Jokes are short, funny, fictional tales, usually ending in a punchline. Common types of jokes are numskull jokes (about naivete and foolishness), political jokes, sexual jokes, moron jokes, and immigrant jokes.
Anecdotes are short, humoristic lege...
This page was last updated on September 2nd, 2008
This page was last updated on September 2nd, 2008
Jokes and Anecdotes (from Literature)
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Selections from Pissing in the Snow
Excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales."
Senator Johnson's Great Speech
Anecdote excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales," with comment.
Selections from Legman's "Rationale of the Dirty Joke"
Excerpts from the section on foreigner jokes.
The Use and Abuse of Humor
Essay by Ed Reber, Dixie State College, looking at theories of humor, with examples.
Mexican Women's Sexual Jokes
Article by Rafaela Castro discussing erotic jokes among Mexican and American Mexican women.
Making a Big Apple Crumble
Monograph by Bill Ellis studying the emergence of WTC humor as a phenomenon.
Examples of "Knock-Knock" Jokes
One of the most common juvenile humor forms in English.
Humor Reference Guide A Comprehensive Classification and Analysis
Prepared and illustrated by Warren Shibles, University of Wisconsin.
Laughing Under the Covers
Russian oral jokes and anecdotical tales compiled, edited, translated from the Russian and supplied with an introduction and commentaries by Mark Perakh.
Anecdotes
Funny stories about famous people from Yeats to Gates, arranged by theme.
Bluejay's Review of Jokes
Discussion by Michael Bluejay on the psychology of the traditional and the absurd joke.
20 Years of Political Humor
Treatise of political jokes form Alan Dundes' collection.
Examples of "Confucius Say, ..." Jokes
Includes introduction to this juvenile English-language word-play humor.
Excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales."
Anecdote excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales," with comment.
Excerpts from the section on foreigner jokes.
Essay by Ed Reber, Dixie State College, looking at theories of humor, with examples.
Article by Rafaela Castro discussing erotic jokes among Mexican and American Mexican women.
Monograph by Bill Ellis studying the emergence of WTC humor as a phenomenon.
One of the most common juvenile humor forms in English.
Prepared and illustrated by Warren Shibles, University of Wisconsin.
Russian oral jokes and anecdotical tales compiled, edited, translated from the Russian and supplied with an introduction and commentaries by Mark Perakh.
Funny stories about famous people from Yeats to Gates, arranged by theme.
Discussion by Michael Bluejay on the psychology of the traditional and the absurd joke.
Treatise of political jokes form Alan Dundes' collection.
Includes introduction to this juvenile English-language word-play humor.
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