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5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher Laughs
Villard
September 2010
On Sale: September 7, 2010
256 pages ISBN: 0345522354 EAN: 9780345522351 Paperback
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A grasshopper walked into a bar and ordered a drink. The bartender looked at him and said, βYou know we have a drink named after you?β The grasshopper replied, βYou have a drink named Stanley?β Schtick happens. For five thousand years, Godβs chosen people have cornered the market on knee-slappers, zingers, and knock-knock jokes. Now Old Jews Telling Jokes mines mothers, fathers, bubbies, and zaydes for comic gelt. What we get are jokes that are funnier than a pie in the punim: Abie and Becky jokes; hilarious rabbi, doctor, and mohel tales; and those bits just for Mom (Q: Whatβs the difference between a Jewish mother and a Rottweiler? A: Eventually a Rottweiler will let go!). Some are just naughty and some are downright bawdyβbut either way youβll laugh till you plotz. With Borscht Belt gags from Brooklyn to Bel Air to Boca, Old Jews Telling Jokes is like chicken soup for your funny bone. I mean, would it kill you to laugh a little?
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