The Essential Wit of the World's Funniest People

by Daniel Bukszpan

Overview

This compendium of timeless wit includes jokes, aphorisms and observations from Dorothy Parker, George Carlin, Franz Kafka, Bill Murray, and many others.

We’ve all heard the saying, “Everyone’s a comedian.” While that may be true, let’s face it—not everyone is funny. And even fewer are truly witty. As Daniel Bukszpan puts it in his introduction to this volume, witty saying have the ability to relate “something truthful about mankind’s folly in a matter of just a few words.”

That truth-telling is the common factor that unites this collection of jokes, asides, aphorisms, and observations from some of the wittiest individuals in history. Here you’ll find everyone from W.C. Fields to H.L. Mencken, and from Margaret Cho to Ralph Waldo Emerson, offering pithy insights on subjects such as money, religion, romance, popular culture—and everything in between.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435165427
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	11/22/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	124
Sales rank:	1,012,394
File size:	482 KB

About the Author

Daniel Bukszpan is a freelance writer with over twenty years’ experience. He has written for such publications as Fortune, Time, CNBC, Condé Nast Traveler, DNAinfo, and many more. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal, The Encyclopedia of New Wave, and The Art of Brutal Legend. He also contributed to AC/DC: High-Voltage Rock 'n' Roll The Ultimate Illustrated History; Iron Maiden: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of the Beast; Metallica: The Complete Illustrated History; and Rush: The Illustrated History. He is an antisocial guitar player who lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Asia, and his son, Roman.