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Chicken Soup for the Laughing Soul

Laughing Matters Magazine


Laughing Matters... Yes, It Does!

You can add years to your life and life to your years by ordering back issues of LAUGHING MATTERS magazine. We hope that this page will give you a brief taste for these fun-filled and idea-filled, timely and timeless magazines.

You can order individual Volumes... or you can order two special discounted sets:

Collector’s Set of 35 Back Issues at Special Price.
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LAUGHING MATTERS:

  • does not analyze humor to death– rather, it is a goldmine of practical ideas on how to bring humor to life.
  • is designed to be an uplifting experience for you– to improve your laugh life and to give the gift of laughter to people you care about.
  • is filled with humorous ideas, real-life examples, practical tips, and loads of laughter.
  • will help you to get more smileage out of your life and work (you’ll be traveling at least 65 smiles-per-hour with LAUGHING MATTERS).

We have been delighted with the very positive response to the LAUGHING MATTERS magazine! Thousands of people in all 50 states and 20 other countries have applauded this practical and invigorating quarterly publication. Laughter loves company! You’ll be in good company when you order back issues of LAUGHING MATTERS:

Norman Cousins (author of Anatomy of an Illness): “Enthusiastic congratulations on LAUGHING MATTERS!”

Dr. Laurence Peter (creator of The Peter Principle): “LAUGHING MATTERS is clearly the best periodical on the subject of humor and its uses. If you want more humor in your life, LAUGHING MATTERS is for you.”

The print version of LAUGHING MATTERS magazine will be “on sabbatical” for 1999. In the meantime, feel free to access LAUGHING MATTERS On-Line.

4 issues of Volume 2
  • Charles M. Schulz: Up-Close and Personal with the Creator of PEANUTS
  • Humor for the Health of It: Why We Should Be Serious About Humor
  • Gargle Some Groucho and Call Me in the Morning: Art Buchwald Looks at M.D.’s (Mirth Doctors)
  • Discover the Elf in Yourself!: You, Too, Can Become Elf-Conscious
  • Laughter in the Office
  • Anatomy of Norman Cousins as Perceived by Norman Cousins: A Personal Innerview
  • Collect Yourself... and Your Humor: How to Become a Glutton for Funishment
  • The Salt of the Mirth: Laughing at Yourself
  • The Creative Gift of Steve Allen
  • The Laughter Prescription
  • People Are Funny: A Smorgasbord from the Exhibit on American Humor

P-44-02, $10.00

4 issues of Volume 3
  • Smile! You’re On, Allen Funt!: A Candid Conversation with Mr. Candid Camera
  • Up Your Thinking!: The Haha-Aha Connection
  • Playing with a Fool Deck: 52 Cards to Tickle Your Funnybone
  • Perret-Scope on Humor: A Comedy Writer Who Gives Bob Hope
  • The White Collar Guerrilla: Funny Business Plan
  • My Mind Is Open By Appointment Only: And Other Brilliant Thoughts from Ashleigh Brilliant
  • Turning Boosler into Cheers: Focus on Comedienne Elayne Boosler
  • Making Laughter Work for You on the Job: Being Serious About Humor Vs. Being Dead Serious
  • Keep the Faith with Humor: There Is Life After Mirth
  • Bil Keane, the FAMILY CIRCUS, and the Story of Our Lives

P-44-03, $10.00

3 issues of Volume 4
  • The King-Dom DeLuise of Comedy: A Personal Interview
  • Join the (Aikido) Crowd!: Turning Stress into Opportunity... for Laughter
  • A Humorous Teaching Sabbatical
  • Jest for the Health of It
  • The Magic of David Copperfield: Tricks of the Humor/Magic Trade
  • Funny Money: Wi$dom, Cents of Humor
  • Magical Thinking and Therapy
  • Blooper Scooper: Laughing at Yourself
  • Write On! Bob Orben: Insights from the Dean of American Comedy-Writing
  • Making the World Safe from Bureaucracy

 

 

