I’m a huge fan of Jerry Seinfeld. I watched every Seinfeld episode, and still enjoy reruns of them today.
I found the following on the Internet and am still laughing. Enjoy!
Quite a few posts ago, I mentioned “Click and Clack,” (otherwise known as the Tappet Brothers) the two genius brothers behind NPR’s “Car Talk.” There were times when I would be on my way to work, listening to the call-ins to these guys advice to car owners.
Always at the end of their segment, they would give credit to many of their imaginary staff members. I always found this one of the funniest parts of their show. Here are some more. Remember, read them out loud to get the full effect. Please enjoy.
| Collections Specialist | Colin Duboise |
| Commencement Speaker | Gladys Overwith |
| Communications Director | George Stayontopothis |
| Compassion Coordinator | Ophelia Paine |
| Complaint Line Operator | Xavier Breath |
| Computer Hardware Specialist | C. Colin Backslash |
| Computer Instructor | C. Boynton Glick |
| Conflict Resolution Specialist | Hugo Origo |
| Conspiracy Theorist | Nadia Belimi |
| Construction Manager | Dustin Dubree |
| Coordinator, 12-Step Recovery Program | Cody Pendant |
| Corporate Spokesperson | Hugh Lyon Sack |
| Crash Tester | Hope Anna Prayer |
| Creative Director | Drew A. Blank |
| Credit Counselor | Max Stout |
| Criminal Justice Expert | Lauren Order |
| Customer Car Care Representative | Haywood Jabuzoff |
| Customer Car Care Representative Assistant | Dot Stubadd |
| Customer Credit Officer | Noah Wayne Hellman |
| Defense Attorney II | Heronimus B. Blind |
| Defense Attorney III | Donnatella Dicoppas |
| Dermatologist for Teenagers | Don Pickett |
| Desi Arnaz Biographer | Ike Arumba |
| Dessert Chef | Tyra Meesu |
| Dessert Menu Planner | Eaton Flanagan |
| Director of Accounts Payable | Bill Shredder |
| Director of Alpine Choir | O. Leo Lahey |
| Director, Automotive Recycling Center (aka Junkyard) |
Ricardo Dismantleban |
| Director of Catering | Russell Upsumgrub |
| Director of Deep Sea Research | Marianna Trench |
| Director of Delicate Electronics Repair | Anita Hammer |
| Director of Desert Food Supplies | Sandy Berger |
| Director of Employee Loyalty Program | Upton Leftus |
| Director of Intensive Care Unit (The Picabo ICU) |
Picabo Street |
| Director of Japanese Cooling Systems | Emperor Overhito |
| Director of Photography | Len Scapon |
| Director of Positive Reinforcement | A. Kurt Nod |
| Director of Pollution Control | Maury Missions |
| Director of Three Stooges Studies | Lee Eyeapoka |
| Director of Vengeance | Ewell Rudy Day |
| Dope Slap Administrator | Thad Hertz |
| Drug Trials Specialist | Placebo Domingo |
| Drycleaner | Preston Creases |
My family has always been famous (or infamous) for loving black humor. Yes, it’s awful and it’s tasteless, but it’s funny in a dark way….a VERY dark way.
One day my mother and I were talking about smallpox, of all things. Mom told me that she read somewhere that, were smallpox to be let loose upon the world now, it would probably wipe out everyone under 30. Immune deficiency, don’t you know.
To which my mother muttered, “how bad would that be?” And then she said, “don’t you dare tell anyone I said that!” Of course, I told everyone; all of whom laughed their heads off.
Yes, I know that’s just awful, but that’s black humor for you. To this day it still makes me laugh. It makes everyone I’ve ever told it to laugh as well.
And from Quora, there are these gems:
“Even people who are good for nothing have the capacity to bring a smile to your face, for instance when you push them down the stairs.”
Patient: “Oh doctor, I’m just so nervous. This is my first operation.”
Doctor: “Don’t worry. Mine too.”
Titanic: “And I’m nominating all passengers for the Ice Bucket Challenge!”
For Sale: Parachute. Used once, never opened, small stain.
What do you get when you cross a rabbit and a pit bull?
Just the pit bull.
My friend surprised me for my birthday with a book called ‘Road-Kill Recipes’. I did find some road-kill the other day, so I cooked it according to one recipe and it was delicious. I’m just not sure what I should do with the bicycle.
“Where exactly are you taking me, doctor?”
“To the morgue.”
“What? But I’m not dead yet!”
“And we’re not there yet.”
My old aunts would come and tease me at weddings, “Well, Sarah? Do you think you’ll be next?”
We’ve settled this quickly once I’ve started doing the same to them at funerals.
Little Johnny: “Mom, can I get a dog at Christmas, please?“
Mother: “No, you’ll be getting turkey, like every year!“
I took my grandma to a fish spa center where the little fish eat your dead skin for only $45.
It was way cheaper than having her buried in the cemetery.
Doctor to a patient: “I have good and bad news for you. Which one would you like to hear first?”
“The good one please.”
