1.   Dangerfield started writing jokes as a teen-ager.

2.   Every joke is written for her.

3.   He also writes new jokes, sometimes drawing on the absurdity of the social services maze.

4.   He told jokes and wrote jokes, providing material for Will Rogers and Fanny Brice.

5.   He wrote jokes for John F. Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson.

6.   His talent was confirmed by stand-up comedians like Dick Gregory, Shecky Green, Alan King and Sandy Baron, who hired him to write their jokes.

7.   If you write a joke, no one is going to mine more out of it than Bette.

8.   One Oklahoma banker had written jokes for The Harvard Lampoon, and wound up winning a Planned Parenthood award.

9.   Pope joined the show that year and worked her way up through the creative ranks, writing jokes and handling guest talent.

10.   They could write his jokes.