The Little Giant(r) Encyclopedia of One-Liners

I have to admit I was highly skeptical when I bought this book. I buy lots of joke books (I'm an entertainer) and a lot of times if I circle the jokes I liked I find I circled one of two. NOT IN THIS ONE! This is truly a "little giant encyclopedia": small but quite THICK. These aren't jokes jokes that go on forever but short, punchy one-liners. And although this book DOES have some from famous current and legendary comedy mavens, it has a LOT of original stuff. Gene Perret (Bob Hope's former writer who has a lot of GREAT books he has penned himself) compiled and wrote this with Terry Marin -- and all I can say is that a "jaded" entertainer like me read this and laughed out loud. You can use these one-liners in your conversations with friends (remember that many of the BEST ad libs you see on tv are rehearsed!), for a speech, toast, roast etc. There are new ones such as: "I told my doctor I couldn't lift my hands above my head. He told me to stay away from muggers," and "He wore a toupee that made him look 10 years sillier." And there are ones from comedy pros: "She's so fat she's got more chins than the Chinese phone directory." (Joan Rivers) and "He's so old his blood type is discontinued." (Bill Dana)Jokes are divided into categories and there's a nice index so you can look up what you want when you need it. Bottom line: super quality...super-value...convenient size!