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Preface
Read by DrPGould
Leopold Wagner
In Humorous Readings and Recitations
Before radio, television, and electronic mass media, lectures, recitations, public readings, and other public performances were important wa…
Questions and Answers
Read by Devvon Eubanks
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 19, April, 1921
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…
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In Madly Off In All Directions
Madly Off in All Directions was a Canadian radio comedy show that aired for several years on CBC Radio One, featuring comedian Lorne E…
Preface
Read by KevinS
Daniel Defoe
In The History of the Devil
Also known as "A Political History of the Devil"This book is divided into two parts: first, the history of the devil from his fall…
29 - A Lesson in Fiction
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
In Literary Lapses
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…
Chapter 2
Read by KirksVoice
P. G. Wodehouse
In The Gem Collector
A common burglar, Jimmy, returns to England from New York City due to his uncle's death. He becomes involved with a former cop's daughter. …
00 - Preface
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
In Nonsense Novels
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
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In The Winnipeg Comedy Festival 2003
The Winnipeg Comedy Festival 2003 01 22 February 2003 Join host Al Rae, as the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival Presents some of your favourite …
Introduction
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
In Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Fiction Is Truther Than Strange
In Bob And Ray 49 07 18 Fiction Is Truther Than Strange
The script gets mixed up for this episode of "Linda Lovely". A couple of stories to show that Truther is Stranger than Ficti…
Questions and Answers
Read by James R. Hedrick
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 23, August, 1921
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of American wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue …
In an Omnibus
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
In Voces Populi
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Publisher's Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Palmer Cox
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…
Chapter IX
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Kate Sanborn
In The Wit of Women
It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…
The Comics, Very Funny
Mutual
In The Author Meets the Critics
In December 1942, the Mutual Broadcasting Network began airing a program called The Author Meets the Critics . This was a literary rou…
Chapter 5, Part II: Home Notes
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In The Sunny Side (Version 2)
A. A. Milne is best known for his creation of the perennially popular Winnie the Pooh, though he was and is highly acclaimed for hundreds of…
X. THE KEENEST SENSE OF HUMOR
Read by John
Robert G. Ingersoll
In Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 3
Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and …
Preface
Read by Aaron Sproule
Robert C. Benchley
In Of All Things (Version 2)
A collection of exaggerated stories about the common man. Dry and deadpan style of humor. Dedicated to my father, Michael Earl Sproule. (19…
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In Mr Interesting's Guide To The Continental US
July 8 - August 12 2000 Dan Redican does 6 half-hour episodes for CBC radio, this time for a series called Mr. Interest…
Epigraph, Note To Confused Readers, Foreword, and Preface
Read by Zach Hoyt
James Thurber and E. B. White
In Is Sex Necessary? or Why You Feel The Way You Do
From the Foreword: “During the past year, two factors in our civilization have been greatly overemphasized. One is aviation, the other is s…