Jokes and Anecdotes

Bluejay's Review of Jokes
Discussion by Michael Bluejay on the psychology of the traditional and the absurd joke.
http://michaelbluejay.com/humor/jokes.html

Examples of "Confucius Say, ..." Jokes
Includes introduction to this juvenile English-language word-play humor.
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/confuci.html

Examples of "Knock-Knock" Jokes
One of the most common juvenile humor forms in English.
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/k-knock.html

Making a Big Apple Crumble
Monograph by Bill Ellis studying the emergence of WTC humor as a phenomenon.
http://www.temple.edu/isllc/newfolk/journal.html

Selections from Legman's "Rationale of the Dirty Joke"
Excerpts from the section on foreigner jokes.
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/leg-joke.html

Selections from Pissing in the Snow
Excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales."
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/pissing.html

Senator Johnson's Great Speech
Anecdote excerpted from Vance Randolph's classic "Pissing in the Snow, and other Ozark Folktales," with comment.
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US7/FOLK/johnson.html

20 Years of Political Humor
Treatise of political jokes form Alan Dundes' collection.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue393/politics393.htm