Showing posts with label jokes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jokes. Show all posts

Friday, December 30, 2011

Telling Jokes

Can you tell a joke & tell it well? Do you have good timing? Do you know the difference between a joke & a funny story? We're no slouch, really, but GG's editor almost always fluffs the punchline. We're on a mission to change that embarrassing state of affairs in 2012. First up, some basics from Toastmasters International. Then you can move on to Prairie Home Companion's Pretty Good Jokes. (You can find jokes for almost any audience there. We love all sorts but we don't tell really dirty ones.)

If you like topical/political humor, you will probably enjoy the Sexy Liberal show. Until they visit Washington, DC, we'll have to make do with their new CD & occasionally listen to Stephanie Miller's daily radio show. (An already-bestselling CD is available on iTunes & Amazon.)

Off to see ZooLights which is still on today & New Year's Day. No matter where you live, lights are sparkling & festivities are ongoing. Don't be grouchy, go see some lights. Have an Irish coffee, relax!

ciao-meow/GG's in-house comedian

(Woody Allen by Bill Ray for LIFE)

Friday, April 1, 2011

Poisson d'Avril

Giulia is up to something...she's looking pretty sneaky. Here's an explanation of Poisson d'Avril. Watch out! Update already - Kristin at French-Word-A-Day has a list of expressions to write on the back of the paper fish.

ciao-cheeky-meow/GG's ever-suffering editor

(vintage
Poisson d'avril French postcards)

Saturday, January 15, 2011

A Cure for the Cranky - Pretty Good Jokes

Prairie Home Companion is collecting jokes for a show next Saturday. There's still time to enter, here.

Talk about a January thaw! Get ready to laugh yourself into a sweat when A Prairie Home Companion's Joke Show returns to St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater on Saturday, January 22.
It'll be a blizzard of penguin jokes, lightbulb jokes, knock-knocks, political, tasteless, and more. And Philip Brunelle and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers will add their comical twist too. You can add your favorite knee-slappers to the mix.

ciao-cheeky-meow/GG's in-house comedian

(photograph via Amy McGarrah on Pinterest)