American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny

by Christopher Miller and Christopher Miller

Book Overview

American Cornball is Christopher Miller's irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor--the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids--and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today.

Why has our sense of humor changed over the years? Why did our grandparents think things like safes falling out of high windows or angry housewives waiting with rolling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062225170
• ISBN13: 9780062225177
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 8.1"