Best Of the Best American Humor

Table of Contents

Courtesy, Miami Style by Dave Barry page 7

Halloween with Dad by Lynda Barry page 9

ANIMAL CARTOONS page 11

Pet Peeves by Tom Bodett page 13

Why I Am a Finn by Eric Broder page 15

Love by Committee by Stephanie Brush page 17

ART CARTOONS page 19

Wisdom of the Nineties by George Burns page 23

Joshua Drives to Work by Bruce Carlson page 25

The Most Wanted English Teacher in Prague by Louis Charbonneau page 27

COFFEE CARTOONS page 30

Workaholism by Andrei Codrescu page 31

Romanian Money by Andrei Codrescu page 33

Menu Specials by Cathy Crimmins page 35

COMPUTER CARTOONS page 37

DARWIN AWARDS page 39

Searching for Daycare by Donna DeClue page 40

DRUG CARTOONS page 42

Theism by Gregory DeClue page 43

When the World Ends, How Will It Be Covered? by Will Durst page 44

Car Alarm by Donna Getzinger page 46

ENVIRONMENT CARTOONS page 49

C’mon, Pigs of Western Civilization, Eat More Grease by Allen Ginsberg page 51

Spalding Gray Goes to Hollywood by Spalding Gray page 53

FOOD CARTOONS page 56

Have Maytag, Will Travel by Modine Gunch page 60

The Indy 500: All Alone with a Half-Million Race Fans by Bob Harris page 62

HEALTH CARTOONS page 65

Waiting by Bruce Griffith Henderson page 68

The Lung-Impaired Liberation Movement by Molly Ivins page 73

Rubber Soul by Frank Johnson page 75

KID CARTOONS page 77

Soul Searching for the Perfect Way to Start Your Day by Alice Kahn page 80

A Pre-Musical Agreement by Madeleine Begun Kane page 82

Les Miserables by Margo Kaufman page 82

LAW & ORDER CARTOONS page 88

A Wobegon Holiday Dinner by Garrison Keillor page 89

The World According to Student Bloopers by Richard Lederer page 94

My Obituary by Raymond Lesser page 98

Zen and the Art of Lotto by Oscar London page 100

MODERN LIFE CARTOONS page 102

Memories by Bob Maier page 106

Need Time? Need a Life? Get a Husband and a Wife by Colin McEnroe page 110

NEWS CARTOONS page 112

How to Give Up Self-Improvement by Susan Moon page117

Coupons for Sex by Kent Nelson Moreno page 119

My Life as a Man by Holly Nadler page 121

ODDS & ENDS CARTOONS page 123

Betting with God by Steve Olstad page 127

Second Thoughts About the 60s by P.J. O’Rourke page 129

PHILOSOPHY CARTOONS page 132

Training a Horse by Daniel Pinkwater page 134

Quote Repair by Flash Rosenberg page 136

If I Live in a Fantasy World, Why Do I Have to Pay Taxes? by Rita Rudner page 138

A Pet Rabbit and the Call of the Stepfather by David Scott page 140

PSYCHOLOGY CARTOONS page 142

Quitters Never Win by Susan Shapiro page 145

Bright Ideas #1: Keep It Moving by Harry Shearer page 148

RELATIONSHIP CARTOONS page 150

Wake Up and Find the Coffee by Ian Shoales page 154

The "Dear Mom" Form Letter by Roger Simon page 156

RELIGION CARTOONS page 158

What to Say When Your Therapist Tells You You’re Her Craziest Patient by Bruce Smith page 160

My Cockroach Diary by Sparrow page 162

A Little Misunderstanding by Marcia Steil page 166

SCIENCE CARTOONS page 169

Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie by Hunter S. Thompson page 171

Sex and the Single Chevy by Penny Wallace page 175

WORK CARTOONS page 177

Red the Rat Man by Bailey White page 185

You Know You Don’t Have a Life When... by Ken Wickerham page 187

A Women’s Weekend by Maxine Wilkie page 189

LAST LAUGH CARTOONS page 192

 

 

And hundreds of cartoons by:

Kirk Anderson, Mark Anderson, Edgar Argo, J. Backderf, Ace Backwards, Leonard Bailey, Isabella Bannerman, Lynda Barry, Scott Bateman, John Baynham, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Berman, Meg Biddle, Ken Brown, Martin Bucella, Clay Butler, John Callahan, Kerry Callen, Morgan Caraway, Margie Cherry, Richard Codor, David Cohen, Peter Conrad, Lloyd Dangle, Rob Day, Brad Diller, Nick Driano, Ralph Dunagin, Tim Eagan, Benita Epstein, Mike Esposito (Swami Salami), Karen Favreau, Jules Feiffer, Ken Fisher (Rubin Bolling), Michael Franzke, Anne Gibbons, Randy Glasbergen, Ted Goff, Martha Gradisher, Steve Greenberg, Bill Griffith, John Grimes, Matt Groening, Robert Gumpertz, Tim Haggerty, Peter Hannan, Roger Harris, Marian Henley, Buddy Hickerson, Russell Hodin, Nicole Hollander, Judy Horacek, Constance Houck, Gary Huck, Sandy Huffaker, Scott Jenkins, Phillip Jewell, Gunner Johnson, John Jonik, James Kasmir, Gary Kell, Mike Konopacki, L.J. Kopf, Peter Kuper, Tuli Kupferberg, Harrison Lamb, David Langton, Raymond Larrett (Norman Dog), Julie Larson, Glen Lash, Mary Lawton, Carol Lay, Philip LeVine, Thomas Lenon, Rosemary Lewis, Stan Mack, Michael Marland, A.C. Marsh, Scott Masear, Paul Mavrides, Heather McAdams, Til Mette, Jim Middleton, Steve Moore, P.S. Mueller, Tony Murphy, Paul Nickloff (Blue), James T. Norman, Nina Paley, Mark Parisi, Harvey Pekar, Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow), Rina Piccolo, Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Jim Pollock, Kevin Pope, Ted Rall, Libby Reid, Steve Riehm, Charlie Rodrigues, Flash Rosenberg, Leigh Rubin (Rubes), Harley Schwadron, Jim Siergey, Carol Simpson, Andrew Singer, Mickey Siporin, David Sipress, Paul Soderblom, Nathan Stephens, Mark Stivers, Chris Suddick, Tom Swick, Tom Toles, Andrew Toos, Brad Veley, Jim Wagner, Dan Wasserman, Malcolm Wells, Shannon Wheeler, Kenneth Wickerham, John Wise, John Wright, Matt Wuerker, Christopher Zell, Mark Ziemann