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Corey Ford (April 29, 1902-July 27, 1969) was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best remembered as the person who named Eustace Tilley, the dandyish, top-hatted symbol of The New Yorker magazine. According to Ford's memoir, The Time of Laughter, the last name came from a maiden aunt and he chose the first name "for euphony." However, it appears that he may also have taken "Eustace" from Eustace L. Taylor, a Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity brother from his alma mater, Columbia.

Fords published works' include:

• Three Rousing Cheers for the Rollo Boys, 1925
• The Gazelle's Ears, 1926
• Meaning No Offense, 1928
• Salt Water Taffy, 1929
• The John Riddell Murder Case, 1930
• Coconut Oil, 1931
• In The Worst Possible Taste, 1932
• From The Ground Up, 1943
• Short Cut To Tokyo, 1943
• War Below Zero, 1944
• Cloak and Dagger, 1946
• The Last Time I Saw Them, 1946
• Horse of Another Color, 1946
• A Man Of His Own, 1949
• How To Guess Your Age, 1950
• The Office Party, 1951
• Every Dog Should Have A Man, 1952
• Never Say Diet, 1954
• Has Anybody Seen Me Lately?, 1958
• You Can Always Tell A Fisherman, 1958
• The Day Nothing Happened, 1959
• Guide To Thinking, 1961
• What Every Bachelor Knows, 1961
• Minutes of the Lower Forty, 1962
• And How Do We Feel This Morning?, 1964
• Uncle Perk's Jug, 1964
• A Peculiar Service, 1965
• Where The Sea Breaks Its Back, 1966
• The Time of Laughter, 1967
• Donovan of OSS, 1970 (posthumously)

• The Sophomore, 1929 (aka Compromised [UK])
• The Sport Parade, 1932
• The Half Naked Truth, 1932
• Her Bodyguard, 1933
• Topper Takes a Trip, 1938
• Start Cheering, 1938
• Remember?, 1939
• Winter Carnival, 1939
• Zenobia, 1939 (aka Elephants Never Forget [UK], aka It's Spring Again [USA])
• Cloak and Dagger, 1946

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