OH! That’s Funny! 101 Hilarious Ohio Jokes has just been released by Cleveland-based publisher Outlandish Press. The collection of local jokes, all pertaining to Ohio, was the brainchild of Cleveland-area writer/publicist Marjorie J. Preston and her friends and family. The book is available at www.marjoriepreston.com and at Northeast Ohio bookstores including Mac’s Backs, Appletree and Fireside with more stores to come.

 

         Eight years ago, Preston was asked by a friend to write a book of Ohio jokes, and she and her friends and family came up with several zingers. The book was mostly complete in late 2012, but it took a pandemic for her to actually publish it! Preston hopes to bring some levity back to American discourse with this collection of one-hundred and one jokes.

 

         In 2012, Marjorie J. Preston released an ebook of her daughter’s funny quotes in an ebook entitled Emmaisms. That ebook, where Preston is credited as editor and her daughter Emma Preston is credited as author, is available exclusively on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Emmaisms-Wisdom-21st-Century-Three-Year-Old-ebook/dp/B008MWGLPG.

 

Preston previously contributed to a book about Generation X by Claire Raines called Beyond Generation X. As a thirty-year swimming instructor, Preston has been published as a freelance aquatics writer in publications from California to Florida to New York. She has also written for the Sun Newspapers as both a theatre critic for seven years and their “Hillcrest Happenings” columnist. Preston performs improv with Angry Ladies of Improv and Cleveland Improv Jam – via Zoom these days – and is involved in other artistic collaborations to come, including those with local author Chip Caviness. OH! That’s Funny! 101 Hilarious Ohio Jokes is Preston’s first book.

 

The book is dedicated to three Cleveland-area contributors, friends of hers who passed away before it could be published: Andy Craze, Mark Rapp and Norman Tischler. Preston hopes their family and friends enjoy the jokes they provided.