Laughter Still Is the Best Medicine: Our Most Hilarious Jokes, Gags, and Cartoons

by Reader's Digest Association (Editor)

More than 1,000 jokes, quotes, anecdotes, and cartoons from Reader’s digest magazine—guaranteed to put laughter in your day.

This hilarious collection offers up some of the funniest moments that get us through our day, in the form of jokes, gags and cartoons that will have readers laughing out loud.

Editors have mined the Reader’s Digest archives to bring readers Laughter the Best Medicine, All-Time Faves , a collection of the most hilarious jokes and anecdotes we’ve come across over the years. As you turn the pages of our newest collection, you’ll realize once again that laughter is always the best medicine.

“Did you hear the one about the hitchhiker who never got anywhere? He’d get up early to avoid traffic.” --Chuck Welch, Houston, TX

“When my husband was a home builder, his thumb ended up on the business end of a sledgehammer, and our three-year-old daughter, Kiana, was eager to tell the entire world. When her caregiver asked how the accident had happened, Kiana shook her head sadly and said, “You know, sometimes at work, my daddy just gets hammered.”
--Stasia Uhlmann, Rocky Mountain House, Canada

“After one of my students acted up, I took him to our school psychiatrist, who asked if he had ADHD. “No,” said the boy. “I just have a normal TV.” –Matthew Hughes, Fort Collins, CO

“I’ve been told that when you meet the right person, you know immediately. How come when you meet the wrong person, it takes a year and a half?” --Comedian Phil Hanley

Genres: Humor

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2014

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Marla Nayer]

In our continuing reading of jokes, this is a light and fun book. Some jokes we’ve definitely heard before (it was a quiz – could my husband come up with the correct punch line? Often, yes!). Here's one for parents: At the supermarket, a rambunctious child stopped moving long enough to stare at my neck brace. “What happened to her? He asked his mother. Seeing a great teaching opportunity, she replied. “Maybe she wasn’t sitting down in her grocery cart!”

[Marathon County Public Library]

Here's a book that's sure to bring a smile or laugh to one and all. The folks at READER'S DIGEST have come up 1,000 of the most hilarious quips, quotes, gags, anecdotes, cartoons and jokes from past issues of their magazine. Divided into chapters entitled 'Family Fun,' 'At Work,' 'Venus and Mars,' 'Life and Death' and 'Just for Laughs,' the book will bring hours of enjoyment. Other books in the series include HUMOR IN UNIFORM; LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE; and LAUGHTER REALLY IS THE BEST MEDICINE.

Mike O. / Marathon County Public Library
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[Astoria (Jax)]

I finished this days ago but I guess I forgot to update. Oops.

[Patricia Atkinson]

all the jokes from the readers digest all in one book for those who love the joke sections

[Vivian Wang]

a little old fashioned, but still makes me laugh!

[Connie Curtis]

I have read Reader's Digest for decades and have always enjoyed the "Laughter is the Best Medicine". This book, however, was boring and I couldn't finish it. Not funny.