humorist

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At 94, author and humorist Judith Viorst remains as feistily funny—and honest—as ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that we are living in a time where people are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians are a joke.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

In the wake of Kimmel’s suspension it is hard to imagine any mass market humorist poking fun with abandon that biting satire demands.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

“When I was a teenager, every girl in the entire Western world wore a poodle skirt,” the humorist Erma Bombeck wrote in a 1984 column.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

It was the cantankerous, curmudgeonly talk show humorist Jean Shepherd who entranced him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady