You'll pass out from lack of oxygen for laughing so much! There is an original edition, and a 1992 reissue with an update in back from the late author. This HAS to be one of the funniest books ever written. A monograph on the practical joke. Deals with practical jokes in the past, with emphasis on Hollywood and the 1920s through 1940s. Don't get caught! There are even jokes in the index! I personally have purchased 4 copies of this over the years for friends, and of course for myself. I would not hesitate to give it to anybody over 12 (I would rate it PG, not for anything of a sexual, etc. nature, but you wouldn't want the little urchin getting some ideas on how to torture you!) Warning! If you don't find practical jokes (such as releasing a dozen moths in a movie theater after you've had a fight with the manager) funny, you may NOT think this is humorous.....

My attention was returned to this book by Amazon's "Buried Treasure" link. I tend to treasure it as such and strongly recommend it remain buried. If you would enjoy succumbing to the rantings of a decrepid, self-bombed, relentless little thief, then this book may be for you.

Wild amazing mind of Harry Smith, poet, archivalist, anthropogist, shaman, revealed in sudden bursts of illuminating starfall. Read these interviews and dance with a firebreath world. Planets spin and we spin with them. Great.