Best.Gags.Ever!: Over 1,000 Of The World's Funniest Jokes And One Liners

Description

From Groucho to Gervais - this is the ultimate collection of over 1,000 of the world's funniest jokes, one-liners and zingers from stand-up, film and television. This book is filled with the funniest quotes from the greatest comedians, actors and actresses ever to walk the Earth. "Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people only once a year." (Victor Borge). "When you have a fat friend, there are no see-saws; only catapults." (Demetri Martin). "Well, it's 1am. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids." (Homer Simpson). "Old McDonald was dyslexic, E-O-I-O-E" (Billy Connolly). "A man in the house is worth two in the street." (Mae West).

Reviews

"Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people only once a year." (Victor Borge) "When you have a fat friend, there are no see-saws; only catapults." (Demetri Martin) "Well, it's 1am. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids." (Homer Simpson) "Old McDonald was dyslexic, E-O-I-O-E" (Billy Connolly) "A man in the house is worth two in the street." (Mae West)"

Author description

Alan Buxton is a comedy writer for TV and radio. He has written for Steve Coogan, Simon Pegg, Alistair McGowan, Smack the Pony, Dead Ringers, Hale and Pace, Graeme Garden and many others.

Table of contents

Comedians to be featured in the collection will include classic funnymen like Groucho Marx; Bob Hope; George Burns; Woody Allen; Steve Martin; Steven Wright and so on; but there will also be lines from Britain's greatest comedy stars like Spike Milligan; Eric Morecambe; Peter Cook; Tommy Cooper; Ronnie Barker et al. On top of that; great contemporary comedy stars from both sides of the pond (even Australia!) would also feature; for example Chris Rock; Ellen Degeneris; Bill Hicks; Eddie Izzard; Demetri Martin; Jo Brand; Peter Kaye; Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais. Also; classic comedy movies and TV shows to be quoted would include Friends; Frasier; The Simpsons; Father Ted; Blackadder; The Office; Hancock's Half Hour; Curb Your Enthusiasm etc. The variety will be incredible and the uniting factor simple: great; funny lines!