Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts, credited to Bill Nye, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts, by Bill Nye. Read by Phil Chenevert Bill Nye was a famous American humor columnist in the middle 1800's. He said "We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves." And he did exactly that in hundreds of newspaper columns that were later collected into books. This is a selection of just 35 of the most humorous, wry and downright funny cogitations of his, written of course in the somewhat convoluted style common in the 19th century which just adds to their flavor in my opinion. The selection process was rigorous: only those that made me laugh, giggle or snort are included. (Summary by phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Bill Nye's Funniest Thoughts
• Author credits: Bill Nye
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 3:34:05

Catalogue topics

• humor
• bill nye
• columns

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 01 - Directions — 4:05
2. 02 - My School Days — 4:08
3. 03 - Habits of a Literary Man — 6:22
4. 04 - Archemides — 5:11
5. 05 - Anatomy — 5:35
6. 06 - Hours With Great Men — 5:06
7. 07 - B. Franklin, deceased — 7:30
8. 08 - Life Insurance as A Health Restorer — 3:00
9. 09 - The Opium Habit — 4:50
10. 10 - Twombley's Tale — 8:21
11. 11 - On Cyclones — 4:51
12. 12 - Verona — 6:36
13. 13 - A Great Upheaval — 6:59
14. 14 - In Acknowledgment — 6:23
15. 15 - Spinal Meningitis — 7:07
16. 16 - The Sun — 6:15
17. 17 - The Stars — 6:05
18. 18 - A Thrilling Experience — 6:33
19. 19 - The Wail of a Wife — 6:39
20. 20 - My Lecture Abroad — 4:39
21. 21 - The Miner at Home — 7:00
22. 22 - Christopher Columbus — 6:59
23. 23 - The Amateur Carpenter — 4:59
24. 24 - The Average Hen — 6:08

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