| Edition |
1st Ballantine Books ed. |
| Description |
xxix, 622 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Writing Humor Is a Funny Way to Make a Living / Gene Shalit -- An Anthology of Introductions / Dorothy Parker, Louis Untermeyer, and Alexander Woollcott -- Why We Laugh--or Do We? / Robert Benchley -- From the Diary of a New York Lady / Dorothy Parker, Gluyas Williams -- The Ultimate Diary / Howard Moss -- Selections from the Allen Notebooks / Woody Allen -- A Pair of Sexes / Franklin P. Adams -- An Apartment House Anthology / Dorothy Parker, Robert Mankoff -- Opera Synopses / Robert Benchley -- No Starch in the Dhoti, S'il Vous Plait / S. J. Perelman -- Waiting for Santy / S. J. Perelman, Gary Solin -- The Whore of Mensa / Woody Allen -- Confessions of a Burglar / Woody Allen -- Tips for Teens / Fran Lebowitz, Charles Schulz -- Dusk in Fierce Pajamas / E. B. White -- The Stylish New York Couples / Veronica Geng -- Just a Quiet Diner for Two in Paris: 31 Dishes, Nine Wines, a $4,000 Check / Craig Claiborne -- Francs and Beans / Russell Baker -- Lesson One / Fran Lebowitz -- Timely Topics / Will Rogers -- Jack Benny in "Allen's Alley" / Fred Allen -- Say Good Night, Gracie / George Burns and Gracie Allen, Flenniken -- Garish Summit--Episode 1 / Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding -- Garish Summit--Episode 2 / Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, Mike Peters -- Patriotic Spot (60 Secs.) / Ellis Weiner, Bud Handelsman -- Curb Carter Policy Discord Effort Threat / Veronica Geng -- The Congress of Nuts / Henry Beard -- U. S. Still on Top, Says Rest of World / Garrison Keillor, Garry Trudeau -- My Mao / Veronica Geng -- The Vice-President / Finley Peter Dunne -- The White House Is Sinking! / Jeff Greenfield, Johnny Hart -- Attitude / Garrison Keillor, George Price / Organized Professional Team Sports / Casey Stengel -- Engineer's Yell / University of California, Robert Day, Jeff Macnelly / Who's on First? / Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Charles Schulz -- The Rivercliff Golf Killings / Don Marquis, Jeff Macnelly, H. T. Webster -- English Lit (mus) / Lois Romano, Charles Schulz, Nicole Hollander, Garry Trudeau, George Price -- Some Like Them Cold / Ring Lardner -- How to Harry a Husband or Is That Accessory Really Necessary? / Ogden Nash, Howard Margulies, James Thurber, Charles Addams, B. Kliban -- Blue Yodel 9 Jesse / Roy Blount, Jr. -- To Lillian Russell / Bert Leston Taylor, Jules Feiffer -- I Never Even Suggested It / Ogden Nash -- Mournful Numbers / Morris Bishop -- I Stand Corrected / Margaret Fishback -- The Sexual Revolution: Being a Rather Complete Survey of the Entire Sexual Scene / E. B. White, James Thurber, Frank Cotham -- Short Marriage Contracts / Finley Peter Dunne, Jim Unger -- Poems in Praise of Practically Noting / Samuel Hoffenstein -- The Notebook of a Schnook / Samuel Hoffenstein -- Poems of Passion Carefully Restrained So As to Offend Nobody / Samuel Hoffenstein, Skip Morrow -- Budget / Samuel Hoffenstein, Ton Smits, George Herriman -- The Wedding: A Stage Direction / H. L. Mencken, Jules Feiffer, Peter Arno -- Mr. Preble Gets Rid of His Wife / James ?Thurber, George Booth -- A Simple Tale / Samuel Hoffenstein, Jeff Macnelly -- The Last Laugh / Fran Lebowitz, Robert Mankoff -- How to Write Good / Michael O'Donoghue -- The Bards We Quote / Bert Leston Taylor -- Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences / Mark Twain, Charles Schulz -- A Garland of Ibids / Frank Sullivan -- The List of the Mohicans / Roy Blount, Jr., Jeff Macnelly -- The Purist to Her Love / Margaret Fishback, Bud Handelsman -- The