Author: Gus Berry
Publisher: Methuen Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780416134322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
The Yellow and Highly Dangerous Joke Book
Author: Gus Berry
Publisher: Methuen Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780416134322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Publisher: Methuen Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780416134322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Yellow and Highly Dangerous Jokes
Author: Gus Berry
Publisher: Mammoth
ISBN: 9780749702212
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher: Mammoth
ISBN: 9780749702212
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Only Joking
Author: Jimmy Carr
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440627207
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Britain’s hottest young comedian presents a seriously funny, up-close look at joking matters—from the social origins of laughter, to the art and craft of humor, to why we can never remember the punch line—featuring over 300 jokes. As the host of the hit game show Distraction (now in its third season on Comedy Central) and one of the premier stand-up acts working today, award-winning comedian Jimmy Carr has won over millions of fans around the world with his trademark rapier wit, laced with "exquisitely economical and perfectly timed one-liners" (The Guardian). For this book he teams up with friend and fellow comedy writer Lucy Greeves to take an in-depth look at where humor comes from and how it works, through exploring its purest form: the joke. Only Joking begins with the mechanism of laughter—how it happens and why even infants do it—then delves into the power of the punch line, exploring the basics of all jokes, from the use of shock and surprise to advanced stand-up techniques such as the "pull-back/reveal." Carr and Greeves go on to explore taboo humor, jokes that bomb, and the psychology of finding something funny. They look into the long-standing connection between politics and humor, and discuss the survival prospects for contentious jokes in the current political climate. Throughout the book they conjure up a supporting cast of colorful joke enthusiasts, from Sigmund Freud to Lenny Bruce, and discuss their influence on the jokes we tell today. Surveying across national, ethnic, and gender divides, this rollicking analysis of why joking will always be close to the human heart is an irresistible exploration of humor that makes clear why we need a good laugh now more than ever.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440627207
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Britain’s hottest young comedian presents a seriously funny, up-close look at joking matters—from the social origins of laughter, to the art and craft of humor, to why we can never remember the punch line—featuring over 300 jokes. As the host of the hit game show Distraction (now in its third season on Comedy Central) and one of the premier stand-up acts working today, award-winning comedian Jimmy Carr has won over millions of fans around the world with his trademark rapier wit, laced with "exquisitely economical and perfectly timed one-liners" (The Guardian). For this book he teams up with friend and fellow comedy writer Lucy Greeves to take an in-depth look at where humor comes from and how it works, through exploring its purest form: the joke. Only Joking begins with the mechanism of laughter—how it happens and why even infants do it—then delves into the power of the punch line, exploring the basics of all jokes, from the use of shock and surprise to advanced stand-up techniques such as the "pull-back/reveal." Carr and Greeves go on to explore taboo humor, jokes that bomb, and the psychology of finding something funny. They look into the long-standing connection between politics and humor, and discuss the survival prospects for contentious jokes in the current political climate. Throughout the book they conjure up a supporting cast of colorful joke enthusiasts, from Sigmund Freud to Lenny Bruce, and discuss their influence on the jokes we tell today. Surveying across national, ethnic, and gender divides, this rollicking analysis of why joking will always be close to the human heart is an irresistible exploration of humor that makes clear why we need a good laugh now more than ever.
The Green and Hairy Joke Book
Author: Gus Berry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780749707064
Category : Wit and humor, Juvenile
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
A joke book written by the author of The Yellow and Highly Dangerous Joke Book, The Pink and Wobbly Joke Book, The Hot Cross Bunny Joke Book, The Purple and Spotty Joke Book, The Kingsize Hamburger Joke Book and The Christmas Pudding Joke Book.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780749707064
Category : Wit and humor, Juvenile
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
A joke book written by the author of The Yellow and Highly Dangerous Joke Book, The Pink and Wobbly Joke Book, The Hot Cross Bunny Joke Book, The Purple and Spotty Joke Book, The Kingsize Hamburger Joke Book and The Christmas Pudding Joke Book.
