It was made into a play, a Broadway as well as a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the world's most beloved, madcap, devastatingly sophisticated, and glamorous aunt. She is impossible to resist, and this hilarious story of an orphaned ten-year-old boy sent to live with his aunt is as delicious a read in the twenty-first century as it was in the 1950s.

    From humble beginnings in New York, Burns and Allen went on to become much-loved stars of stage, radio, television, and the big-screen, one of the few entertainers to be successful in each venue. The book begins with Burns' childhood and early struggles in vaudeville before he meets Gracie Allen. Burns then details his efforts to win her affections; their marriage and adoptions of two children; radio, film, and TV productions (including the script of a 1955 show for their television series). Included are 16 pages of illustrations. George Burns, born in 1896, passed away at age 100 in 1996. Gracie Allen preceded him in death, passing away in 1964.

    

    The anthology that spans an entire lifetime of writing by America's greatest curmudgeon, with a "flick of mischief on nearly every page."

    The tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides the only way to survive an economic downturn is to declare war on the United States and lose to get foreign aid - but things don't go according to plan.The Mouse That Roared was originally published as a six-part serial in the Saturday Evening Post, and was made into a successful feature film starring Peter Sellers.

    He relates his youth in a cycle of growing-up stories, beginning before he enters school and culminating with the loss of friends to the Vietnam War. The characters are memorable: Miss Daisy--one of the six Boring sisters, teachers every one; Daff-Knee Garlic, owner of the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater; and Aunt Laura, who knows to listen for the crack of dawn. Developed in oral performance, Davis's stories resonate in the experiences of his listeners and readers. These stories will teach readers the importance of caring, fairness and respect.

    A collection of the master's dogs, written and drawn, real and imaginary, living and long ago

    Reprint of early MAD comic strips

    Drop your present reading matter into a glass of water and see how it dissolves into a soggy mess. Now try the same test with a MAD book. Notice how crisp and firm the cover stays, how those bright MAD pages begin to fizz. In just eight seconds MAD's mind-rotting ingredients paralyse the cerebellum, bringing blessed relief. So remember - when brain-fag strikes, strike back with MAD!

    

    In this hip, frenetic biography, Oliver Trager explains Lord Buckley's turbulent life and career and the reasons behind his slide into obscurity after his death in 1960.

    And as much as we (and millions of others) love him for his high-jinks and high spirits, we love him even more for doing-with incredible aplomb-the things we never dare to do ourselves.

    

    McAdams writes about absurdly normal stuff--the trials of buck teeth, dating hell, going home for Christmas vacation, the general foibles of the human race--all hilariously captured in this first McAdams collection for a national audience.

    In addition, there is verse by 'Breaker' Morant, Joseph 'Tom Collins' Furphy, C. J. Dennis, 'Dryblower' Murphy, 'Mulga Mick' O'Reilly and many, many more.

    An adult fiction humorous novel about banking, Alexander's first novel.

    

    Donald Davis, however, found his focus trained sharply on the 48-inch-wide trail whose ledge drops 700 feet to the Colorado River. Interweaving his trademark humor with vivid detail of perhaps the most remarkable experience offered by the National Park Service, Davis paints for us the stages of this adventure: the gleeful anticipation, the encounter with his own personal mule, the ....

    Alber:Steve Allen uses the language of the bopsters to retell these well-known fairy tales: "Goldilocks and the Three [Cool ] Bears"; "The Three [Mixed-Up] Little Pigs"; "[Crazy] Red Riding Hood"; and "Jack and the [Real Flip] Beanstalk"