Blanche Knott

Blanche Knott

Blanche Knott is the credited author of the politically incorrect "Truly Tasteless Jokes" book and its many follow-ons. According to the "New York Times" [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DB1739F93AA25752C1A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all PUBLISHING; Many Houses Find Images Are Blurred - New York Times ] ] , the first volume was the biggest-selling mass-market book of 1983. The name is a pun directing the reader to "blanch not" at the offensive nature of the jokes within and an obvious pseudonym.

The actual author was a fresh-from-college employee at St. Martin Press named Ashton Applewhite [ [http://www.affdoublethink.com/archives/020114.php] ] , who ironically, given the many AIDS jokes contained in the TTJ books, went on to write an inspirational volume for AIDS victims.

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