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Things I saw growing up that made my parents laugh, so I had to find out why

Erma Bombeck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Bombeck
Art Buchwald http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Buchwald
Mike Royko http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Royko
James Thurber http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/james-thurber

Thing I was _forced_ to read at school, but liked

Kurt Vonnegut Jr http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/v/kurt-vonnegut-jr/
Mark Twain http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/mark-twain/

Things I found that always get a laugh, not yet mentioned
Christopher Buckley http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/...opher-buckley/
Dave Barry http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/dave-barry/
Patrick F. McManus http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/patrick-f-mcmanus/

Hope you’ll let me throw in these ….
Gary Larson http://www.thefarside.com/
Bill Watterson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes

Some good lists with a few more authors not listed here
http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/spo...08/fiction.asp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...one?intcmp=239
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...22123253AAIxqz
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writin...est_humor.html