The Algonquin Wits

Publisher Marketing: The wit at the poker table tended to be less sophisticated than the luncheon banter - one can't consider the possibilities of a three card flush and simultaneously create nifties - but it was at the poker table that the Round Tablers revealed, in their firehouse funnies, their substantially small town origins. Every one of them came from the hinterlands exept my father. Contributor Bio:  Drennan, Robert E Robert E. Drennan is an editor and writer, with a special interest in literary history and humor. Contributor Bio:  Broun, Heywood Hale Heywood Hale Broun was an American author, sportswriter, commentator, and actor. He passed away in 2001.