Comments on: Funny Bones, 1933 (3)

By: Diane Peel

Diane Peel — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:56 +0000

Ardis, “Dumb, dumber, and dumbest” is the also the “Wrong Terminology” (Which I loved) for all of these!!!

“Deadly Female” could easily be attributed to Dorthy Parker

By: SteveP

SteveP — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:40:40 +0000

“A bumblebee can pull 300 times its own weight, we are told. What impresses us most, however, is the malicious vigor of its push.”

Oh, my gosh that is both funny and very, very cleaver. Who were these people to share such sophisticated jokes!

By: Clair

Clair — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:54:36 +0000

Maybe I’m just in a good mood, but I liked this whole batch. I hope I can remember to retell the frozen grandpa joke when some of our high priests start talking about their ex-hair. And the deadly female’s “Thanks” said it all. And I liked the tramp’s good taste.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:47:02 +0000

Ah, Ardis, give ‘em some credit. They’re not all dumb, or worse.

I’m with the inmate of the asylum–I’d prefer cream on my strawberries!

And the saxophonist joke reminds me of a man who used to play on the subways here in New York. He’d admit that he wasn’t very good, but that if we made a sufficient contribution, he’d quit playing.

And the guy looking for something for his wife–maybe it was Henny Youngman before he gave up and decided to just try giving her away.

By: kew

kew — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:43:36 +0000

Wow, $60 a week in 1933? My grandfather, as an officer in the Army, barely made that much in 1960.