The most unusual patter book ever published in the field of magic and comedy. Created from Gene Gordon's comedy notebooks he kept (handwritten) for over 40 years, this new hardbound book features 1300 jokes, gags, one-liners, quips, and bits of comedy wisdom for use by comedians, magicians, clowns, speakers, ministers, MCS, story-tellers, ventriloquists, humorists . . . in fact, anyone who uses words to make people laugh.

The 224-page book features 50 old time photos to illustrate the chapters, plus 15 original Ed Harris cartoons, and the entire text is printed in brown ink to give the book an old-fashioned, quaint sort of look. But don't let that fool you! The material in LAUGHTER LEGACY is just as funny today as when Gene Gordon first wrote, read, or heard it. Plus, you'll find many updated many lines and literally hundreds of new jokes with the help of friends like Sammy Smith, Steve Taylor, Duane Laflin, Bruce Johnson, Jeff Dickerson, Many Hahne, and more.

Laughter Legacy is divided into 40 chapters, categorized to make using the lines for certain occasions easy:

1. Intros
2. Applause
3. Audience Remarks
4. Animals
5. Education
6. Food
7. Clothing
8. Magic Tricks
9. No Easy Answers
10. Health
11. Kid Helpers
12. Family Matters
13. Doing Shows
14. Out-door Shows
15. Government & Taxes
16. Sense & Nonsense
17. People
18. Cannibals
19. Banquets
20. Dog's Life
21. Name Games
22. Money
23. Magicians
24. Props
25. Mistakes
26. Music
27. Television
28. Husbands/Wives
29. Audience Helpers
30. Christmas
31. Small Town
32. Work
33. Parenting
34. Weather
35. Chicken Crosses the Road
36. Trains, Boats, Planes, Autos
37. Fill-in Remarks
38. Philosophy
39. Old Age
40. Closing Remarks.