P-45-04, $7.50

4 issues of Volume 5
  • Say, Kids, What Time Is It?: It’s Time to Meet Buffalo Bob Smith!
  • Aging Is Optional: Don’t Retire Your Humor
  • How to Add Humor to Your Organization
  • Mark Russell’s Humor Is Music to Our Ears
  • Get With It!: How to Move from “Laughing At” to “Laughing With”
  • Humor Works: A Dozen Ideas on Helping Humor Go to Work for You
  • A Real Jewell: The Facts of Life About Geri Jewell
  • Humor Mythconceptions: Why We Should Be Serious About Humor
  • Jay Leno’s Planet: Lifestyles of the Wits and Famous
  • Unbelievable Advice: Enlightening Strikes Again
  • Insights on Comic Sights: A Picture Is Worth... A Thousand Laughs

P-45-05, $10.00

4 issues of Volume 6
  • Humor Is Not a Luxury: John Cleese
  • Humor as a Societal Safety Valve in Dealing with Disasters
  • Bring in the Clowns: The Healing Power of Humor
  • Down-to-Earth, Up-to-Mirth Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite
  • Laughter & Learning: Humor Literacy
  • Jack of All Tirades and Master of Fun: From “Somber” to “Seriously Funny”
  • Mirthful Medicine from Erma Bombeck
  • Fun at Work: Beyond Job Satisfaction
  • From Russia with Love and Laughter
  • Love, Laughter & Miracles: A Prescription from Bernie Siegel
  • A Whack on the Side of the Head: Thinking Like a Fool Is Wise

P-44-06, $10.00

4 issues of Volume 7
  • For Better or For Worse: Lynn Johnston’s Art of Living with Humor
  • The Health with Laughter: The Latest Physiological Research
  • Mirth in Management
  • Glasnost with a Giggle: Behind the Ironic Curtain
  • Head First: The Biology of Hope with Norman Cousins
  • A Conversation with Mort Walker and Beetle Bailey
  • Faster Than Speeding Bull: Humor Performance Appraisal
  • Make Your Day!: A Collection of Laugh Lines
  • Victor Borge: International Humor Treasure
  • The Therapeutic Uses of Humor
  • Take a Mental Health Day with Humor

P-44-07, $10.00

4 issues of Volume 8
  • Dave Barry: Barry Interesting... and Barry Strange!
  • Putting Our Funny Where Our Mouth Is (Humor Grants)
  • Grimm and Bear It: Mike Peters and Mother Goose and Grimm
  • Candid Classroom: Parent Excuses and Student Gaffes Make for Laughs
  • Nursing Jocularity
  • Hail Caesar!: Sid Caesar Up-Close
  • Some Days You’re the Pigeon, Some Days You’re the Statue
  • Well Humor: Laughter as the Bridge Between Sickness and Wellness
  • The Burden of Spoof: The Capitol Steps Musical Political Satire
  • Timing Is Everything: How to Have the Time of Your Life... with Humor
  • Humorous Stories About the Human Condition

P-45-08, $10.00

4 issues of Volume 10
  • Ziggy is Funtastic
  • Hot to Run the Race When the Horse Has Died, and Other Problems That Erupt at Meetings
  • The Mauling of America
  • Rachel Grants: Humor Think Tank
  • Positively Outrageous Service at Southwest Airlines
  • People Say the Darndest Things About Kinds
  • Native Americans on Humor
  • Bureaudoxes: Bureaucracy Is Indeed a Laughing Matter!
  • Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Pat Paulsen
  • Play, Passion, and Fantasy: Catalysts for Creativity
  • Caps and Frowns: Graduation Humor
  • Chuckle for the Weak
  • The Birth of The HUMOR Project
  • Chicken Soup for the Laughing Soul
  • The Information Super Ha-Ha Way

P-45-10, $10.00

4 Issues of Volume 11
  • The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
  • Take This Job and Laugh It!
  • Happy Adversity!
  • Library of Life, Love & Laughter
  • Web Citings
  • Close to Ho-Ho-Home: Interview with John McPherson
  • The Laughing Soul
  • Dilbert Is Upsizing: Very Sound Bytes from Scott Adams
  • Aging With a Smile
  • Not-So Funny Money: Still More Humor Grants
  • David Hyde Pierce: National Humor Treasure
  • The Haha!-Ah! Connection: Humor-Based Learning
  • Healthy Stories

P-45-11, $10.00


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