Book · 1992
The Complete Practical Joker
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It seems to have originated this story in a 1953 book titled the complete spelled in a weird way practical joker by H Allen Smith who was a journalist and a comedy writer.
Why people recommend it
The Complete Practical Joker by H. Allen Smith is a 1953 collection of elaborate pranks and humorous anecdotes compiled by the journalist and comedy writer. Robert Evans mentioned the book on Behind the Bastards twice while detailing the origins of a famous historical anecdote involving Franklin Roosevelt and an ambassador from Bolivia. Evans credited Smith's unusually spelled book as the primary source for the widely repeated story, establishing the author's work as a key archive of mid-century mischief. By tracing the origin of the narrative back to Smith's writing, the podcast highlighted how popular historical trivia and humorous myths are passed down through generations. The book stands out as a unique cultural artifact that preserves the eccentricities and practical jokes of a bygone era through the lens of a professional humorist.
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Robert Evans it seems to have originated this story in a 1953 book titled the complete spelled in a weird way practical… 2
“it seems to have originated this story in a 1953 book titled the complete spelled in a weird way practical joker by H Allen Smith who was a journalist and a comedy writer”
“It seems to have originated this story in a 1953 book titled The Complete, spelled in a weird way, practical Joker by H. Allen Smith, who was a journalist and a comedy writer.”
