<p><p>Anthony Tony Palma Palmeri popular barber and humorist in Pittston a small Pennsylvania coal-mining town began telling jokes as he began losing hair in his twenties. With his dynamic wit Tony built up a repertoire as The Bald Barber which mushroomed into a stand-up-comedian routine over a 40-year career. With the humor of Robin Williams and the gentleness of Bing Crosby there was no frightened child whom Tony could not charm into a barber chair and no sad person he could not make laugh. Nurses doctors and townsfolk agreed He's better than a medicine.</p><p> In <b>Tales from the Barber Shop</b> his daughter Sister Josephine Palmeri a teaching nun in Morristown NJ shares Tony's 40 years of stories along with inspirational gems from the life of her late Dad a heartwarming story of down-to-earth holiness and humor.</p><p> </p><p><br clear=all><A NAME=goto2></A><HR ALIGN=LEFT>