Old Age Is the Absence of Youth (and a Lot of Other Things): 175 Jokes for People Who Think Napping Is a Hobby

About Gene PerretLinda Perret

Linda Perret followed in her fathers funny footsteps and has been involved in various aspects of comedy writing since she sold her first professional joke in 1990. Today Linda supplies one-liners and comedy bits for ventriloquist Terry Fator and his cast of characters who perform at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas at the Terry Fator Theatre and around the country. She has supplied material to Bob Hope Phyllis Diller Joan Rivers Yakov Smirnoff Jimmie Walker and other stand-up comics. Shes written comedy for the business world adding a touch of humor to executive speeches and a little bit of fun to corporate award ceremonies. Linda was a staff writer for the television special celebrating Hopes 90th birthday Bob HopeThe First 90 Years. That show won an Emmy Award for Best Musical Variety Show and Linda and her fellow staff writers were nominated for a Writers Guild Award for their work on that script. She has cowritten two collections of business jokes published by Prentice HallFunny Business and Bigshots Pip-squeaks and Windbags. She is the author of HMOs Home Remedies and Other Medical Jokes. Her material has been quoted in Readers Digest the National Enquirer and Arizona Highways. - Gene Perret has been a professional comedy writer since the early 1960s writing stand-up material for Slappy White and Phyllis Diller among others. He began in television in 1968 on The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show. He wrote for Laugh-In and collected three Emmys as a staff writer on The Carol Burnett Show. Gene was on Bob Hopes writing staff for twenty-eight years the last twelve as Hopes head writer. He traveled with the Hope troupe to several of the Christmas shows from war zones. He produced Welcome Back Kotter Threes Company and The Tim Conway Show. Today he