Whose writing makes you laugh out aloud?

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   thirdmilleniumposted 14 years ago

   Choice is yours but PG wodehouse always does it to me, no matter how many times I had read any book by him.

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      Jane Greyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I heartily agree! Wodehouse, and Alexander McCall Smith. Occasionally Jane Austin too: she has a way with exposing the motives of the inner heart that strikes me funny.

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      loriamooreposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Liz Curtis and her Bad Girls of the Bible series is a laugh riot.

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      mohitmisraposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      PG Woodhouse and Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley.

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      kbowlingtigerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Scott Westerfeld. :-) and J.K Rowling

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      debugsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Erica Jong!

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      Wrath Warboneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Doug Adams!

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      Precious Williamsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Me too - I love him - Mike and PSmith is my favourite

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      Adult Contentposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I would say it depends on the moment. I would say John Irving, Neil Gaiman and Peter David all have moments if only once or twice through an entire book.
      Mind you, I can make people laugh easier than they can make ME laugh.

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      wmspringerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Robert Asprin does it for me in the early books from the Phule's Company and Myth Adventures books.

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       The Pop Tart !posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I love the way Saira Viola  author of SLIDE uses language one of my favorites : " She wore wrap around Gucci shades and a poisnous frown . Even the derma fillers injected into her smooth veneer cuoldn't mask her over dramatic angst ".

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       RunAbstractposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       carolina muscle.  That guy is NUTS!!!

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   sannyasinmanposted 14 years ago

   Tom Sharpe and the "Wilt" books

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      IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I agree.They were the first books I read that made me laugh out loud. The only author since then has been the Irish authoress Marian Keyes. She has a brilliant take on life.

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         sannyasinmanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Beware of reading it on a crowded train

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         poetlorraineposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         yeah Marian keyes is funny, and the author of the shopaholic books too

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            camloposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Sophie Kinsella. She always makes me laugh.

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   sannyasinmanposted 14 years ago

   Jeremy Clarkson writing in the Sunday Times.

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   LEWJposted 14 years ago

   MARK TWAIN AND CHARLES DICKENS!     

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      receptionistposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Definitely. Loved Huck and Tom.
      
      Mine, though, are Dave Barry and Frank McCourt (RIP).

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago

   Bill Bryson - especially A Walk in the Woods. And David Sedaris, his holiday stories about being an elf.

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   bojanglesk8posted 14 years ago

   Kurt Vonnegut.

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      Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I met Kurt Vonnegut many times when he was alive. He also lived on Cape Cod.
      
      The first time was in 1976 when he allowed the Barnstable High School to perform a stage production of Welcome to the Monkey House. I had friends who were in the performance and we all went to his house afterwards for a cast party.

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         bojanglesk8posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         That's awesome.

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      avangendposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Personally, I prefer Kilgore Trout.

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   The Ropeposted 14 years ago

   What authors on HP make you laugh out loud?
   
   For me it's "ralwus", his tongue in cheek answers are a hoot!

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      ralwusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well, bless your ass all over the universe!

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         lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Bless your ass right back, Charlie!  You've cracked me up to no end over my months on HP.  Keep it up!
         Stan Fletcher-God, how I DO go on about him-is also hysterical here on this site.

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   theageofcakeposted 14 years ago

   Mary Roach.

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   sashaoliver01posted 14 years ago

   Gena Showalter, and Katie MacAlister hands down!

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    drej2522posted 14 years ago

    Dave Barry...I think he is hilarious...laugh out loud humor!

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    being blindsided by an intelligent saying or comeback if that makes sense.

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    drej2522posted 14 years ago

    heya poet...how goes it?

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    heart4thewordposted 14 years ago

    A comment posted by "Ralwus" really made me laugh out loud!!

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    DogSiDaedposted 14 years ago

    Terry Pratchett

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       Happyontheinsideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       absobleedinlutely

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    abcd1111posted 14 years ago

    David Sedaris.
    
    I adore him for making me embarrass myself while reading in public.

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    pay2cEMposted 14 years ago

    Douglas Adams

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    MagicStarERposted 14 years ago

    The writer who makes me laugh is niteriter - right here on HubPages! LOL

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    tksenseiposted 14 years ago

    Al Gore

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       drej2522posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       ha, just watched an inconvenient truth for class yesterday..haha

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    dyonderposted 14 years ago

    Douglas Adams makes me laugh til I cry no matter how many times I reread em.

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    WriteAngledposted 14 years ago

    Nelle, I'm jealous, because my vote goes for Kurt Vonnegut too, specifically "Cats Cradle" and "Sirens of Titan"

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       sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Also very jealous, I live in the setting of many of his books (right outside cornell)
       
       
       Kurt Vonnegut
       Tom Robbins
       Roald dahl
       
       In no particular order

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    All of John Irving including THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP.  And then, sometimes my own writing makes me laugh - narcissitic but true.

