Pretty Good Jokes

by Garrison Keillor Narrated by Garrison Keillor, Roy Blount Jr., Paula Poundstone, Ensemble Cast

Overview

Fulfilling the flood of requests from enthused listeners, Pretty Good Jokes combines all the jokes from A Prairie Home Companion's first four joke shows (1996-1999). It is an entertaining mix of knock-knocks, one-liners, North Dakota, religious, animal, bar, and light bulb jokes, those famous "yo mama" insults and much more. This live recording features guests Roy Blount, Jr. and Paula Poundstone. Pretty Good Jokes is for A Prairie Home Companion fans and all fans unaffected good humor.

Editorial Reviews

bn.com

Don't be fooled by the title! This hilarious tape features highlights from several live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion's annual Joke Show. The Joke Show, an event that draws audiences from all over the country to their radios, has produced some of the funniest jokes around. Edited by Paula Poundstone and Roy Blount Jr., who also appear on the tape along with host Garrison Keillor, A Pretty Good Joke Tape is more than just pretty good.

Library Journal

The annual "Pretty Good Joke" show on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion is an institution of sorts, a rapid-fire dissemination of one-liners, knock-knock jokes, light bulb jokes, and more, dispensed by guest stars like Roy Blount and Paula Poundstone, as well as ordinary citizens. This collection comprises jokes from several shows, with host Keillor--who's a decent joke teller himself--tying it all together. There's nothing brilliant here, but it is, as promised, pretty good. There is an understandably Midwestern center of gravity to this gathering: the jokes "of questionable taste" turn out to be only mildly salacious, and two fundamental humor sources--Jews and blacks--are pretty much absent. For public library humor collections, especially where Keillor is popular.--Norman Oder, "Library Journal" Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171333720
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	02/04/2000
Edition description:	Unabridged

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