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1000 Years of Laughter (Compilation)
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Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The rise of the novel in the eighteenth century brought classic humour from Swift, Sterne and Smollet, passing the mantle to Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Included here are rarities as well, from the antiquarian’s cupboard. There are also excerpts from children’s literature and twentieth-century classics as diverse as Dorothy Parker and P.G. Wodehouse. An entertainment from start to finish.
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Disc
1
1000 Years of Laughter
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Laughter - Robert Burton
00:02:37
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2.
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Anglo - Saxon Riddles
00:02:35
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3.
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The Autobiography of Giraldus Cambriensis
00:01:13
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4.
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14th century advice from Johannes de Mirfeld
00:01:33
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5.
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An Alphabet of Tales
00:01:20
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6.
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Demanundes Joyous
00:01:07
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7.
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The Gull's Horn - book
00:03:55
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8.
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Wits, Fits and Fancies
00:00:49
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9.
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Eight kinds of Drunkenness from Pierce Penniless His Supplication To The Devil
00:02:24
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10.
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Launce and his Dog
00:02:38
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11.
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The Anatomy Of Melancholy
00:04:42
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12.
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Jokes from 17th centruy jest book
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13.
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The great age of clubs
00:02:39
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14.
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The Club of Little Men
00:02:22
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The Club Of She - Romps
00:02:06
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The Club Of Ugly Faces
00:01:32
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The Island of Laputa
00:07:06
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18.
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Peregrine Pickle
00:09:47
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Tristram Shandy
00:06:23
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20.
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Tristram Shandy
00:08:25
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21.
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Tristram Shandy
00:01:41
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22.
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Fanny Burney's Diary 1785
00:03:09
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23.
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Fanny Burney's Diary 1785
00:06:10
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Disc
2
1000 Years of Laughter
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That We Should Rise with the Lark
00:04:35
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Lamb's Letter to H.F. Carey
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Sayings of Sydney Smith
00:02:49
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5.
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Mrs. Caudles Curtain Lectures
00:08:09
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Victorian Humour: Oscar Wilde to Punch
00:01:57
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The Pickwick Papers
00:05:18
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The Old Curiosity Shop
00:08:37
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11.
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To Agnes Hull
00:03:46
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12.
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The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
00:08:24
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13.
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The Wind in the Willows
00:05:35
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14.
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The Wind in the Willows
00:03:27
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Disc
3
1000 Years of Laughter
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The Diary Of A Nobody
00:07:51
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Happy Thoughts
00:09:40
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Two on a Tower
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6.
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Three Men in a Boat
00:07:18
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Three Men in a Boat
00:05:05
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8.
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Rip Van Winkle
00:07:23
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Josh Billings, His Sayings
00:00:57
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10.
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The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
00:04:07
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11.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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Disc
4
1000 Years of Laughter
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The one - liner
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The Young visiters
00:10:29
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Reginald On House - Parties
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Right Ho Jeeves
00:09:45
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6.
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Right Ho Jeeves
00:10:02
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7.
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Jeeves Takes Charge
00:05:55
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The Remarkable Rocket
00:02:40
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The Squib, the Roman Candle, the Catherine Wheel
00:01:39
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11.
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The Rocket - 'What right have you to be happy'
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12.
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The dance - and the firework display
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13.
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A little frog, with bright jewelled eyes
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A large white duck
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So they piled up the wood and put Rocket on top, and lit the fire
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Total Playing Time:
05:03:51
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