Cliché Expert Testifies on Literary Criticism / Frank Sullivan -- Letterati / Steven Crist -- To a Thesaurus / Franklin P. Adams, Charles Schulz -- The Kugelmass Episode / Woody Allen -- Answers to Poets' Questions / Noel Perrin -- The Coming of Archy / Don Marquis -- The Firefly / Ogden Nash -- Great Fleas / Anonymous, Gary Larson -- A Considerable Speck (Microscopic) / Robert Frost -- The Honey Bee / Don Marquis -- Insect Societies / Mark O'Donnell -- Ode to a Dental Hygienist / Earnest A. Hooton -- Nothing But the Tooth / S. J. Perelman -- Oral History and Prognostication / Samuel Hoffenstein -- The Enigma Redundancy / Marshall Brickman -- Groucho and Chico Make a Deal / George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind -- Why a Duck? / The Marx Brothers -- The Cliché Expert Testifies on the Movies / Frank Sullivan -- Green Pastures / Roark Bradford -- A Fish Fry / Marc Connelly -- Antenna of the Roof / Frank Jacobs and Mort Drucker -- The Scrolls / Woody Allen -- Hasidic Tales, with a Guide to Their Interpretation by the Noted Scholar / Woody Allen -- Letters to Einstein / Philip Roth, Rea Irvin -- Christopher K*a*p*l*a*n / Leo Rosten -- Look What You Did, Christopher! / Ogden Nash -- Ferry-Tail From Keeng Mitas for Nize Baby / Milt Gross -- Mia Carlotta / T. A. Daly -- Over the Counter / Finley Peter Dunne -- Boggains in the Bronx / Arthur Kober, B. Kliban -- On the Aristocracy of Harvard -- John Collins Bossidy -- On the Democracy of Yale / Frederick Scheetz Jones, Sam Gross / Garry Trudeau -- The Drapes of Roth / Allan Sherman, Gary Larson, Jack Ziegler -- Résumé / Dorothy Parker, Gary Solin -- Old Country Advice to the American Traveler / William Saroyan -- Miniver Cheevy / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- Miniver Cheevy, Jr. / D. F. Parry -- Across the Street and Into the Grill / E. B. White -- Christmas Afternoon / Robert Benchley, Gahan Wilson -- Excerpts from Barefoot Boy with Cheek / Max Shulman -- The Little Girl and the Wolf / James Thurber -- What to Do on New Year's Eve--I / Roy Blount, Jr. -- What to Do on New Year's Eve--II / Roy Blount -- Torch Song Trilogy / Harvey Fierstein -- Ideas / Fran Lebowitz, George Price, M. Stevens, Arnold Roth -- Ben's Dairy / Calvin Trillin, Sam Gross -- Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer / S. J. Perelman, Jeff Macnelly -- Food Repairman / George Meyer -- Shy Right: Why Not Pretty Soon? / Garrison Keillor, Crockett Johnson -- Kiddie-Kar Travel / Robert Benchley -- More Big News from Out There / Gordon Cotler -- U.S. Torn Apart by French Attitudes / Lynn Caraganis -- The Old Codger's 1985 Almanac / Mark O'Donnell and Chris Austopchuk -- Into the American Maw / Ian A. Frazier, Jeff Macnelly -- Affectations / Kurt Andersen -- The Very Model of a Modern College President / Harold A. Larrabee -- Interview with Mel Brooks / Brad Darrach, Gary Larson -- An Alphabet of New Year's Resolutions for Others / Fran Lebowitz -- The Gashlycrumb Tinies / Edward Gorey, Gahan Wilson, Gary Solin, Charle Addams, Bill Lee, Rube Goldberg, Roz Chast -- Unearned Increment / Christopher Morley, Sam Gross -- Rolled in Rare Bohemian Onyx, Then Vulcanized by Hand / Bruce Mccall -- Classified Ads / National Lampoon, Gary Larson -- Afterword / Kurt Andersen / B. Kliban. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor.
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American wit and humor. |
| Added Author |
Shalit, Gene, 1936-
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| ISBN |
0345362519 |
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9780345362513 |
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