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Joey Green (born May 26, 1958) is an American author. He has written over sixty books and has been a guest on Good Morning America, The View, and The Tonight Show. He is a former contributing editor to National Lampoon and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson. He has also written commercials for Burger King, Disney World, and Eastman Kodak.

Early life and education[edit]

He was born in Miami, Florida.[1] He graduated with a BFA from Cornell University in 1980, where he founded the campus humor publication, The Cornell Lunatic, was political cartoonist for The Cornell Daily Sun,[2] and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society.[3] He has two daughters.

Career[edit]

Green has been profiled in The New York Times,[4] People magazine,[5] the Los Angeles Times,[6] the Boston Globe,[7] The Washington Post,[8] Forbes,[9] and USA Today,[10] and he has been interviewed on hundreds of radio shows.

Books[edit]

  • The Cornell Widow Hundredth Anniversary Anthology (Cornell Widow, 1981)
  • Hellbent on Insanity (edited with Alan Corcoran and Bruce Handy) (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982)
  • The Unofficial Gilligan's Island Handbook (Warner Books, 1987)
  • The Get Smart Handbook (Macmillan, 1993)
  • The Partridge Family Album (HarperCollins, 1994)
  • Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose (Hyperion, 1995)
  • Disney Babies Bedtime Stories (Mouse Works, 1996)
  • Hi Bob!: A Self-Help Guide to the Bob Newhart Show (St. Martin's Press, 1996)
  • Selling Out: If Famous Authors Wrote Advertising (Macmillan, 1996)
  • Paint Your House with Powdered Milk (Hyperion, 1996)
  • Wash Your Hair with Whipped Cream (Hyperion, 1997)
  • The Bubble Wrap Book (co-authored with Tim Nyberg) (HarperCollins, 1998)
  • Joey Green's Encyclopedia of Offbeat Uses for Brand-Name Products (Hyperion, 1998)
  • The Zen of Oz: Ten Spiritual Lessons from Over the Rainbow (Renaissance, 1998)
  • The Warning Label Book (co-authored with Tim Nyberg and Tony Dierckins) (St. Martin's Press, 1998)
  • Monica Speaks (Andrews McMeel, 1998)
  • The Official Slinky Book (Berkley, 1999)
  • You Know You've Reached Middle Age If... (co-authored with Alan Corcoran) (Andrews McMeel, 1999)
  • The Mad Scientist Handbook (Perigee, 2000)
  • Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz (Renaissance, 2000)
  • Joey Green's Magic Brands (Rodale, 2001)
  • The Road to Success Is Paved with Failure (Little, Brown, 2001)
  • Clean It! FIx It! Eat It! (Prentice Hall, 2001)
  • Jesus and Moses: The Parallel Sayings (Ulysses Press, 2001)
  • The Mad Scientist Handbook 2 (Perigee, 2002)
  • Senior Moments (co-authored with Alan Corcoran) (Simon & Schuster, 2002)
  • Joey Green's Amazing Kitchen Cures (Rodale, 2002)
  • Jesus and Muhammad: The Parallel Sayings (Ulysses Press, 2002)
  • Joey Green's Gardening Magic (Rodale, 2003)
  • How They Met (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2003)
  • Joey Green's Incredible Country Store (Rodale, 2004)
  • Potato Radio, Dizzy Dice (Perigee, 2004)
  • Joey Green's Supermarket Spa (Fair Winds Press, 2005)
  • Weird Christmas (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2005)
  • Contrary to Popular Belief (Crown, 2005)
  • Marx & Lennon: the Parallel Sayings (Hyperion, 2005)
  • Joey Green's Rainy Day Magic (Fair Winds Press, 2006)
  • The Jolly President: Or Letters George W. Bush Never Read (Lunatic Press, 2006)
  • Champagne and Caviar Again?: Complains of the Rich and Famous (co-authored with Debbie Green and Alan Corcoran) (Lunatic Press, 2006)
  • Joey Green's Mealtime Magic (Rodale, 2007)
  • The Bathroom Professor: Philosophy on the Go (Running Press, 2007)
  • Famous Failures (Lunatic Press, 2007)
  • Lunacy: The Best of the Cornell Lunatic (Lunatic Press, 2008)
  • Joey Green's Fix-It Magic (Rodale, 2008)
  • Too Old for MySpace, Too Young for Medicare (co-authored with Alan Corcoran) (Andrews McMeel, 2008)
  • You Know You Need a Vacation If . . . (co-authored with Alan Corcoran) (Andrews McMeel, 2008)
  • Sarah Palin's Secret Diary (Lunatic Press, 2009)
  • Joey Green's Cleaning Magic (Rodale, 2010)
  • Joey Green's Amazing Pet Cures (Rodale, 2011)
  • Dumb History: The Stupidest Mistakes Ever Made (Plume, 2012)
  • Joey Green's Kitchen Magic (Rodale, 2012)
  • The Ultimate Mad Scientist Handbook (Lunatic Press, 2012)
  • Weird & Wonderful Christmas (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2012)
  • Joey Green's Magic Health Remedies (Rodale, 2013)
  • Happy Accidents (Hallmark, 2014)
  • Last-Minute Survival Secrets (Chicago Review Press, 2014)
  • Last-Minute Travel Secrets (Chicago Review Press, 2016)
  • Location on Vacation (Chicago Review Press, 2016)
  • The Electric Pickle: 50 Experiments from the Periodic Table, from Aluminum to Zinc (Chicago Review Press, 2017)
  • Last-Minute Kitchen Secrets (Chicago Review Press, 2018)
  • Not So Normal Norbert (co-authored with James Patterson) (Jimmy Patterson Books, 2018)