“I found the diagnosis of your illness, it means you have two days to live.”
“And the bad one?”
“I’ve been trying to reach you for two days.”
Patient: “Oh Doctor, I’m starting to forget things.”
Doctor: “Since when have you had this condition?”
Patient: “What condition?”
*From Dictionary.com: “black humor is a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.”
An old friend of mine sent me the following “factoids”, which cracked me up. These are the kind of know-it-things that are both interesting and possibly useless, but are fun to know anyway.
Here they are; enjoy!
Does anyone remember the NPR radio show, “Car Talk?” It was (and still is) a call-in show where people asked car questions of the two hosts, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known also as “Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.”
I used to listen to this on my way to work years ago, and I can’t tell you how many times I nearly ran off the road laughing. Listeners called in with questions about everything vehicle-related, and often the callers were even funnier than the Magliozzi brothers.
What really made me laugh was their list of “staff members.” Here are just some of them; I hope that they make you laugh as much as I have!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Say them out loud.
I will be posting more of these here and there. Oh, and here are two of the Crankee Yankee’s favorites I promised I’d publish along with the rest:
Dr. Ben Dover and his male nurse, C. Howard Feels…..
Car Talk’s Lesser Known Staff Credits |
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| British Hospitality Advisor | Tina Crumpet |
| Customer Service Specialist | Begonia Payne-Diaz |
| Plumber’s Crack Apologist | Lucy Lastic |
| Obsessive Yard Care Specialist | Moses Lonergan |
Car Talk’s Official Staff Credits |
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| 401K Statement Analysts | Douse and Burnham |
| Accounts Payable Administrator | Imelda Czechs |
| Aegean Caterer | Sue Flockey |
| Accounts Payable Clerk, Moscow Office | Dasha Chekhov |
| Accounts Receivable Supervisor from the Mumbai Office | Vishnu Payup |
| Airline Seat Tester | Wilma Butfit |
| Air Traffic Controller | Ulanda U. Lucky |
| Alaskan Prenuptial Advisor | Rush Inuit |
| Alignment Inspector | Lou Segusi |
| Alternative Fuel Consultant | Amanda Livering Cole |
| Anger Management Coach | Kirsten Hollered |
| Appointment Secretary | Stu Earley |
| Appointment Secretary II | Amadeus O. Early |
| Arbitration Expert | Viola Fuss |
| Art Critic | Phyllis Steen |
| Art Critic II | Dot Snice |
| Asphalt Contractor | Luciano Pavearoadi |
| Assistant Director of Moral Support | Hugo Gurll |
| Assistant to our Make Up Artist | Gladys Radio |
| Assistant to the PR Specialist | Lotta B. Essen |
| Audience Counter | Hugh Wake |
| Audience Estimator | Adam Illion |
| Auto Seat Tester | Fitz Matush |
| Bad Joke Interpreter | Nadia Geddit |
| Bail Bond Provider | Freida Gogh |
| Biblical Scholar | Vera Lee Isay |
| Bob Dylan Specialist | I. Shelby Released |
| Book Critic | Odessa Paige Turner |
| Breathalyzer Administrator | Eureka Garlic |
| Broadway Reviewers | Ike and Stan Musicals |
| Brother in the Military | Major Payne-Diaz |
| Bungee Jumping Instructor | Hugo First |
| Broadcast Philosopher | Phillip Airtime |
| Cabinet Maker | L. Ron Cupboard |
| Caffeine Addiction Counselor | Bruno Moore |
| Car Talk Ice Rink Manager | Sam Boney |
| Car Talk Opera Critic | Barbara Seville |
| Chairman, Federal Lubrication Board | Alan Greasepan |
| Chairman, Math Dept. | Horatio Algebra |
| Chicken Soup Provisioner | Kent Hoyt |
| Chief Accountant | Candace B. Rittenoff |
| Chief Legal Counsel | Hugh Louis Dewey of Dewey, Cheetham & Howe |
| Children’s Music Programmer | Al Lowetta |
| Cliché Monitor | Saul Wellingood |
| Co-Chairmen of Apathy Study Group | Ben Thayer, Don Thatt |
*From Wikipedia: “Car Talk is a Peabody Award-winning radio talk show broadcast weekly on NPR stations and elsewhere. Its subjects were automobiles and automotive repair, discussed often in a humorous way. It was hosted by brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known also as “Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.”
“The show was produced from 1977 to October 2012, when the Magliozzi brothers retired. Edited reruns (which are introduced as The Best of Car Talk) continue to be available for weekly airing on NPR affiliates, although in July 2016 the network announced its intention to end the broadcasts after September 30, 2017.“
I have always been a fan of Garrison Keillor, and loved his “Prairie Home Companion” shows. Every so often, I share some of his jokes with you. I hope that they make you laugh as much as I did this morning! WARNING: Some of them are real groaners. Enjoy!
“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….”
Adam and Eve were naming animals. Adam saw a big creature with a horn on its face and said, “What shall we call this one?”
“Why don’t we call it a rhinoceros”?
“But, why?”
