Funny Letters from Famous People

Charles Osgood

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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
15 November 2004

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Along the same lines as Bob Dole's GREAT POLITICAL WIT (140,000 copies sold), FUNNY LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE is a political, historical and humor book wrapped up into one and stamped with the seal of approval from one of the most astute and wittiest news broadcasters, Charles Osgood. Now in paperback.

In this humorous collection of celebrity wit, acclaimed broadcaster and humorist Charles Osgood offers witticisms penned by luminaries ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Andy Rooney.

Known for his clever commentary and witty radio-show rhymes, Charles Osgood here selects and introduces a collection of hilarious correspondence from some of our best-loved politicians, authors, and stars of the stage and screen.

Funny Letters from Famous People delivers rib-tickling communications from the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Flannery O'Connor, S. J. Perelman, Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, John Cheever and dozens more. Providing an entertaining look at celebrated lives, Osgood lets us glimpse Mark Twain squabbling with the gas company, Dwight D. Eisenhower kvetching to Mamie about Patton, and radio personality Fred Allen desperately seeking logic from his insurance carrier in one of comedy's most amusing epistles. Sprinkled throughout with Osgood's own humorous quips, Funny Letters from Famous People is a delightful compendium of clever letter writing at its side-splitting best.

By: Charles Osgood
Imprint: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780767911764
ISBN 10: 0767911768
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 November 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Osgood has been anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning since 1994. He also anchors and writes The Osgood File, his daily news commentary broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. Inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2000 and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1990, he has received some of the highest accolades in broadcast journalism, including three Emmy Awards. The author of five other books, including The Osgood Files and See You on the Radio, Osgood lives with his wife in New York City.

Reviews for Funny Letters from Famous People

Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin or Groucho Marx, this book will make you laugh out loud. --News & Record (Greensboro, NC) [A] charming little book . . . witty, engaged, and educated. --The Salt Lake Tribune