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

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

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

The supply is not equal to the demand, and the jokesmith often has to set his wits to work when the stock of raw material is running low.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander