Joe Laurie Jr. (February 24, 1892[1] – April 29, 1954) was an American vaudeville monologist who later performed on radio and on Broadway.
[2] On radio he was one of the comedic panelists on the popular joke-telling series, Can You Top This?
[4] Laurie's jokes were part of Cream of the Crop (Grosset and Dunlap, 1947) along with other members of the Can You Top This?
During the 1940s, Laurie and his second wife, Nellie Butcher (1922–1954), stage named June Tempest, lived in Manhattan.
[5] Joe Laurie Jr. died in New York City in 1954, aged 63, from undisclosed causes.