"S. J. (Sid) Perelman was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker. He also wrote for several other magazines, as well as books, scripts, and screenplays, including several Marx Brothers films and the Academy Award-winning Around the World in Eighty Days."
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