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BATMAN JOKE
WHY DID ROBIN RUN TO THE BATCAVE?
TO CHANGE HIS WONDERWEAR.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS BROTHER, JOE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FICTIONAL PERSON ; TELEVISION AND COMIC BOOK PERSONS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
BATMAN JOKE
WHY DID BATMAN HAVE WORMS?
TO FEED ROBIN.
Submitter comment: BROTHER MIKE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; FICTIONAL PERSON ; TELEVISION AND COMIC BOOK PERSONS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
BATMAN JOKE
WHY DID BATMAN GO TO THE BATCAVE?
TO GO TO THE BAT-ROOM.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS BROTHER, JOE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; FICTIONAL PERSON ; TELEVISION AND COMIC BOOK PERSONS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TWO HOUR BEN CASY SPECIAL?
THEY ARE GOING TO CIRCUMCISE THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): BRAND-NAME TELEVISION ; FICTIONAL PERSON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
RIDDLE
HOW DID KATY WINTERS DIE?
FROZEN ARMPITS
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT FICTIONAL CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-10-1967
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
In this genre the fanciful name of the author in combination with the supposed title of the book produces a verbal irony, the import of which is most often obscene or scatalogical.
The Tiger's Revenge - Claude Balls
Hole in the Mattress - Mr. Completely
Hawaiian Romance - Komona Wanna Laiya
Russian Pastime - Ivben Jackinoff
Seventeenth Century England had something like title-author jokes. They were fake book lists with authors who were real people whom the crown was harrassing supposedly speaking on long winded topics.
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Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; Doyle, Charles ; Title Author Jokes Now and Long Ago
Keyword(s): Author ; BOOK ; Fictional ; HUMOR ; OBSCENE ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; SCATOLOGICAL ; Title
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |