, New York, San Francisco, Bob Orben, Kansas City, Keir Dullea, Marcus Welby, Anita Loos, Don Ameche, White House, Joan of Arc, King Kong, Washington Post, Don Juan, Leo Rosten, Lima Bean, Mary Lee, Mean Tummy, World War New!
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This important formula joke, which dates back at least to the early days of vaudeville, has inspired the following accolade from British humorist Michael Watts, which appeared in his wonderfully corny book, I say, I say! Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Knock Who, New York, San Francisco, Bob Orben, Kansas City, Keir Dullea, Marcus Welby, Anita Loos, Don Ameche, White House, Joan of Arc, King Kong, Washington Post, Don Juan, Leo Rosten, Lima Bean, Mary Lee, Mean Tummy, World War New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Shaggy Dog Story (Select Bibliographies Reprint Series) by Eric Partridge on page 113, and Back Matter
- The electronic battlefield by Paul Dickson in Front Matter
- The Big Book of Jewish Humor by William Novak on page 277
- My Turn by Nancy Lee on page 277
- Out of This World: American Space Photography by Paul Dickson in Front Matter
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