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Issue: Mad's Al Jaffee Spews Out Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions #T4987
Publication Date: January 1973
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: A Signet Book
Indicia Publisher: New American Library, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 196
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 73 (56 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Albert B. Feldstein
Disclose Notes: Indexed from an 11th printing copy; not known at which printing the issue number and price changed.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Mass Market Paperback Size (4 1/4" x 7")
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Graphic novel
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Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
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humorous
What's The Book About?
A set of snappy answers describing this book.
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Signed with Jaffee's characteristic "J".
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Introduction

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Instructions on the use of this book.
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More MAD Humor From Signet

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House ad for other MAD books.
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Dedication

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Al Jaffee
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humorous
Al dedicates the book to himself.
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Foreword

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Donna Zink; Johnny Hart; Larry Siegel; Allen Saunders; Earle Doud; Stan Lee; Jerry De Fuccio; Al Feldstein
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Thoughts on this book from various other writers.
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Donna Zink is listed as Secretary to Steve Allen.
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Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Subject Matter
humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are You Asleep?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Did You Catch That?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Young Man, Do You Work Here?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Am I Sexy, Henry?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is It Snowing?
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The Great "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions" Murder Mystery

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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
A woman murders her husband and is executed for the crime.
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More Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Been Swimming?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Putting Up A New Antenna, George?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Going On A Trip?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Why Do You Want To Marry My Daughter?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are You On The Phone?
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"Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions" Goes West

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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
After a barroom fight, the bully asks the stupid question.
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Still More Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Were you Held Up?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is It Raining?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is It OK To Smoke?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is It Safe?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Table For How Many?
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A "Snappy Answer To Some Stupid Questions" That Backfired

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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Rock Hudson; Ziglveit B. Shtoonk
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Back To Those Plain (Yecch) "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions"

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are You Going Out In This Kind Of Weather?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Lose Something?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Will You Take A Letter, Miss Forbush?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
What's New?
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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
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Did I Do Something Wrong, Officer?
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Out Of This World Snappy Answer To A Stupid Question

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Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Unexpected glitch in meeting of two orbiting space capsules.
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Back To Still More (Yecch) "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions"

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are They Twins?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Trying To Break Out, Eh?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Were You Scared?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is This The Road To Blechville?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is The Soup Too Hot?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are You Smoking, Tommy?
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A Romantic "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions" Love Story

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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Snappy answers get the girl every time.
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Once Again, Let's Return To Still More (Yecch) "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions"

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is This Your Little Girl, Mr. Gribbish?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are You Going To Vote?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Do You Take This Man To Be Your Lawfully Wedded Husband?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Did You Sit In Wet Paint?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
What Are You Guys Trying To Do, Make Trouble?
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A "Snappy Answer To A Stupid Question" Because It Is There

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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
A mountain climber overuses the phrase "...because it is there."
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Through History With "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions"

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Al Jaffee
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze; Al Jaffee
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze; Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
George Washington
Are We Gonig To Fight The British, Sir?
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Image is a reworked version of the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.
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Al Jaffee
Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier; Al Jaffee
Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier; Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Napoleon Bonaparte
Are We Retreating From Moscow, Mon General?
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Image is a reworked version of Napoleon on Campaign by Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier.
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Al Jaffee
? (photo); Al Jaffee
? (photo); Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Alexander Graham Bell
Come Here, Watson - I Need You
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Image a reworked version of an old photo of Alexander Graham Bell speaking into a phone.
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Al Jaffee
Associated Press (photo); Al Jaffee
Associated Press (photo); Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Mamoru Shigemitsu; General Umezu
Did We Lose?
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Image is a detail from a photo (http://framework.latimes.com/2010/09/01/world-war-ii/#/5) of the Japanese surrender delegation onboard the USS Missouri.
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Stinging Comebacks To "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions"

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Goin' Skatin'?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are You Married?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is That You, Spencer?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Care To Dance?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Doing Some Shopping?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is This Texas?
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Some Very Unlikely "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions"

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Hello - Can You Hear Me?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
What Do You Owe Your Long Life To?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is It In Good Shape?
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At Last! The Last of The Plain (Yecch) "Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions"

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Al Jaffee
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Did I Hurt You?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is It Quicksand?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Are You Drunk?
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Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Your Kids?
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A Happy Ending To A "Snappy Answer To Stupid A Question"

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Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
Al Jaffee (signed)
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humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Al Jaffee
Al gets a bang out of his own stupid question.
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Credits
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
Al Jaffee
?
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Subject Matter
humorous
Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions
Is This The Back Cover Of The Book?
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Cartoon with promo for this book, on back cover.

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