Biography of a humorist for the ages
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The sun has never set on the gentle comic empire of P.G. Wodehouse. The 90 novels and short-story collections that Wodehouse produced over the course of a long life (1881-1975) are uniformly delightful and ...
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Best-selling humorist Ephraim Kishon, the Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who captured Israel's foibles in biting satires but often felt underappreciated at home, has died at his home in Switzerland of an apparent heart attack. He was 80.
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As Bob Barker retires from the Price is Right, TIME takes a look back at some of the best game show hosts in history
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What&#39;s the dollar value of 60 months&#39; worth of jokes about Ba Ba Booey&#39;s teeth? How about five years&#39; lamentations about a DJ&#39;s private parts?
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It's no laughing matter: a new study suggests older adults have a harder time getting jokes as they age. The research indicates that because older adults may have greater difficulty with cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning and short-term memory, they also have greater difficulty with tests of humor comprehension.
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The irascible George Carlin --  voted, through a Comedy Central poll of network executives and  industry veterans, the second-best stand-up comedian of all  time behind Richard Pryor -- turned 70 on May 12.
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Of all the things David Letterman has given us over the past 25 years--the Top Ten list, Stupid Pet Tricks--maybe the most influential is the mainstreaming of absurdist humor
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In following a famously acerbic actorâs travels with a group of stand-up comics, âVince Vaughnâs Wild West Comedy Showâ reveals his earnest side.
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Good Grief, Charles Schulz. The creator of the beloved Peanuts comic strip was a shy, lonely man who used his child-like drawings to depict a life of deep melancholy, according to a controversial new biography.
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Playwright Neil Simon, author of  Broadway fare ranging from "Barefoot in the Park" to "Brighton  Beach Memoirs," will receive this year's Kennedy Center Mark  Twain Prize as a uniquely American humorist.
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Political analysts and keyboard comedians Peter Robinson and Arnie Arnesen exchange wit and wisdom in a real-time format.
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Humor in the Bible? Scholars say the Old and New Testament are riddled with humorous references and aim to set the record straight at a three-day congress beginning Monday, "Laughter and Comedy in Ancient Christianity."
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The popular comedian of yesteryears had been suffering from breathing problems for the last several days. He passed away on February 13 in Mumbai.
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The basis for laughter may have originated long before humans existed, a study suggests.
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An old master gives us an exemplary what-not-to-do list in her new book
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Hitler, in 2004, is no black-and-white monster. He comes in colour, speaks well, has friends and -- surprise, surprise -- cracks a few jokes every now and then.
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This Fool classic exposes some secrets about millionaires.