american wit and humor

Collection of jokes, one-liners, and other lighthearted glimpses of life drawn from Reader's Digest magazine.

Author takes a humorous look at situational ethics, leadership, disinformation, and assorted facts of life.

A collection of illustrations that humorously depict the conflict between characters in well know movies.

Abraham Lincoln has long been admired for his leadership, honesty, and eloquence. But despite his somber reputation, the sixteenth president was quite funny. With an uncanny ability to mimic others and an irresistible midwestern twang, Lincoln, in fact, could be downright hilarious.

A unique and perfect gift book for any high school or college graduate, Good Luck With That is not your typical book of profound and poignant wisdom for graduates. Instead, this book looks at the advice you really need after graduation and it's all a load of nonsense.

Nine-year-old Amelia McBride attempts to help her aunt Tanner, a retired rock singer, deal with a sudden resurge in her popularity.

101 cat cartoons that are the cream of the crop from sixty-five years of The New Yorker.

Comedian Bill Cosby shares humorous observations in stories about a number of characters such as Peanut Armhouse and Old Mother Harold.

Explores the reasons to be afraid of clowns, and offers a humorous, four-step plan to protect oneself from clowns. Discusses types of clowns, clown anatomy and lingo, defense against clown attacks, and clown-proofing one's home. Includes color photographs throughout.

"From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle, George Carlin to Eddie Murphy, Conan O'Brien to Louis C. K.--comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff presents a century of...rebels, forgotten stars, and characters on the precipice of fame in this...history of American comedy"--Dust jacket.