Author : Peter McGraw
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,40 MB
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451665423
Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist travel the globe to discover the secret behind what makes things funny, questioning countless experts, including Louis C.K., along the way.
Author : Garrison Keillor
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Humor
ISBN :
Over 2,200 Jokes from America’s favorite live radio show A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Sixth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first five were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (the nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With over 200 new and updated jokes, the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyone—fans of the radio show or not—will enjoy.
Author : Joseph Boskin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,17 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814325971
Why do some jokes evaporate after the telling while others are transmitted to subsequent generations? Just what property of humor allows it to touch diverse members of a culture at a given time? As a penetrating and refracting angle of history, humor illuminates the expectations and contradictions of society, its anxieties and confusions, and permits perspective into any historic moment. The Humor Prism in Twentieth-Century America explores to what extent and in what ways American humor in the twentieth century reflects history, examining the dynamics and disguised messages behind humor. The first section of this volume concentrates on patterns of humor in the twentieth century. Section two looks at the power and politics of women's humor, and at multicultural humor. The final section presents and evaluates the major joke cycles from the post-World War II period to the 1990s as responses to profound social and economic change, such as Polish jokes and JAP jokes.
Author : David Pogue
Publisher : Berkley Trade
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780425160541
In this wild, witty and wired satire of the Microsoft phenomenon, Macworld magazine's acclaimed humorist and columnist David Pogue assembles the greatest Microsoft jokes ever e-mailed, faxed, downloaded, or even spoken. Example...How many Bill Gates does it take to change a light bulb? Just one. He holds the bulb and lets the world revolve around him.The timing has never been better for a Microsoft joke book. The colossal success of Bill Gates and his massive company has spawned a major backlash in the past year. Microsoft jokes are all the rage -- you can see them printed in Newsweek or posted on the Net. Now David Pogue has collected the best of these jokes in one hilarious volume. No installation required! No RAM required! No slow-moving, over-sized software to drive you nuts! Just jokes. Lots of them.Includes: - Windows 95 horror stories from Shakespeare to Captain Kirk - Bill Gates at the Pearly Gates - the first-ever MicroSloth infomercial drinking game songs light bulb jokes - and more.
Author : Mad Comedy
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 24,64 MB
Release : 2020-07-09
Category :
ISBN :
Even during the dark days of slavery, our courageous Black ancestors used comedy to lift their spirits, often making fun of the white people subjugating them. Even today, brave Black men and women risking their lives in the streets fighting white supremacy need a little humor to lift their spirits. This book is for you! MAD COMEDY has collected hundreds of hilarious jokes by top Black comics about the antics of our favorite clowns: white people! Only white people think bike riding is a sport. I know a crackhead who could win the Tour de France on a stolen Barbie bike. What do you call a black man selling drugs? A pharmacist, you racist. How many white people does it take to replace a light bulb? One to hold the bulb, and the rest to screw the whole world. Batman is the story of a rich white dude who beats people up and the cops just let him do it. Think about it: Batman's superpower is white privilege. A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to benefit Black causes.
Author : John Cleese
Publisher : Crown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0385348282
The legendary comedian, actor, and writer of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and A Fish Called Wanda fame shares his key ideas about creativity: that it’s a learnable, improvable skill. “Many people have written about creativity, but although they were very, very clever, they weren't actually creative. I like to think I'm writing about it from the inside.”—John Cleese You might think that creativity is some mysterious, rare gift—one that only a few possess. But you’d be wrong. As John Cleese shows in this short, practical, and often amusing guide, creativity is a skill that anyone can acquire. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a writer, Cleese shares his insights into the nature of creativity and offers advice on how to get your own inventive juices flowing. What do you need to do to get yourself in the right frame of mind? When do you know that you’ve come up with an idea that might be worth pursuing? What should you do if you think you’ve hit a brick wall? We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how.
Author : Eva Blank
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761176845
It’s the mother of all kids’ joke books—an all-encompassing, gut-busting, and bestselling collection of more than 1,700 jokes, tongue-twisters, riddles, and puns for all occasions. Here are 61 elephant jokes, including: What did the elephant say when he walked into the post office? / Ouch! Dozens of knock-knock jokes, like: Knock-knock. / Who’s there? / Doris. / Doris who? / Doris locked. That’s why I knocked! Plus teacher jokes and creature jokes, doctor jokes and robber jokes, food jokes, gross jokes, why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road jokes, and name-game jokes: What do you call a man in a tiger’s cage? / Claude. And for all aspiring comedians, there are joke-telling pointers and tips, funny facts, and spotlights on comic TV shows, books, and actors, from Steve Carell to Tina Fey to SpongeBob Squarepants. It’s the ultimate gift for the incurable jokester.
Author : G. Patrick Vennebush
Publisher : Robert Reed Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781934759486
Professor and Mathemagician, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA --
Author : Martin Carnoy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 113593858X
When it comes to the issue of US education reform, hopeful politicians, liberal and conservative alike, have long touted the promises of 'standards-based accountability'. But do accountability-based reforms actually work? What happens when they encounter the formidable challenge of the comprehensive high school?The New Accountability explores the current wave of assessment-based accountability reforms at the high school level in the United States.
Author : Charles Foxgrover
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 2009-08-26
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1603762078
National Humor Month won't be the same with this huge, classic collection of side-splitting, groan-worthy, family-friendly jokes, puns, and riddles. Guaranteed LOLs at a time we can all use a laugh. Between these covers are a staggering 3650 entries - at a joke a day that's 10 full years of comedy! With chapters on everything from Modern Romance, the Working World and Aging to Pop Culture, Money, and much more, 3650 Jokes, Puns and Riddles contains the most ridiculous quip for every conceivable occasion. There are gibes, barbs, and insults, knock-knock jokes, and one-liners, doctor jokes and lawyer jokes, animal jokes and family jokes, and throughout a seemingly endless supply of bad puns. 3650 Jokes, Puns and Riddles will have you chuckling, chortling, giggling, grinning, and groaning in spite of yourself.
