Milton Berle (1908–2002)
Autor de Milton Berle's Private Joke File
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Milton Berle (Right) ~ Photo by Alan Light, 1989 (Flickr)
Obras de Milton Berle
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1908-07-12
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2002-03-27
- Género
- male
- Ocupaciones
- comedian
actor - Premios y honores
- California Hall of Fame (2007)
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 12
- También por
- 19
- Miembros
- 204
- Popularidad
- #108,207
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 13
Most of the material were play on words, mild puns and obvious, stale punch lines. At the time, I placed a dash in red ink to indicate entries that appealed to me. I flagged less than a couple hundred out of the 10,000 jokes as mildly worthwhile to me. Hardly a smashing success. Perhaps I was too young to appreciate the humor. Or perhaps, they were more effective spoken, rather than as they appeared in print. Humor is subjective and our tastes in what is funny can change over time.
So, I recently began to go over the material again. While my reactions haven't changed much, I was able to enjoy the book a little more. It was okay, nothing more.
On the plus side, there are two considerations. First, with most books, readers feel a subtle pressure to read a large portion of a book in one sitting. This book is essentially a "list." Thus, you may read it in small chunks, at your leisure.
Second, possibly the most valuable part of the book is the twenty-page concluding section "Tricks of the Trade," where Berle gives tips on how to deliver a joke and construct a monologue, among other thoughts. It's a subjective matter whether this justifies a purchase.… (más)