Take My Wife, Please: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes [Paperback]

Henny Youngman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Citadel; 1st Carol Pub. Group ed edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806520574
• ISBN-13: 978-0806520575
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A One Liner Treasury, November 21, 2000

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Stuart H. Henderson (Calabash, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Take My Wife, Please: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes (Paperback)

For those who remember Henny Youngman, you will laugh yourselves silly reading through this book of some of his very best. It seems he has a one-liner for every occasion and best of all, he keeps us laughing without the use of four letter words that so many comedians today think necessary to be funny. This book is Henny Youngman at his best. A real treasury of great humor.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT order this book from Amazon, December 1, 2005

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Philip Ryan (NY, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take My Wife, Please: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes (Paperback)

I give the book itself five stars, Amazon, no stars. They say this book is available in "3 to 4 weeks." Change that to "Never." I ordered it as a gift for my elderly uncle. Then waited. And waited. Amazon cheerfully kept pushing back the date the book would be delivered, for months and months and Months. What is the problem? If this book is in print, order it from the publisher! Finally my uncle went into the hospital and I figured he wouldn't want the book anymore. Amazon is very dishonest regarding this book, so do not order it unless you want to be disappointed!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A laugh at every subject, January 23, 2006

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Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take My Wife, Please: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes (Paperback)

Like his teacher Uncle Milty , Henny Youngman had a line or a story for every subject you could think of. I can see him now fiddling away, then stopping , flinging out the joke, and then continuing to fiddle.
Henny did not always hit the mark, and the book has more than its share of clinkers, but there are lots of laughs here also, especially for those who remember Henny with affection.