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  • ISBN: 1598879111
  • Category: Humor
  • Author: Garrison Keillor
  • Subcategory: Humor
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: HighBridge Audio; 5th edition (September 29, 2009)
  • Pages: 367 pages
  • FB2 size: 1965 kb
  • EPUB size: 1826 kb
  • Rating: 4.4
  • Votes: 558
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For more than 35 years, as the host of A Prairie Home Companion, he has captivated millions of listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. A Prairie Home Companion is heard on hundreds of public radio stations, as well as America One, the Armed Forces Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio, and via a live audio webcast. Keillor is also the author of several books and a frequent contributor to national publications including Time, The New Yorker, and National Geographic, in addition to writing his own syndicated column.

A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, Where is the bar tender? Drum roll. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?).

A guy walks into a bar.

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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. A Prairie Home Companion aired on Saturdays from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota; it was also frequently heard on tours to New York City and other .

Keillor is also the author of several books and a frequent contributor to national publications including Time, The New Yorker, and National Geographic, in addition to writing his own syndicated column. He has been awarded a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment of the Humanities.

It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, "Where is the bar tender?" Drum roll. It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest.

Even more of a good thing: the latest collection of knee-slappers, toe-tappers, and groaners from A Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows. What does IDK stand for?" "I don't know.

Seasoned Citizen Jokes. The Cast of A Prairie Home Companion & Garrison Keillor. Women and Men. 11. E-mail Two. 12. Garrison Keillor & Paula Poundstone. 13. Light Bulb Jokes. 18 Songs, 58 Minutes.

A treasury of hilarity from one of America’s favorite radio shows. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Fifth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first four were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (The nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With 362 new jokes (more or less), the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyonefans of the radio show or notwill enjoy.
Reviews about Pretty Good Joke Book: A Prairie Home Companion (7):
Vojar
They say laughter is the best medicine. I bought this as a present for a friend in recovery after a bad accident. This book is one of my go to presents, especially for those in recovering from illness / injury. An excellent joke book sorted by topic. When I'm having a bad day I open to a page at random. Besides don't you want to know why it took two years for a couple to get married in Heaven and what Saint Peter said to the rich guy trying to bring in his gold. Both are in the Heaven section of the Pretty Good Joke Book.

(OK - I won't do that to you. A) Because it took that long to get a priest up in Heaven. B) "Oh great more pavement!"
Saithinin
I gave it four stars because I like Garrison Keillor and because there were some really good Keillor-type jokes in there. But there were some pretty mundane and even childish jokes, too, as if Keillor had set out to fill up 300 pages of paper, and ran out of acceptable material at page 250. I would rather he had stopped at page 250, and I would have been satisfied. The title was appropriate, i.e., "Pretty Good," but not quite up to Keillor's usual standards.
GODMAX
Warning, Abortion joke. If your one who had 10 abortions, excuse me. The joke is not that bad. Bill Clinton sighed his abortion bill. I like to tell the professional speaking jokes at work. The Old standbys to old folks. I have no use for Yo mamma jokes. If you are like me, dry with a frown. Grab any joke book, you might consider a laugh. It is depressing how we can find humor out of making a joke of poor moms. The book is for adults. There are put downs. Don't let the chicken on the cover fool you into thinking every joke is about an egg.
Samugor
If you haven't yet experienced one of the annual Prarie Home Companion joke shows, you really owe it to yourself. If you have, you are probably a fan of Garrison Keillor's dry wit and often corny sense of humor. A majority of the jokes told on the shows are contributed by listeners, so they constitute a treasure trove of contemporary American oral culture.

In the fifth edition of the PHC joke book, you will find every joke told in all 12 of the joke shows, including hundreds of new ones. They range from the juvenile (puns, knock-knock, yo mama) to the sophisticated (religion, politics, professions), and many of them are uproariously funny. Stereotypes are well-represented: musicians, drunks, lawyers, blondes, doctors, the elderly, cops, and others. If you enjoy laughing, you will find yourself doing so again and again as you read this book.

Most of the jokes can be told in mixed company. A few are risqué (boobs, farts, poop), but there aren't any truly filthy or racist items, so those in search of such humor should look elsewhere.

The worst response one might get to these jokes is prolonged groaning. But if you choose carefully, you should have 'em chuckling or even roaring with laughter!
Gashakar
If you've heard "A Prairie Home Companion," you know the jokes. Some are just plain funny "out of the box." Others--well, you have to have a knack for telling them. I would have given one more star if only they were only all funny right out of the box. But, then again, if you've got the knack, add a star and buy the book.
The cool thing is that this volume is pretty much a collection of all the jokes from all the volumes. So you get the whole treasure horde in one swell foop...er, one smelly poop...oh, you know what I mean.
Rit
Garrison Keillor has become a national institution. We take this book with us on long drives to and from our vacation home; it's great for enlivening the trip. Yes, some of the humor is cornball, but altogether it's a feel-good read.
Cordann
So many times I hear the joke episode on my car radio and can't remember so many jokes all told at the same time. This little book is great, carried on my kindle, so I can find an ice-breaker joke wherever I am.
I bought it because I love the jokes told on Prairie Home Companion but they are better in the hearing than the reading. However, I think I need to do more reading.

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