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    love my yorkiesposted 14 years ago

    Erma Bombeck!! 

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    Inkpotposted 14 years ago

    Sedaris! - Good choice.
    
    Austen - Even better.
    
    I especially love Nicholas Nickleby and Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens. The Crummels, John Chivery, and especially Mr F's Aunt have my vote!

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       classicalgeekposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Our Mutual Friend is full of screamingly funny quotes.

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    dfunzyposted 14 years ago

    Aristophanes, P. G. Wodehouse, some of Mark Twain

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    ncmonroe1981posted 14 years ago

    DogIsDead. He's mine too. I particularly love Reaper Man.
    
    Sometimes Stephen King gives me a good chuckle, especially with a funny turn of phrase.

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    double_frickposted 14 years ago

    The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.
    hey, its funny stuff! <3

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    Shelly Bryantposted 14 years ago

    Lots of funny authors already listed.  I'll just add two of my favorites, Jasper Fforde and Diana Wynne Jones.
    
    I can't make it through a book by either without laughing out loud.

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    habeeposted 14 years ago

    Lewis Grizzard!

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    hrustposted 14 years ago

    Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels almost always make me chuckle in spots.  He was dry, yet witty; Spenser' one liners are always great.  As you may know, Robert Parker died suddenly yesterday; he will be hugely missed by his readers.
    
    Also, Jan Karon's, The Mitford series.  Her characters are charming, warm, very human and make me laugh outloud at times.

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    Kathryn Overallposted 14 years ago

    Anne Lamott is LOL satire as it's best!  Makes for an awkward plane book...  Bird by Bird is my pick.

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    The writers of the Simpsons...does it for me everytime...

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       Ann Nonymousposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Then I think it's fair for me to say the writers of The Office....HILARIOUS!!!!!!

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    AnythingArtzyposted 14 years ago

    Erma Bombeck
    Lewis Grizzard

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       Ann Nonymousposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I agree....Erma Bombeck is a legend!!!!

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    donna bamfordposted 14 years ago

    The funniest book I ever read was Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome?

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       Sally's Troveposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Janet Evanovich, especially in the Stephanie Plum series.  Grandma Mazur may not be the funniest character in fiction, but Stephanie's relationship with her just may be.

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          obsexedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I love that series...when I am reading it my kids are always asking me what I'm laughing about!  LOL

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    tobey100posted 14 years ago

    Lewis Grizzard.

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    logic,commonsenseposted 14 years ago

    Blondepoet and Mistyhorizon

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    jonathanacosta17posted 14 years ago

    A TEXAN!!!

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    RS Wightposted 14 years ago

    Dean Koontz!
    
    Yeah, that sounds strange but I always laugh when I read him! I cry too and have been known to hide under the covers, but I always laugh.

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       TamCorposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I was JUST getting ready to post his name--you beat me to it!  Some of the things he comes up with are just hilarious--I'm always reading the funny parts of his books to my husband, lol...
       
       
       Tammy

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          RS Wightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Me too! 
          
          Don't you just love it when you come to a part and have to stop and say..... this guy really gets it!
          
          I read tons of books and still, it's usually only when I'm reading Koontz that I have moments like that.

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    Windsweptplainsposted 14 years ago

    P.G. Wodehouse makes me laugh. His books about the adventures and antics of Jeeves and Wooster are pure genius. Also, some of the original Sherlock Holmes mysteries are rather funny.

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    Windsweptplainsposted 14 years ago

    Also I forgot to mention Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest was hilariously funny, especially to a period enthusiast like myself.

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    bat115posted 14 years ago

    Terry Southern

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    RS Wightposted 14 years ago

    said_baby2001...
    
    who where you asking to contact you?

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    classicalgeekposted 14 years ago

    Raymond Queneau. His "Maladroit" in "Exercises de Style" made me snort wine out of my nose!

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    texan and wsp

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    joking17posted 14 years ago

    I love Sophie Kinsella books if I want a lol moment or Marian Keyes is also very good.

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    sabrebIadeposted 14 years ago

    Dave Barry and Douglas Adams

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    nlowmanposted 14 years ago

    Definitely Kurt Vonnegut. "Breakfast of Champions" makes me crack up no matter how many times I read it (at least 5 now).
    
    I'm reading "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain right now, and it's elicited a few public chuckles.

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    Lecieposted 14 years ago

    dean koontz. his books are about mystery's or sci fi but he always adds humor with clever bantering among his characters.

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    wwriterposted 14 years ago

    Frank Richards - Billy Bunter

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    pisean282311posted 14 years ago

    chetan bhagat's five point someone...

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    AphroditeisAloneposted 14 years ago

    Ken Kesey- One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

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