Laughable Literature

   I know, I usually post some sorta jokes on Friday. And today isn't super different. Today, I'll share a list of famous, hilarious authors that I've researched, so you don't have to. That way, you can sit back and smile any old time. Some you might have heard of, but most, probably not. Also, these haven't sponsored me, they're just amusing.  So if you want to know what's funny, come with me, and let's get into it! 

1.Douglas  Adams

You might have seen the Disney movie based off his best known book. But if you haven't read it, Adams work is way more complex and irreverent than could be rated P.G. Fair warning: there is one sex scene, but for the most part, the Hitchicker's Guide (To the Galaxy) trilogy is about an average guy, having out of this world misadventures. And people say things like "I love deadlines. I like the wooshing sound they make as they pass by."*

2.Terry Pratchett 

Very British, Prachett was a master of the painfully obvious, a scholar of history, and a lover of fantasy. This made the stuff he wrote oddly hilarious. Best known for his Discworld series, he also wrote Good Omens with Neil Gaiman. And while that one's a bit irreverent, he has loads of other stuff. All full of diaogue such as "Things that try to look like things often look more like things than things."**

3.P. G. Wodehouse

A wordsmith of wonderfuly weighty works, Wodehouse is a tad bit old-school. I mean, the guy was born in 1881. His best known books (And there's a few.) Focusing on a gentleman's gentleman, or what we'd call a buttler, serving a low-level aristocrat. Berty's position would land him in trouble, and Jeeves would sort him out. A little dry, his humour was in lines like "He had the look of a man who'd searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lit candle."***

4. Michael Bond

Again, you might have heard of his Paddington Bear. But Bond also wrote of a Guinea Pig, Olga de Polga. He's branded as a children's author, but several of his misadventure stories get complex enough to amuse anybody. Just don't confuse him with an American author, who's got the same name. Although, he still makes us laugh, with lines like, "A wise bear always keeps a marmalade sandwich in his hat, in case of emergencies."+

5. Garrison Keillor

Fond of nostalgia, and depressed (Like all of us.) by the news of the world, Keillor invented Lake Wobegon. A small town, "Where all the men were strong, the women good looking, and all the children are well above average."$ With 20 plus years of radio shows and two movies, it made up most of his career. But he has other stuff out there too, which I'll let you look up. Or maybe it'll make for another article. Who knows? Either way, there you go.

*Hitchicker's Guide to the Galaxy

**Wyrd Sisters

***Carry on, Jeeves

+A Bear Called Paddington

$ A Pairie Home Companion

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