The Big Book of Jewish Humor: A Definitive Illustrated Collection of Jokes, Wit, and Comedy from the Marx Brothers to Philip Roth - Softcover

Novak, William; Waldoks, Moshe

 
9780061138133: The Big Book of Jewish Humor: A Definitive Illustrated Collection of Jokes, Wit, and Comedy from the Marx Brothers to Philip Roth
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0061138134 ISBN 13: 9780061138133
Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

A joyous and giftable collection of Jewish humor from every source imaginable: literature, jokes, children’s books, magazines, comics, newspapers, and others—from Mad Magazine to Philip Roth.

Bursting with quick wit and hilarity, this definitive, illustrated volume is beloved by countless readers and considered the must-have book for comedy fans and anyone looking for a good laugh. All the greats are here—from the Marx Brothers and Lenny Bruce to Shel Silverstein and Neil Simon—plus plenty of obscure but still laugh-out-loud comics, as well as literary and historical humor.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William Novak is probably best-known as the ghostwriter for the memoirs of Lee Iacocca, the Mayflower Madam, Tip O’Neill, and Nancy Reagan. He lectures widely on Jewish humor and art of ghostwriting.Moshe Waldoks is a Rabbi and he lectures extensively on Jewish cultural renewal and humor, and performs as a Jewish humorist

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Two rival businessmen meet in the Warsaw train station. "Where are you going?" says the first man.

"To Minsk," says the second.

"To Minsk, eh? What a nerve you have! I know you're telling me you're going to Minsk because you want me to think that you're really going to Pinsk. But it so happens that I know you really are going to Minsk. So why are you lying to me?"

Four men are walking in the desert.

The German says, "I'm tired and thirsty. I must have a beer."

The Italian says, "I'm tired and thirsty. I must have wine."

The Mexican says, "I'm tired and thirsty.

I must have tequila."

The Jew says, "I'm tired and thirsty. I must have diabetes."

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Verlag
William Morrow Paperbacks
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0061138134
ISBN 13 
9780061138133
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
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