Joey Green

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

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

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

• 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

• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno^[11]
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show^[12]
• The View^[13][14]
• The Wayne Brady Show^[15][16]
• Fox & Friends^[17]
• Good Morning America^{[18][19][20][21]}
• The Other Half
• Extra!
• Dateline NBC
• The Martin Short Show^[22]
• Donny & Marie
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien^[23]
• Smart Solutions
• Today
• CNN Morning News
• Maury^[24]
• CBS Early Show^[25]
• The 700 Club^[26]