"Banjo Dancing," consisting of banjo wizardry, stories, old street chants, inspired me to go find *Joys of Yiddish,* the source for one of the stories (I was just getting into storytelling then). The book cracked me up; a few years ago, when I badly needed a laugh, that is the book I turned to, and had my first laugh after a very bad spell. and yes, he was a stitch onstage.