Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny

GUY WALKS INTO A BAR . . . A drunk goes into a bar, stumbles over a few people, sits down and asks for a whiskey. The bartender tosses him out because he’s too drunk. A few minutes later, the drunk comes back into the bar, knocks over a stool, sits down at the bar and again asks for a whiskey. Again, the bartender tosses him out. A few minutes go b

DID YA HEAR THE ONE ABOUT . . . A man was getting a haircut prior to a trip to Rome. “Rome?” the barber asks. “Why would anyone want to go there? It’s crowded, dirty and full of Italians. You’re crazy to go there. What airline are you taking?” “United,” the guys says. “United?” says the barber. “Terrible airline! The planes are old, the flight atte

This man always wanted to meet the Pope; he’s been making donations to the Catholic Church for years. Finally he gets invited to the Vatican, and he’s so nervous. He’s in a room with about fifty people also waiting to meet the Pope, and he’s at the end of the line. The Pope comes in and starts going down the line. There are kings and queens and sen

Laughter is the best way to get out of a corner.

My father wished she was Bob Hope’s mother-in-law. I adored her.