Television appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2008.
  2. ^ "The Cornell Daily Sun". Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  3. ^ "List of Quill and Dagger members". Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  4. ^ Barron, James (January 31, 1996). "Spam, the Double Agent (Who Knew?)". The New York Times. pp. C1, C3.
  5. ^ Uncredited, Uncredited (August 25, 1997). "Miracle Whipper: Joey Green, pantry professor, puts off-the-shelf products to off-the-wall uses". People Weekly. p. 136.
  6. ^ Beyette, Beverly (October 10, 2000). "Tough Day? You Deserve a Cheerios Facial: An author's wacky tips would send Heloise packing". The Los Angeles Times. pp. E1.
  7. ^ Morell, Ricki (September 21, 2000). "Spill you're coffee? Color your shirt! Forget cleansers, use whatever's hanging around, says Joey Green". The Boston Globe.
  8. ^ Daniel, Diane (2016-08-03). "How to foil leeches with pantyhose and other travel tips". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  9. ^ Bender, Andrew. "Try These Ingenious Travel Hacks Using Everyday Objects". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  10. ^ Baskas, Harriet. "How a beach ball could improve your next flight". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  11. ^ "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Episode #4.121 (TV Episode 1996) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-10-04
  12. ^ "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" Episode #1.129 (TV Episode 1997) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-10-04
  13. ^ Story of Surrogate Mother of Quadruplets, The View, 2001-08-08, retrieved 2022-10-04
  14. ^ Episode #6.132, The View, 2003-03-26, retrieved 2022-10-04
  15. ^ Episode #1.68, The Wayne Brady Show, 2003-07-10, retrieved 2022-10-04
  16. ^ Episode #2.118, The Wayne Brady Show, 2004-03-04, retrieved 2022-10-04
  17. ^ Episode dated 11 October 2000, Fox and Friends, 2000-10-11, retrieved 2022-10-04
  18. ^ Episode dated 6 October 1997, Good Morning America, 1997-10-06, retrieved 2022-10-04
  19. ^ Episode dated 2 November 2000, Good Morning America, 2000-11-02, retrieved 2022-10-04
  20. ^ Episode dated 20 July 2004, Good Morning America, 2004-07-20, retrieved 2022-10-04
  21. ^ Episode dated 15 July 2008, Good Morning America, 2008-07-15, retrieved 2022-10-04
  22. ^ Blanchard, John (1999-09-28), Episode #1.12, The Martin Short Show, retrieved 2022-10-04
  23. ^ "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Chris Elliott/Larry Holmes/Joey Green (TV Episode 1998) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-10-04
  24. ^ Episode dated 2 June 1998, Maury, 1998-06-02, retrieved 2022-10-04
  25. ^ Episode dated 6 April 1999, The Early Show, 1999-04-06, retrieved 2022-10-04
  26. ^ Episode dated 13 January 2011, The 700 Club, 2011-01-13, retrieved 2022-10-04

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