| Description |
xiv, 549 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Modern Library humor and wit series |
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Modern Library humor and wit series.
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| Note |
Originally published under title: The most of S.J. Perelman. |
| Contents |
Introduction to the Modern Library Humor and Wit Series / Steve Martin -- 1930-1944 -- Waiting for Santy -- Down with the Restoration! -- Scenario -- Somewhere a Roscoe ... -- Beat Me, Post-Impressionist Daddy -- Counter-revolution -- Nothing but the Tooth -- The Idol's Eye -- To Sleep, Perchance to Steam -- Is There an Osteosynchrondroitrician in the House? -- Woodman, Don't Spare That Tree! -- Strictly from Hunger -- Frou-Frou, or, The Future of Vertigo -- A Pox on You, Mine Goodly Host -- Our Unbalanced Aquariums -- Button, Button, Who's Got the Blend? -- A Farewell to Omsk -- Captain Future, Block That Kick! -- Kitchen Bouquet -- Boy Meets Girl Meets Foot -- Sauce for the Gander -- The Red Termites -- Caution--Soft Prose Ahead -- Entered as Second-class Matter -- Kitchenware, Notions, Lights, Action, Camera! -- Swing Out, Sweet Chariot -- Tomorrow--Fairly Cloudy -- The Love Decoy -- Hold That Christmas Tiger! -- Smugglers in the Dust -- 1944-1950 -- Hell in the Gabardines -- Garnish Your Face with Parsley and Serve -- White Bimbo, or, Through Dullest Africa with Three Sleepy People -- Dental or Mental, I Say It's Spinach -- Take Two Parts Sand, One Part Girl, and Stir -- Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer -- Cloudland Revisited: Into Your Tent I'll Creep -- Physician, Steel Thyself -- How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth -- No Dearth of Mirth--Fill Out the Coupon! -- Pale Hands I Loathe -- The Customer Is Always Wrong -- Whatever Goes Up -- So Little Time Marches On -- Cloudland Revisited: Sodom in the Suburbs. |
| Summary |
A collection of works by one of America's most popular humorists offers his unique perspective on books, movies, New York socialites, the newspaper business, country life, travel, Hollywood, the publishing industry, and himself. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor.
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American wit and humor. (OCoLC)fst00807457
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| Added Author |
Martin, Steve, 1945-
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Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979.
Most of S.J. Perelman.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Perelman, S.J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904-1979. Most of the most of S.J. Perelman. New York : Modern Library, ©2000 (OCoLC)606320437 |
| ISBN |
0679640371 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780679640370 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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