An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor

by Bennett Cerf (Editor)

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Bennett Cerf
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Bennett Cerf was born in 1898, in Manhattan. He was educated at Columbia University. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Cerf died in 1971.

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Canonical title
An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor
Original title
An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor
Original publication date
1954
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Contains:
  • Foreword
  • ANYWHERE, U.S.A.
    • Cornelia Otis Skinner / On Skating
    • Dorothy Parker / The Sexes
    • Joe H. Palmer
      • By Any Other Name
      • The Odds Were Right
    • Core... (show all)y Ford
      • How to Guess Your Age
      • The Office Party
    • Edward Streeter / Excerpts from Father of the Bride
    • Robert Benchley / Ladies' Wild
    • Russell Lynes / The New Snobbism
    • McEvoy, J. P. / From Host to Guest in One Generation
  • NEW ENGLAND
    • Frank Sullivan / Quigley 873
    • E. B. White / A Weekend with the Angels
    • Charles W. Morton
      • Prep Schools
      • Fishing Stories
    • Russell Maloney / Inflexible Logic
    • Cleveland Amory / Newport: Of Cottages and Queens (Abridged)
    • NEW YORK
      • O. Henry
        • Mammon and the Archer
        • Man About Town
      • Clarence Day / Father Wakes Up the Village
      • Dorothy Parker / From the Diary of a New York Lady
      • Leonard Q. Ross / The Rather Difficult Case of Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N
      • Ring Lardner
        • Liberty Hall
        • Sit Still
      • Damon Runyon / Blood Pressure
      • Wolcott Gibbs / The Free Lance
      • Arthur Kober / Chocolate for the Woodwork
      • H. Allen Smith / New York Is Mostly People
      • Frank Sullivan / An Interesting Cure
      • Bennett Cerf / The Artful Dodgers
      • A. J. Liebling / The Jollity Building (Abridged)
    • THE SOUTHLAND
      • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings / Benny and the Bird-Dogs
      • Joel Chandler Harris / The Wonderful Tar Baby
      • Mark Twain / Journalism in Tennessee
      • Roark Bradford / Excerpts from Of Man Adam an' His Chillun
      • Erskine Caldwell / A Small Day
      • Alva Johnston / The Legendary Mizners and the Florida Boom (Abridged)
      • Eudora Welty / Petrified Man
      • Mac Hyman / Excerpts from No Time for Sergeants
    • THE MIDWEST
      • James Thurber
        • The Night the Bed Fell
        • The Night the Ghost Got In
      • Ellis Parker Butler / Pigs Is Pigs
      • Ring Lardner / Mr. Frisbie
      • Emily Kimbrough / Cincinnati and I
      • Max Shulman / Excerpts from Barefoot Boy with Cheek
    • THE SOUTHWEST
      • Will Rogers
        • Frolics and Follies
        • Taking the Cure, by the Shores of Cat Creek
      • George Sessions Perry / Edgar and the Dank Morass
      • Frank Sullivan / An Innocent in Texas
      • The Editor / A Texas Sampler
    • THE FAR WEST
      • Bret Harte / An Ingenue of the Sierras
      • S. J. Perelman / Strictly from Hunger
      • John O'Hara / Life Among These Unforgettable Characters
      • Will Rogers / It's Time Somebody Said a Word for California
      • Robert Lewis Taylor / An Excerpt from W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
      • Herb Caen / There'll Always Be a Cable Car
      • Betty MacDonald / An Excerpt from The Egg and I
    • THIS SIDE OF PARODIES
      • Donald Ogden Stewart / The Whisky Rebellion
      • S. J. Perelman / Waiting for Santy
      • Ira Wallach / The Keeper of the Gelded Unicorn
      • Wolcott Gibbs / Shad Ampersand
      • Ε. B. White / Across the Street and into the Grill
    • THE NEXT VERSE YOU HEAR
      • Franklin P. Adams
        • Signal Service
        • Baseball Player
        • Frequently
        • Advice to Young Men
      • Richard Armour
        • Miniature
        • “Twas the Night (Late) Before Christmas
      • Morris Bishop
        • Ambition
        • Merry Old Souls
      • T. A. Daly / Mia Carlotta
      • Irwin Edman
        • On Hearing French Children Speak French
        • Note on Geriatrics
      • Margaret Fishback
        • Hell's Bells
        • Attention: Sunburn Enthusiasts
        • Infant Prodigy
      • Arthur Guiterman / Anthologistics
      • Samuel Hoffenstein / Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing
      • Newman Levy / Thais
      • David McCord
        • Highboy, Lowboy, Oboy!
        • Epitaph on a Waiter
        • To a Certain Certainly Certain Critic
      • Phyllis McGinley
        • I Hate Bachelors
        • This One's About Two Irishmen; or, Oliver Ames Is a Raconteur
      • Don Marquis / Excerpts from archy and mehitabel
      • Ogden Nash
        • What's the Matter, Haven't You Got Any Sense of Humor?
        • Genealogical Reflection
        • Song of the Open Road
        • Reflections on Ice-Breaking
        • Reflection on Babies
        • The Rabbits
        • The Panther
        • The Termite
        • What's the Use?
        • My Daddy
      • Dorothy Parker
        • Unfortunate Coincidence
        • Song of One of the Girls
        • Parable for a Certain Virgin
        • Bohemia
    • A WHIFF OF GREASE PAINT
      • Three Memorable Scenes from Broadway Comedy Hits
        • Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur / The Last Scene from The Front Page
        • Moss Hart and George S. Kaupman / The Opening Scene from The Man Who Came to Dinner
        • Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse / A Scene from Act II of Life with Father
      • Two Famous Radio “Feuds”
        • Jack Benny vs. Fred Allen
        • W. C. Fields vs. Charlie McCarthy
      • John Crosby / Excerpts from Out of the Blue
      • A Vaudeville Classic / Dr. Kronkhite
      • The Editor / Show Cases
    • GROWING PAINS
      • Robert Benchley / One Legend Less
      • F. Scott Fitzgerald / The Baby Party
      • Milt Gross / Excerpts from Nize Baby
      • Margaret Millar / Excerpts from It's All in the Family
      • Shirley Jackson / Charles
      • Ruth McKinney / An Excerpt from My Sister Eileen
      • John Mason Brown / Happy Birthday
      • Sally Benson / An Excerpt from Junior Miss
      • Al Capp / Memories of Miss Mandelbaum
      • Hildegarde Dolson / An Excerpt from We Shook the Family Tree
    • BEYOND THE TWELVE-MILE LIMIT
      • Anita Loos / Excerpts from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
      • Donald Ogden Stewart / Excerpts from Mr. and Mrs. Haddock Abroad
      • Mark Twain / A Night of Terror
      • Donald Moffat / Gendarmes and the Man
      • Art Buchwald
        • Some Heady Phrases on Wine
        • Other Voices, Other Wines
      • Robert Benchley / Carnival Week in Sunny Las Los
      • S. J. Perelman / The Idol's Eye
      • Wolcott Gibbs / Cure
      • Thomas Heggen / The Birthmark (From Mr. Roberts)
      • Guy Gilpatric / Mary, Queen of Scots

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
817.008 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English Humor: Jokes & Riddles
LCC
PZ1 .C35 .E — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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