1. Life is Funny
   (E. R. Frank)
   "'He's got poetry,' I go, all choky. 'He's got mad poetry.'" With these words from China about her crush Eric, debut author E.R. Frank proves her fresh knowledge of millennial teenspeak. In Life Is Funny, there is no dated slang, only the ripe hip-hop dialogue heard on subway cars and street corners. Frank's ear is perfect as she details the lives and loves of 11 Brooklyn teens on the cusp of adulthood
   
   
2. America's Phunniest Phellow : Josh Billings
   (Henry Wheeler Shaw)
   Josh Billings is one of the great humorists this country has produced. This book is the delightful, funny stories and sayings of our wisest American Humorist.
   
   
3. The Comic Toolbox
   (How to Be Funny Even If You're Not)
   This book will teach you step by step how to construct comedy- whether that be a joke, a sketch, or a gag. This book will get you there. Oh it is work... make no mistake, but you WILL be funny. How many books do you own that you can say that about?
   
   
4. Graveyard Jokes : That Everyone and Their Dead Ancestors Find Funny!
   (Robert Kent)
   Graveyard Jokes : That Everyone and Their Dead Ancestors Find Funny!
   
   
5. Dead Funny
   (Terry Johnson)
   Paperback - 96 pages
   
   
6. Dinosaur Jokes
   (Vicki Woodworth)
   A collection of jokes relating to dinosaurs. Example: How did the dino feel after the steamroller ran over him? Dino-sore.
   
   
7. Don't Get Mad-Get Funny! : A Light-Hearted Approach to Stress Management
   (Leigh Anne Jasheway)
   Leigh Anne Jasheway proves that comedy is accessible, necessary, and much too important to be left in the hands of "professionals." If the people who could most benefit from reading this book fail to see the necessity of doing so, then it's up to the rest of us to buy it. CAVEAT: Do not read this book after you stub your toe; read it beforehand. Frankly, Don't Get Mad, Get Funny! could make the world a safer place.
   
   
8. How to Come Up With Jokes for Cartoons and Comic Strips
   (Christopher Hart)
   There's a science to coming up with a fresh stream of ideas for cartoons, and this book's complete course shows just how to create comic panels and strips that get laughs, from set-ups right through to the punch lines. 275 illustrations, 75 in color.
   
   
9. Knock-Knock Jokes
   (Katy Hall)
   Bat you'll shriek with laughter at this fang-tastic collection of Halloween knock-knock jokes designed to tickle the funny bone. Lift the flaps and follow two trick-or-treaters through a haunted house as they encounter giggling ghosts and goofy goblins. You'll be scared silly!
   
   
10. 22 Wildly Funny Baseball Stories
    (E. Richard Churchill)
    Paperback.
    
    
11. The Funny Bride Guide
    (Ann Barrett)
    This book will have every woman who has been a part of a wedding, from the bride to an invitee of the bridal shower, rolling around the floor laughing! By reading this book, a bride will know the appropriate response to receiving a gift that might be, shall we say, a bit odd: "A crocheted doll toilet paper cover! Look how pretty she is! She's a little toilet paper princess...!" Now the giver will be happy and the bride can chuck the gift at the first opportunity, or put it on top of her Christmas tree.
    
    
12. Funny Cars
    (Robert Genat)
    Paperback - 96 pages
    
    
13. Managing to Have Fun
    (Matt Weinstein)
    Based on his success with some of America's best-known companies, Weinstein presents a step-by-step plan for building an enthusiastic, high-performance team and offers hundreds of suggestions for enhancing employe satisfaction and personal pride.
    
    
14. 50 Nifty Funny Faces to Draw
    (Neal Yamamoto)
    A totally great little book!
    
    
15. A Prairie Home Companion : Pretty Good Joke Book
    (Garrison Keillor)
    "Do you know how many blue grass musicians it takes to screw a ligh bulb? Four. One to do it and three to complain that it is electric." This is a pretty good example of the tape. They just fire one joke after another for more than two hours. The jokes come so fast that you forget them almost immediately. So what, you can always rewind the tape. Many jokes are just the usual stuff about ligh bulbs, lawyers, Jessica Lewinski, and so on but many jokes are very inventive.
    
    Home
    
    

This overview is updated every week, so return here often to see what's new and funny!

Want to see some funny links that are not in the Fun40? You'll find them in our Archives.

Want to suggest a site? Please do! But make sure it is funny, weird, strange or remarkable.

Here's a list of sites linking to Fun40.com.

Webmasters! A link to fun40.com would be highly appreciated! Featured sites may use the "Awarded" button. You can find a white background button here.