jokesmith
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He approaches joke-telling with the care and thoughtful precision of a jokesmith, in the truest sense of the word: a gimlet-eyed professional calibrating and tuning each bit until it hums.
From Washington Post
Best joke of the year from a man not previously known as a jokesmith: Gerald Ford's assurance that "Ronald Reagan doesn't dye his hair; he's just prematurely orange."
From Time Magazine Archive
As a vastly accomplished jokesmith, Abe Burrows is up against tough and lonely competition�himself�and there are some cavities in his comic lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
After graduation he hung around Broadway theaters, cadged a job with Jack Paar as a jokesmith, wrote for Johnny Carson and tried his own nightclub act as a stand-up comic.
From Time Magazine Archive
"How do you get down?" asked the jokesmith for the fourth time.
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
