Jokes and Anecdotes Literature Folklore

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 legends told about famous people or local characters.

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• Examples of "Knock-Knock" Jokes - One of the most common juvenile humor forms in English.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Making a Big Apple Crumble - Monograph by Bill Ellis studying the emergence of WTC humor as a phenomenon.
  
• Bluejay's Review of Jokes - Discussion by Michael Bluejay on the psychology of the traditional and the absurd joke.
  
  

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