guinness74's review against another edition
2.0
It does say right on the cover, ‘An Anthology of Humor Writing,’ and yet, it wasn’t terribly humorous. Sure, there was an odd chuckle at times and a couple of bits that elicited a smirk and/or a snorted laugh. But, on the whole, the humor, as defined by The New Yorker, and the editors of this particular book, was left wanting. It was not uproariously funny and I don’t believe that the humor was so high-brow as to elude my attentions. I simply think that maybe The New Yorker might not be the ideal location to locate one’s laughs. Of course, I could be wrong, but if you can’t laugh to the musings and ministrations of some of the last centuries best known writers, then maybe, it wasn’t worth laughing at. Still, it was interesting to enjoy the passage of time as each article was listed with its print year, and that was remarkable. But I don’t recommend it for anything other than historical value.
crabbygirl's review
3.0
some hit, some miss. but some that hit were incredibly funny: shout-out to George Kaufman for 'annoy kaufman, inc' and Robert Benchley's 'it's fun to be fooled...it's more fun to know' and - believe it or not - woody allen's 'the kugelmass episode'
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