1001 Great Jokes

From the Delightfully Droll to the Truly Tasteless

Author Jeff Rovin
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Mass Market Paperback
$10.99 US
On sale Apr 07, 1987 | 352 Pages | 9780451168290

A treasure trove of the funniest, most complete and best-organized adult humor you will ever find.

Whether you are looking for sparkling material for a formal dinner speech or crass comments to spice up a friendly poker game, here are more than 250 subjects, ranging from the delightfully droll to the truly tasteless.
 
And to make your search easier, all are arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced to related jokes in other categories. Among the topics skewered in this rich collection are baseball, bathrooms, yuppies, doctors, hillbillies, hospitals, lawyers, mothers-in-law, sex, singles, small towns, weddings, writers, and every other humor-worthy theme in contemporary society.
Jeff Rovin sold his first book at age 21 and has been a freelance writer ever since. He has worked as a consultant for television and movies and is a student of martial arts. He’s batty about New York, where he currently resides. View titles by Jeff Rovin

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A treasure trove of the funniest, most complete and best-organized adult humor you will ever find.

Whether you are looking for sparkling material for a formal dinner speech or crass comments to spice up a friendly poker game, here are more than 250 subjects, ranging from the delightfully droll to the truly tasteless.
 
And to make your search easier, all are arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced to related jokes in other categories. Among the topics skewered in this rich collection are baseball, bathrooms, yuppies, doctors, hillbillies, hospitals, lawyers, mothers-in-law, sex, singles, small towns, weddings, writers, and every other humor-worthy theme in contemporary society.

Author

Jeff Rovin sold his first book at age 21 and has been a freelance writer ever since. He has worked as a consultant for television and movies and is a student of martial arts. He’s batty about New York, where he currently resides. View titles by Jeff Rovin

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