Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngmana's Giant Book of Jokes

Name: Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngmana's Giant Book of Jokes
Brand: Skyhorse Publishing
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By Henny Youngman

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It was said of the late Henny Yougnman that he could make the Sphinx crack a smile. For seventy years he tossed out one-liners that sent waves of laughter through audiences all over the country; a Henny Youngman nightclub appearance guaranteed a sold-out engagement. A vaudeville headliner, Youngman also went on to conquer radio and television. In Take My Wife, Please! Youngman's enduring routines are collected in one volume. Arapid-fire comic, he could tell six, seven, sometimes even eight jokes a minute, like: Walked into a store and said, "This is my wife's birthday. I'd like to buy her a beautiful fountain pen. The clerk winked at me and said, "A little surprise, huh? I said, "Yes, she's expecting a Cadillac. You meet the craziest people on the subway. One guy sitting next to me kept saying, "Call me a doctor-call me a doctor. I asked, "What's the matter, are you sick? He said, "No, I just graduated from medical school. Youngman began his career with the intention of becoming a concert violinist. When he discovered that he had a talent for making people laugh, the violin became a prop. He was called the King of the One-Liners for good reason, and this collection shows why.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 336
Release Date:: 2014-05-06
Publication Date:: 2014-05-06
Publisher:: Skyhorse Publishing
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1628736585
ISBN13:: 9781628736588
Weight:: 414 g
Height:: 15.4 cm
Width:: 22.8 cm
Thickness:: 2.5 cm

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