Painfully Obscure Jokes
For serious students of comedy only.
Samples from the unpublished collection, THE WORLD’S MOST OBSCURE JOKES. (With application now pending to GUINNESS for acknowledgment as “THE WORLD’S MOST OBSCURE JOKE COLLECTION.”)
(chapter: Jokes Even Vaudeville Forgot)
“Take my Life! Please!” — the Suicidal Comic
(chapter: Jokes Only a Doctor Could Love)
“His mother-in-law often said about Ivan, THE ONLY PRODUCTIVE THING ABOUT HIM IS HIS COUGH.”
(chapter: Jokes Only a Lawyer Could Love)
Two lawyers ending a 5-hour settlement conference, each hoping the other does not figure out his client cannot afford a full-blown litigation. Finally, lawyer #1, in frustration, says, “IF YOU FORCE OUR HAND WE WILL TRY THIS MATTER IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.” To which the second lawyer, dimly remembering his law school days, immediately blusters back, “IF YOU FORCE US, WE WILL TRY THIS MATTER IN THE COURT OF MOOT.”
