Jokelopedia

by Weitzman, Ilana; Blank, Eva; Green, Rosanne; Wright, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780761112143
• ISBN10: 0761112146
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-11
• Publisher: Workman Pub Co

Summary

Take it away! Jokelopedia is the mother of all joke books-an all-encompassing, gut-busting collection of more than 1,700 jokes for every occasion. 59 elephant jokes, including Why are elephants banned from pblic swimming pools They always drop their trunks. Dozens of knock-knock jokes, like Knock, knock./ Who's there?/Raven./Raven who?/Raven lunatic who wants to knock your door down! Plus teacher jokes, food jokes, gross jokes, and why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road jokes. And a whole section of tongue twisters, specializing in the yucky. Try saying "sneaking in my creaky squeaky reeking sneakers." but the jokes are just the beginning Jokelopedia is loaded with joke-telling tips and profiles of famously funny people, from Will Ferrell to SpongeBob SquarePants (Hey, wait-is SpongeBob really a person?)

Author Biography

Ilana Weitzman, Eva Blank, and Rosanne Green are recent grown-ups with fond memories of being class clowns Mike Wright took up illustrating after discovering that this planet's yellow sun prevented him from using his other powers

Table of Contents

Tall Tails
Animals with Attitude	1	(30)
Critter Jitters
Creepy, Crawly, Slimy, Slithery Things	31	(10)
Fowl Play
Birds of a Feather Flock Together	41	(12)
Sounds Fishy to Me
It'll Hook You Right Away	53	(8)
Classy Jokes
Classroom Distractions	61	(16)
Bad Apples
And PCs Too!	77	(10)
`Snot Funny
Ew, Gross!	87	(10)
Rocket Science
All the Mysteries of Outer Space, Made More Confusing	97	(10)
Family Funnies
Brothers, Sisters, and Aunts of Step-Uncles	107	(16)
Objects of Amusement
Household Items Unite	123	(14)
Truly Tasteless Jokes
Food Strikes Back	137	(12)
Showbiz Shenanigans
Games with Famous Names	149	(14)
Sounding a Funny Note
Bust a Gut in the Band Room	163	(10)
Athletic Antics
Really Sock It to 'Em in the Gym	173	(10)
Funny Business
Humor at Work	183	(20)
Doc-Doc Jokes
You Need a Lot of Patients for This Chapter!	203	(12)
Cops and Ribbers
A Humorous Twist on the Beat of Life	215	(10)
How Many Elephants
Can You Fit in a Joke Book?	225	(10)
Monster-osities
Ghouls, Goblins, and the Like	235	(18)
Really Old Jokes
Extinct Animals and Funny Fossils	253