The multi-talented Bennett Cerf was not only a mainstay of the TV game show What's My Line. Among his other accomplishments, he published several joke books. Here's what passes for funny in Bennett Cerf's the sound of laughter: Lucille Ball, watching Dean Martin do a full hour's show on TV without a single rehearsal marveled, "That so-and-so makes cooked spaghetti look tense!" OK, that was a little funny. Is this one a knee-slapper? Sign at railroad station at Sandusky: "The average time it takes a train to cross this intersection is twenty seconds -- whether your car is on it or not." Ha! Ha! That Bennett knew how to pick 'em. This would be a lovely book for a day when you're looking for gentle relaxation. Ahhh.
Quotes are from p.282 and p.376
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