Best of
Comedy

1974

World of Psmith Omnibus


P.G. Wodehouse - 1974
    This omnibus contains four full-length novels: "Psmith in the City", "Psmith Journalist" and "Leave it to Psmith".

National Lampoon: 1964 High School Yearbook: 39th Reunion Edition


P.J. O'Rourke - 1974
    Estes Kefauver High School in Dacron, Ohio!  They’re all back in glorious black and white with color Magic Marker–Chuck U. Farley, Maria Teresa Spermatozoa, Purdy “Psycho” Lee Spackle, Faun Laurel Rosenberg, and, of course, Dacron’s most famous son, Larry Kroger.  Learn everything there is to know about Kroger’s past before he became the pop-culture legend Pinto (Tom Hulce), the virgin fraternity pledge in National Lampoon’s Animal House. With a hilarious “Where are they now?” addendum and a brilliantly funny new introduction by P. J. O’Rourke, the 39th Reunion Edition is sure to be the talk of the baby boomers who grew up with National Lampoon and of the new generation of comedy fans spawned by the success of The Onion.

The Devil's Storybook


Natalie Babbitt - 1974
    In this collection of ten original stories, Natalie Babbitt offers us a middle-aged Old Scratch with a tender ego, proud of Hell and anxious for his reputation; a plotter at once pompous and naive who has a way of losing as often as he wins. Nothing metaphysical here--this devil, rather, has an all-too-human nature.Some of his adventures in the World--for instance, his run-in with Walpurgis, a talking goat--are good for a laugh. Some, like the story of the clergyman who finds a demon's baby on the steps of the church, will leave readers thoughtful.

The Token Mad


MAD Magazine - 1974
    2nd printing.

The Snoopy Festival


Charles M. Schulz - 1974
    Snoopy Cartoons: Over 600 black-and-white strips and 96 pages full color

The Comedy World of Stan Laurel


John McCabe - 1974
    John McCabe follows Stan Laurel's career from his early days in British variety, his arrival in the United States, the first films, to his teaming up with Oliver Hardy in 1926 and their meteoric rise to fame.

Hancock's Half Hour


Ray Galton - 1974
    The episodes include two of the most famous ever - 'The Blood Donor' and 'The Radio Ham' - as well as two others from the same series - 'The Bowmans' and 'The Bedsitter'.

The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra


Phil Pepe - 1974
     New York Times–bestselling author Phil Pepe takes readers along on Yogi Berra’s journey from St. Louis to New York’s Yankee Stadium, including all the stops along the way—from his days as a tack-puller in a women’s shoe factory, to a pre-game tribute in St. Louis, when he coined the phrase, “I want to thank all those that made this night necessary,” to his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Pepe explores Yogi Berra as a boy, player, hero, coach, manager, husband, father, and jokester, including all of the “Yogi-isms,” in an absorbing treatment that is simultaneously comical, thoughtful, and biographical.   Famous Yogi-isms:   - About a popular restaurant: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” - On Little League Baseball: “I think it’s wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.” - On why the Yankees lost the 1960 World Series: “We made too many wrong mistakes.”

Tobermory and Other Stories


Saki - 1974
    Saki's stories include the satiric, the comic, the macabre, and show a marked interest in the use of animals as agents of revenge upon mankind.

The Fourth MAD Declassified Papers on... Spy Vs Spy


Antonio Prohías - 1974
    

The Invisible Mad


MAD Magazine - 1974
    

Justin Wilson's Cajun Humor


Justin Wilson - 1974
    Justin Wilson, the world's greatest spinner ofCajun tales, and Howard Jacobs, a leading authority on Cajun dialects, combinetheir rare talents in this rollicking anthology of Cajun humor.

Clem, The Clumsy Camel


Virginia Mueller - 1974
    Arch Books - Quality religious books for children presents Matthew 2:1-12.

The Sanity Inspector


Alan Coren - 1974
    

Monster Holidays


Norman Bridwell - 1974
    Summer, fall, winter, or spring,a monster is the very thingto make your holidays this yearFull of fun and laugh and cheer.