O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.

He was a teacher and academic but is best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting storywriting journalism and Yiddish lexicography. Ross)
Mechanized Patrolling (1943) (as Leonard Q. It was followed by O K*A*P*L*A*N! My K*A*P*L*A*N! (1976) a reworking of the two 1930s collections and Hooray for Yiddish! (1982) a humorous lexicon of the American language as influenced by Jewish culture.

He was a teacher and academic but is best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting storywriting journalism and Yiddish lexicography. Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11 1908 – February 19 1997) was born in Łódź Russian Empire (now Poland) and died in New York City.