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Feb 1, 2003 · Jokes performed on A Prairie Home Companion, February 1, 2003 from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, our "Sometimes Annual Joke Show." Performers: Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith, Fred Newman.
- Joke Show Jokes - January 22, 2011 | A Prairie Home Companion
January 22, 2011. Here are the jokes from the January 22,...
- February 3, 2007 Joke Show broadcast - A Prairie Home Companion
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's jokes, jokes,...
- Joke Show Jokes - January 22, 2011 | A Prairie Home Companion
Jan 22, 2011 · January 22, 2011. Here are the jokes from the January 22, 2011 Joke Show. We received over 3300 jokes through the website. Thanks for submitting them! These are the ones we featured: What does your father do for a living? He is a magician. He cuts people in two. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Yes, one half-brother and one half-sister....
Nov 1, 2014 · A Prairie Home Companion Joke Show - November 1, 2014. It's our somewhat-annual "Joke Show!" A 2014 broadcast from the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with special guests,...
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This week on A Prairie Home Companion, it's jokes, jokes, and more jokes. Jokes read by professional radio actors, willing to sacrifice their dignity for the greater good of giggling, guffawing, and groaning.
- Overview
- Inspiration for the shows
- (Sometimes) Annual Joke Shows
- Books
- Home audio
- See also
- References
Joke Shows are broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion that feature jokes. Beginning in 1996, they were held during the month of April, with the exceptions of the February 1, 2003 and February 3, 2007 broadcasts and the November 6, 2004 Bonus Joke Show. Thirteen Joke Shows were broadcast.
Several books and CDs have been released with jokes from the show.
As described in the introduction of the Pretty Good Joke Books, The New York Times published an article on May 22, 2005 titled "Seriously, the Joke Is Dead". Garrison Keillor noted that the Times is not "authoritative" in regards to humor and the author's sample size for basing the claim was small. This may have prompted Keillor to create the first...
•1st Annual Joke Show: April 27, 1996
•2nd Annual Joke Show: April 5, 1997
•3rd Annual Joke Show April 18, 1998
•4th Annual Joke Show: April 10, 1999
•5th Annual Joke Show: April 1, 2000
•2001 - no Joke Show
•Pretty Good Joke Books -- six editions, with the 6th featuring over 2,200 jokes
•Pretty Good Jokes (February 4, 2000)
•Pretty Good Joke Tape (audiocassette)
•A Few More Pretty Good Jokes (October 28, 2002)
•Plenty of Pretty Good Jokes (September 13, 2004)
•New and Not Bad Pretty Good Jokes (September 12, 2005)
•Even More Pretty Good Jokes (April 28, 2009)
•Category:Joke Shows
•Category:Jokes — sketches that are about jokes
1.Back cover of the Pretty Good Joke Book, 6th edition
2."Seriously, the Joke Is Dead", The New York Times, Warren St. John, May 22, 2005
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A Prairie Home Companion is a weekly radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor that aired live from 1974 to 2016. In 2016, musician Chris Thile took over as host, and the successor show was eventually renamed Live from Here and ran until 2020.
Nov 1, 2014 · This is a two hour fast paced joke show! Intelligent (mostly) 'punny' and hilarious two hours of jokes of every type! Watch Fred Newman make his sounds!
