In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.

C. 's (stage manager for Florenz Ziegfeld) conjuror's shop in New York. Orben has said he nearly sued Lenny Bruce once as Bruce advertised his show with the tag line "No Joe Miller no corn no Orben".

He has written multiple books on comedy mostly collections of gags and "one-liners" originally written for his newsletter Orben's Current Comedy and he has also written books for magicians. Orben has said he nearly sued Lenny Bruce once as Bruce advertised his show with the tag line "No Joe Miller no corn no Orben". Robert Orben (born March 4 1927) is best known as an American professional comedy writer though he also worked as a speechwriter for Gerald R.