ISBN 1-58939-212-4. $13.95. Softcover. 200 Pages.
The medicinal value of humor is not a new phenomenon. During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln told his Cabinet, "With the fearful strain upon me day and night, if I did not laugh, I should die. You need this medicine as much as I do." With the funniest stories and lists this side of the millennium, this book is a heaping helping of penicillin for the mind. This book will heal the stitches it keeps you in.
Almost everything has been fair game for the Email laugh mavens who contributed stories to this book. Under a laugh attack are (Heaven forbid) the Bible, travel, kids, sex and sexists, the Clinton years, News at 11, body parts, medical moments, politically incorrect and the usual suspects - blondes and lawyers.
Nothing new, everything borrowed and some stories decidedly blue.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fred Neil was an award-winning News and Sports Director for the Metromedia radio station, WCBM, Baltimore, and produced the Baltimore Colt Football play-by-play broadcasts, produced, wrote, and co-hosted series with such sports luminaries as Johnny Unitas, Jimmy Orr, Ordell Braase, and Tom Matte of the Colts and Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles.
Neil served as Press Officer for Mayor of Baltimore William Donald Schaefer, who was later elected Governor of Maryland. He has also served as president of the Maryland Press Club, Baltimore Press and Sports Reporters Associations.
He co-authored the very funny sports biography It's a Very Simple Game! The Life and Times and Charley Eckman. The book, published in 1995, has a foreword by Tom Clancy and received rave reviews from such sports notables as Dean Smith, legendary former coach of the University of North Carolina; Larry Brown, NBA Basketball Coach; Billy Packer, CBS Basketball analyst; Frank DeFord, nationally-acclaimed sports writer; Boog Powell, Oriole great and Art Donovan, Pro Football Hall of Famer.
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