Practically Joking
Practically Joking

Author: Moira Marsh

Publisher: University Press of Colorado

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0874219841

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In Practically Joking, the first full-length study of the practical joke, Moira Marsh examines the value, artistry, and social significance of this ancient and pervasive form of vernacular expression. Though they are sometimes dismissed as the lowest form of humor, practical jokes come from a lively tradition of expressive play. They can reveal both sophistication and intellectual satisfaction, with the best demanding significant skill and talent not only to conceive but also to execute. Practically Joking establishes the practical joke as a folk art form subject to critical evaluation by both practitioners and audiences, operating under the guidance of local aesthetic and ethical canons. Marsh studies the range of genres that pranks comprise; offers a theoretical look at the reception of practical jokes based on “benign transgression”—a theory that sees humor as playful violation—and uses real-life examples of practical jokes in context to establish the form’s varieties and meanings as an independent genre, as well as its inextricable relationship with a range of folklore forms. Scholars of folklore, humor, and popular culture will find much of interest in Practically Joking.

Funny Tricks and Practical Jokes to Play on Your Friends
Funny Tricks and Practical Jokes to Play on Your Friends

Author: Alesha Sullivan

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1543503497

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Chocolate sponge brownies? Check. Beetroot rat infestation? Check. Fresh breath cookies? Check. There's nothing more fun than fooling your friends and family! With step-by-step instructions and guided photos, readers will have no trouble whipping up their next prank to pull. This collection features sidebar text on how to pull off the perfect practical joke and additional safety and clean-up tips. Get ready to fake out your friends with simple, funny tricks and practical jokes!

World's Greatest Practical Jokes
World's Greatest Practical Jokes

Author: Dian G. Smith

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781402710209

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Contains a collection of practical jokes for you to pull, such as eating a 'worm' sandwich, changing a pair of shoes for two left foot shoes, make chocolate covered pickles and much more.

101 Cool Practical Jokes
101 Cool Practical Jokes

Author: Glen Singleton

Publisher: Learn and Play

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781865157535

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The newest title in the coolest series around. From word jokes and computer jokes, to jokes to play on your brothers and sisters. But beware that the victim doesn't play a joke on you!

Dick and Dom’s Whoopee Book of Practical Jokes
Dick and Dom’s Whoopee Book of Practical Jokes

Author: Richard McCourt

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2015-05-07

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1447284968

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Meet Dick and Dom, TV legends, creators of Slightly Naughty but Very Silly Words and authors of the world's* best Big Fat and Very Silly Joke Book! But now it's time for . . . (drum roll, please) . . . Dick and Dom's Whoopee Book of Practical Jokes! Fool your friends, trick your teachers and prank your parents! Packed with rip-roaring practical puns, side-splitting jokes and nuggets of complete and utter madness, if this book doesn't tickle your funny bone, you're probably dead! *In our opinion. Other opinions are available.

The Complete Book of Outrageous and Atrocious Practical Jokes
The Complete Book of Outrageous and Atrocious Practical Jokes

Author: Justin Geste

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 1985-09-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0385230443

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This hilarious illustrated catalog contains practical jokes from offices, hospitals, colleges, parties, schools, and weddings . . . for in-laws, bosses, scheming colleagues, rude neighbors, and ex-lovers. Plus, much more! Containing pranks and stunts for every occasion and classics from the pantheon of pranksters, The Complete Book of Outrageous and Atrocious Practical Jokes will show how to write the memo that will have scheming colleagues hiding under their desks while you squeal with laughter; how your stereo system can be adapted inventively to deal with noisy neighbors, professors, and roommates; how to take the air out of assorted stuffed shirts at dinner parties with creative use of fishing line and insects; and how husbands and wives maintain their version of marital harmony using nail polish and the insinuation of shoplifting.

How to Tell a Joke
How to Tell a Joke

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0691211078

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Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome’s greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity’s funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him “the stand-up Consul.” How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero’s essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide to how a well-timed joke can win over any audience. As powerful as jokes can be, they are also hugely risky. The line between a witty joke and an offensive one isn’t always clear. Cross it and you’ll look like a clown, or worse. Here, Cicero and Quintilian explore every aspect of telling jokes—while avoiding costly mistakes. Presenting the sections on humor in Cicero’s On the Ideal Orator and Quintilian’s The Education of the Orator, complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke examines the risks and rewards of humor and analyzes basic types that readers can use to write their own jokes. Filled with insight, wit, and examples, including more than a few lawyer jokes, How to Tell a Joke will appeal to anyone interested in humor or the art of public speaking.

The Prank Cookbook
The Prank Cookbook

Author: Billy Schneider

Publisher: Gottfried & Fritz

Published:

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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The Prank Cookbook: 100 Pranks, Gags & Practical Jokes contains 100 of the best pranks, cranks and gags. It’ll tell you exactly what you need to become a master prankster, and the instructions are as easy as a cookbook’s! Soon, you’ll be getting your parents, your friends and even your worst enemies to fall for everything in the book! (Or, in this book at least.) The Prank Cookbook contains pranks that can be done at home or in the office—food pranks, practical jokes and some computer pranks too! Joe Wilson, the author, gives you all of the ingredients and how to prepare each joke like a meal. It’s 100 different ways to prank your friends and family! And hopefully, this book will give you all the ideas you need for thinking of new pranks in the future too!

The Practical Joker's Handbook
The Practical Joker's Handbook

Author: Tim Nyberg

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2004-04

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780740741982

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Looking for ways to bring levity to your mundane existence? Want new ideas to pay back a menacing practical joker? Nyberg, best-selling humor author and longtime practical joker, delivers the goods! Featuring some of the best and the funniest practical joke and prank ideas gathered from jokesters around the world, this devious little handbook offers a hilarious collection of tips and tactics for bringing humor to your home, office, school, car, and even your favorite dining establishment. Book jacket.

How to Be Funny
How to Be Funny

Author: Jon Macks

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1451603479

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An invaluable guide on how to "lighten up" from a distinguished pro who has provided laughs for JAY LENO, BILLY CRYSTAL, STEVE MARTIN, ROBIN WILLIAMS, BRAD GARRETT, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, AND MANY MORE. Who hasn't wished for the perfect withering comeback line, a clever tension-breaking quip, or a winning flirtatious remark? Being funny is hard work and not everyone is a natural. How to Be Funny is a witty guide that teaches readers precisely how to be funnier in everyday life. It's a must-read for anyone who has to speak in public, be engaging and funny at work or at play, or who hopes to one day go out on a date. Jon Macks, a comedy writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards, Hollywood Squares, and the nation's top comedians, politicians, and corporate leaders, knows his funny business. Here he demystifies the process of making people laugh, breaks down the basic building blocks and types of humor -- which include self-deprecation, misdirection, deadpan delivery, sarcasm, and "the reverse" -- and reveals the best approaches to use in common situations. How to Be Funny features helpful (and hilarious) tips and anecdotes from the comic legends Mack's worked with -- including Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Gilbert Gottfried, Billy Crystal, Rita Rudner, Dave Barry, and Carrie Fisher -- in his eleven years as one of the nation's top television writers. Whether the goal is to give a memorable public address or deliver a killer line with friends, How to Be Funny is a charming, instructive, and practical read.