Dirty, Clean and In-Between: A Guide to Joke Books

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By Angela Epps, published Feb 15, 2006
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Top Five General Joke Books, Clean for Everyone:
1. "The Mammoth Book of Humor" edited by Geoff Tibballs published in 2003 by Carroll & Graf
Description: Contains over 10,000 jokes including quotations, newspaper misprints, misleading headlines and more. It is billed as "Not totally politically correct", so for the more conservative, please check out before you buy.

2. "Prairie Home Companion Pretty Good Joke Book" with an introduction by Garrison Keillor published in 2005 by HighBridge Company
Description: 320 pages containing a myriad of subjects.

3." The 901 Best Jokes There Ever Was: Plus Quite a Few Second Best" by J.R. Miller published in 1991 by Rutledge Hill Press.
Description: 175 pages put together by the popular Television Writer.

4. "The All-New Clean Joke Book" by Bob Phillips published in 1993 by Harvest House Publishers
Description: 192 pages of Clean Ones.

5. "Comedy Comes Clean: A Hilarious Collection of Wholesome Jokes, Quotes, and One-Liners" by Adam Christing published in 1996 by Crown Publishing Group
Description: 144 pages of classic ones 

Top Five Politically Incorrect Joke Books:
1. "Big Little Book of Playboy Party Jokes" by the editors of Playboy magazine published in 2004 by Barnes and Nobles
Description: A 392 page collection of humor that has appeared in Playboy magazine.

2. "The Dirty Joke Book: Guaranteed Highly Offensive" by Mr K- published in 2001 by Citadel Press, The Kensington Publishing Group.
Description: This book offers 148 pages of filthy, totally tasteless jokes that will make the right person laugh while still cringing in disgust.

3. "Truly Tasteless Jokes, Vol. 1" by Blanche Knott, published in 1982 by Random House Publishing Group
Description: 128 pages of original ones for the tasteless.

4. "The World's Best Dirty Jokes" by Mr. J, published in 1979 by Random House Publishing Group
Description: 112 pages of classic ones.

5."The Mammoth Book of Dirty, Sick, X-Rated and Politically Incorrect Jokes" edited by Geoff Tibballs, published in 2005 by Avalon Publishing Group.
Description: 501 pages of politically incorrect jokes. 

Takeaways
  • She's So Funny is a hilarious collection of quotes from female comics.
  • You can find an I Hate Men Who... joke book about men's most annoying traits.
  • There are joke books on every subject, even computers.
Did You Know?
Some Scientists believe that laughing out loud for 10 to 15 minutes a day can burn between 10 and 40 calories.
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There's a free joke book you can download at: http://www.thatscomedy.net/gift.htm It's 40 pages long and I'd classify it as Adult.

Posted on 01/04/2007 at 1:01:00 PM

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