It is Monday again, luckless mortals, and time to examine the world of really old jokes as I wrote them out in the last century Today’s excerpt from that book is about money, and what people do with it. I am not one to salute the wisdom of my own past self, whom IContinue reading “On With the Dough”
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Assisting With Inquiries
For this episode in ancient joke identification, we move to the world of law and crime. For the purposes of keeping this on a calm and genteel level, we will NOT be going into hot button issues like, say, stealing jokes. J1.”Psst! Bud! Wanna buy a hot?” “A hot what?” “( Continue reading “Assisting With Inquiries”
Representative Humor
Once upon a time, of course, religion and politics were two things you didn’t discuss unless you were among friends, and sure of your audience. This was before the invention of social media Nowadays, unless you’re screaming your convictions each day, you are an unaware, unpatriotic, and probably unworthy of your account. ThisContinue reading “Representative Humor”
Stand Up, Stand Up
For centuries, our ancestors loved to tell jokes about doctors, lawyers, and priests, authority figures who spoke Latin. I hope somebody will eventually take my suggestion and do a dissertation on the subject, but for now, they tell you you should never venture on a joke about religion unless you are really sure ofContinue reading “Stand Up, Stand Up”
Like a Horse and Carriage
Yes, yes, it’s Old Joke Monday, when we visit portions of a failed book project of mine, a quiz book filled with what were then really old jokes without the punchlines. Being an expert at old jokes, you are expected to supply the missing bits. No one has asked, by the way, but yes,Continue reading “Like a Horse and Carriage”
Love Makes the Head Go Round
Yes, it’s true: we have returned to our Monday of old jokes. For those teeming millions who have just joined us, these are selections from a quiz book I wrote eons ago, meant to test your knowledge of genuinely antique snippets of humor. (The first one here can be dated pretty specifically to theContinue reading “Love Makes the Head Go Round”
On the Road Again
Oh, let us pause for another collection of old jokes. If I contribute nothing else to twenty-first century society, I will at least have invented a new reason to dread Mondays. This selection from my brilliant but unpublished book So I Bit Him! Deals with jokes about travel. As ever, the punchline has beenContinue reading “On the Road Again”
Takin’ What They’re Givin’
A number of years ago, in response to no particular demand, I developed a musical lecture on the “I Hate My Job” song, a style of song as basic to the American experience as the hymn. Had I been able to clear all the rights…. But there is a broad literature of peopleContinue reading “Takin’ What They’re Givin’”
Set ‘Em Up Again
I didn’t plan to do this every Monday, but I felt that, having done this together last week, we needed to get back on before we developed a fear of it. This is the second in a series of excerpts from my unpublished bestseller, So I Bit Him!, a book of really, really old jokesContinue reading “Set ‘Em Up Again”
ARCHAEOLOGY OF HUMOR
I have to admit that sometimes I don’t understand every facet of every joke thrown at me by the humorists of the past. I think we can all enjoy the basic humor of this card, for example. Anyone who played on seesaws (teeter-totters, in my neighborhood) knows that joy of breaking the rules andContinue reading “ARCHAEOLOGY OF HUMOR”
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