He Had Bad Gags by the Bookful

Milton Berle earned his nickname--”The Thief of Bad Gags”--through such jokes as these, from his book “Milton Berle’s Private Joke File.”

* Marriage is one of the few institutions that allow a man to do as his wife pleases.

* I’m so henpecked I cackle in my sleep!

* A worm has some things going for it. For instance: It can’t fall down!

* He lives on the wrong side of a one-track mind!

* Last month I put in a rock garden. Two of them were dead in the morning!

* They should never send up three astronauts in one capsule. Sooner or later they’ll start arguing about who gets the seat by the window!

* (A musician) played in Key West. It was the first time I knew what key he was in.

* My new parrot must have been raised in a tough neighborhood. He won’t talk without an attorney!