{"id":15819,"date":"2016-11-03T13:20:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T18:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=15819"},"modified":"2016-11-05T08:34:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T13:34:53","slug":"book-report-the-official-jewish-joke-bookthe-official-irish-joke-book-by-larry-wilde-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/03\/book-report-the-official-jewish-joke-bookthe-official-irish-joke-book-by-larry-wilde-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: The Official Jewish Joke Book\/The Official Irish Joke Book<\/i> by Larry Wilde (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book\"Book<\/a>The author of this book<\/a>–it is one book, but each side has a different cover followed by its collection of jokes–also wrote The Official Polish Joke Book<\/em>\/the Official Italian Joke Book<\/em><\/a>. So you know what you’re in for: some ‘ethnic’ humor, which is jokes that require familiarity with some stereotypes.<\/p>\n

The Jewish humor actually relies a lot on Jewish comics from the middle part of the twentieth century for its jokes, so it’s a little like reading George Burns<\/a> (yes, George Jessel and Jack Benny are mentioned on page 18).<\/p>\n

The Irish humor relies on the Irish-as-drinkers trope a bunch, of course.<\/p>\n

Some of the jokes must have been amusing, but as I said in the report on this book’s predecessor, I’m not much for jokes unless they involve talking dogs. So your mileage may vary, as might your offense to the existence of such a book.<\/p>\n