One of the legends of show biz delves into his personal treasury of jokes ("The most comprehensive storehouse of 20th-century humor in the world"--Los Angeles Magazine) to present the most astounding array of one-liners, anecdotes, quips, and gags ever published. Line drawings.
For the first time in paperback, this is Mr. Television's laugh-a-minute autobiography of his sixty years in the legendary Friar's Club--that ribald, rollicking collection of zanies. With 32 pages of rare pictures from Mr. Berle's private collection.
TRAPPED IN CUSTOM-MADE GRAVES There was Stroilov, who preferred suicide to suffocation—or to death by the killer who lurked in the silent blackness. There was Taylor, who gave apologies to no man and who now refused God, vowing even to murder before his last breath. There was Susan, who used her small space beneath the earth as a confession box, daring to speak thoughts that lay stagnant in her mind and blood. And there was Donna, most courageous of all, who struggled alone, delivering her child into a world created to be destroyed... Milton Berle and John Roeburt provide an unforgettable and soul-searching answer in this moving story of a small group of people brought together in a tiny Mexican village at precisely the time an earthquake strikes—and rips their world apart. We ask ourselves—Why? Why that place? Why those people? Which of them is destined to die? And can the lives—and souls—of the survivors ever again be the same? “Taut, nerve-gripping drama, brought off with skill and a sharp eye for the human comedy and the darkness at three o’clock in the morning.”—Stephen Longstreet “A curious book...an interesting chess game”—THE NEW YORK TIMES
One of the legends of show biz delves into his personal treasury of jokes ("The most comprehensive storehouse of 20th-century humor in the world"--Los Angeles Magazine) to present the most astounding array of one-liners, anecdotes, quips, and gags ever published. Line drawings.
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