# The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. O'Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia - Hardcover

by **P. J. O'Rourke** (Author)

**A compendium of quotes and riffs by P.J. O'Rourke on  
subjects ranging from government ("Giving money and power to politicians is  
like giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys") to fishing ("a sport  
invented by insects and you are the bait") to apps ("we need a no-app app--let's  
call it a nap") to be published on what would have been his 75th birthday.**

**"P. J. O'Rourke was the funniest writer of his  
generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he  
belongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark  
Twain and Dorothy Parker in the Pantheon of Quote Gods."--Christopher  
Buckley _from his introduction_**

When _The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations_ was  
published in 1994, P. J. O'Rourke had more entries than any living writer. And  
he kept writing funny stuff for another 28 years. Now, for the first time, the  
best material is collected in one volume. Edited by his longtime friend  
and member of the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame Terry  
McDonell, THE FUNNY STUFF is arranged in six sections, organized by subject in  
alphabetical order from Agriculture to Xenophobia. From his earliest days at  
the _National Lampoon_ in the 1970s, through his classic  
reporting for _Rolling Stone_ in the 80s and 90s to his  
post-Trump, pandemic, new media observations of recent years, P.J. produced  
incisive, amusing copy. Not only did P.J. write memorable one-liners, he also  
meticulously constructed riffs that built to a crescendo of hilarity and  
outrage--and are still being quoted years later. His prose has the electric  
verbal energy of Tom Wolfe or Hunter Thompson, but P.J. is more flat out funny.  
And through it all comes his clear-eyed take on politics, economics, human  
nature--and fun. THE FUNNY STUFF is a book for P.J. fans to devour but also a  
book that will bring new readers and stand as testament to one of the truly  
original American writers of the last 50 years.

### Author Biography

**P. J. O'ROURKE** (1947-2022) was an  
author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on  
subjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics. _Parliament  
of Whores_ and _Give War a Chance_ both reached #1 on the _New York  
Times_ bestseller list. After beginning his career writing for the _National  
Lampoon_, O'Rourke went on to serve as foreign affairs desk chief for _Rolling  
Stone_ where he reported from far-flung places. Later he wrote for a number  
of publications, including _The Atlantic,_ the Daily Beast, the _Wall  
Street Journal,_ and the _Weekly Standard,_ and was a longtime panelist  
on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me.

**Number of Pages:** 264

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** November 15, 2022

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