Voices In My Head: Gary Burbank

Greg Hoard's beguiling new biographyfollowing on the heels of the bestselling Joe, Rounding Third and Heading for Homeis the story of the most fortunate man alive. Born Billy Purser in Memphis, this most fortunate man had only one job his entire lifeentertaining. He began with the small audience of his perplexed family, expanded through his schoolyard, the army, and then torched a round of undermanned radio outposts in the Deep South.

In time, "the funniest man in America nobody knows abou...