Towards More Understanding
Author: Isabel Cilliers
Publisher: Juta
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: Juta
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Inside Jokes
Author: Matthew M. Hurley
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026201582X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Some things are funny -- jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed -- but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? In Inside Jokes, Matthew Hurley, Daniel Dennett, and Reginald Adams offer an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Humor, they propose, evolved out of a computational problem that arose when our long-ago ancestors were furnished with open-ended thinking. Mother Nature -- aka natural selection -- cannot just order the brain to find and fix all our time-pressured misleaps and near-misses. She has to bribe the brain with pleasure. So we find them funny. This wired-in source of pleasure has been tickled relentlessly by humorists over the centuries, and we have become addicted to the endogenous mind candy that is humor.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026201582X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Some things are funny -- jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed -- but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? In Inside Jokes, Matthew Hurley, Daniel Dennett, and Reginald Adams offer an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Humor, they propose, evolved out of a computational problem that arose when our long-ago ancestors were furnished with open-ended thinking. Mother Nature -- aka natural selection -- cannot just order the brain to find and fix all our time-pressured misleaps and near-misses. She has to bribe the brain with pleasure. So we find them funny. This wired-in source of pleasure has been tickled relentlessly by humorists over the centuries, and we have become addicted to the endogenous mind candy that is humor.
New Jokes4Kids Joke Book
Author: Paul Gwilliam
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291666869
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The funniest Joke Book available for Kids. The New Jokes4Kids has over 450 funny jokes for kids of all ages. Children love Joke Books, so buy them the best joke book available. The New Jokes4Kids Joke Book will keep your children entertained for hours. So if your looking for jokes and pranks, jokes for children or jokes for kids then this is the book for you.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291666869
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The funniest Joke Book available for Kids. The New Jokes4Kids has over 450 funny jokes for kids of all ages. Children love Joke Books, so buy them the best joke book available. The New Jokes4Kids Joke Book will keep your children entertained for hours. So if your looking for jokes and pranks, jokes for children or jokes for kids then this is the book for you.
The Hot Cross Bunny Joke Book
Author: Nora Carrot
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780749709259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A book of crazy rabbit jokes. Nora Carrot is a pseudonym of Martyn Forrester, who also wrote The Pink and Wobbly Joke Book, The Yellow and Highly Dangerous Joke Book, The Purple and Spotty Joke Book and The Green and Hairy Joke Book.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780749709259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A book of crazy rabbit jokes. Nora Carrot is a pseudonym of Martyn Forrester, who also wrote The Pink and Wobbly Joke Book, The Yellow and Highly Dangerous Joke Book, The Purple and Spotty Joke Book and The Green and Hairy Joke Book.
The Funny Food Joke Book
Author: Sean Connolly
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1838578528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Q: How much did the pirate pay for his corn? A: A buck an ear! Feast your eyes on this incredible collection of 140 food jokes, accompanied by cute cartoon illustrations. Stuffed full of puns, knock-knock jokes and tasty one-liners, The Funny Food Joke Book will leave young readers in peels of laughter. ABOUT THE SERIES: Laugh Out Loud! is a vibrant and dynamic joke book series for kids. Featuring a variety of exciting themes, these titles build general knowledge and their playful jokes are great to share with family and friends. Perfect for kids aged 5+.
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1838578528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Q: How much did the pirate pay for his corn? A: A buck an ear! Feast your eyes on this incredible collection of 140 food jokes, accompanied by cute cartoon illustrations. Stuffed full of puns, knock-knock jokes and tasty one-liners, The Funny Food Joke Book will leave young readers in peels of laughter. ABOUT THE SERIES: Laugh Out Loud! is a vibrant and dynamic joke book series for kids. Featuring a variety of exciting themes, these titles build general knowledge and their playful jokes are great to share with family and friends. Perfect for kids aged 5+.
The JOKE
Author: Milan Kundera
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006099505X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence. The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006099505X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence. The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.