“Because it looks more like a rhinoceros than anything we’ve seen so far.”
Did you know Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz could have gone back home —- she did have a debit card with her? But there were no banks in Oz, that’s why she kept crying out “ATM! ATM!”
Three businessmen on a plane. First guy says, “That suit looks great on you. You must be a Harvard man.” Second guy says, “Yes, thank you. I did go to Harvard. And with that classy briefcase, I would guess that you went to Yale.” First guy says, “Yes, I am a Yale man.” They both look at the third guy, and they say, “You must have gone to University of Oklahoma.” Third guy says, “Why yes, I did. How could you tell?” “We saw your class ring when you picked your nose.”
It got cold in Minnesota and the nudist camp put out a sign, “We are open but we are clothed”.
There was a midget who joined a nudist colony but he was asked to leave because he kept poking his nose into everybody’s business.
They found a big hole in the wall around the nudist camp. The police are looking into it.
Pablo Picasso surprised a burglar at work in his studio. The burglar got away, but Picasso told the police he could do a rough sketch of what he looked like. On the basis of his drawing, the police arrested a mother superior, a washing machine, and the Eiffel tower.
The man and wife walked out of divorce court in Mississippi and the man said, “Stop crying. So we got a divorce—–You’re still my cousin!”
So there was the robber who broke into the public radio station and stole a hundred thousand dollars worth of pledges.
Doctor, do you realize you have a suppository behind your ear!
I know, and somebody’s got my pen and I’m not sure I want it back.
I wrote a single entendre but it wasn’t funny at all, so I put two of them together…if you know what I mean.
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool. After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked, ‘Crushed nuts?’
‘No, arthritis.’
What did God say after creating man? — He said, I can do better than this. —-
Why is divorce so expensive? —–Because it’s worth it.
A man thanked God for giving him a wife and he asked God, “Why did you make her so beautiful?”
The Lord said, “So you could love her, my son.”
The man said, “But why did you make her so stupid?”
“So she could love you, my son.”
Marriage is like a deck of cards.
You start out with two hearts and a diamond; and you end up wishing you had a club & spade!
Do you really believe your husband when he tells you he goes fishing every weekend? Maybe he is having an affair.
I know he’s fishing because he never comes back with any fish…
How many gorillas does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Only one, but it takes a lot of light bulbs!
A young lady came home from a date, rather sad. She told her mother, “Jeff proposed to me an hour ago.”
“Then why are you so sad?” her mother asked.
“Because he also told me he was an atheist. Mom, he doesn’t even believe there’s a hell.”
Her mother said, “Marry him anyway. Between the two of us, we’ll show him how wrong he is.”
There was a terrible car accident. A woman was lying in the street, covered in blood. Someone in the crowd shouted, “Call a priest!”
The woman opened her eyes and said, “I’m a Unitarian.”
“Then call a math teacher!”
A woman hiking in Yellowstone Park was chased by a grizzly bear and she ran to a ranger station where she was arrested by park rangers. It’s illegal to run through the park with a bear behind.
What should you do if you’re attacked by a gang of clowns?
Go for the juggler.
What’s the worst thing about living on O street?
Having to go a block to P.
Cross country skiing is easier if you live in a small country.
What do mountains talk about?
A range of topics.
Why can’t you starve to death in the desert?
Because of all the sand which is there.
Why doesn’t the Gingerbread Man wear shorts? —
Because he has crummy legs.
How do the Amish hunt?
They sneak up on a deer and build a barn around it.
There is a beautiful white bear in the zoo who, some days, is very playful and friendly and other days he just lies in a dark corner and doesn’t move. He’s a bipolar bear.
So this musical chord walks into a bar wanting to get a drink. The bartender looks at the chord and says, “I’m sorry. I cannot serve you. You’re A minor”.
Julius Caesar walks into a bar. “I’ll have a martinus,” he says. The Bartender gives him a puzzled look and asks, “Don’t you mean a ‘martini’?”
“Look. If I wanted a double, I’d have asked for it!”
A man walks into a bar and orders a Manhattan. The drink comes and he sees a piece of parsley floating in the glass.
“What in the world is this?”
The bartender says, “Central Park.”
Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar.
One says, “I think I’ve lost an electron.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m positive.”
A Chihuahua, a Doberman and a Bulldog are in a bar having a drink when a great-looking female Collie comes up to them and says, “Whoever can say liver and cheese in a sentence can have me.”
So the Doberman says, “I love liver and cheese.” And the Chihuahua says, “Liver alone . . . cheese mine.”
The engineer walked in and found his wife, an English major, in bed with another man. He said, “Why, Susan, I’m surprised.” She said, “No. I am surprised. You are astonished.”
A guy liked to go in to Boston Friday night for fresh scrod and one night his favorite fish restaurant was closed so he hailed a cab. He asked the cabdriver: “Do you know any place where I can get scrod?” The cabbie said: “A lot of guys have asked me that in all kinds of ways, but this is the first time anyone has ever used the pluperfect subjunctive!”
An 82-year-old Boston man went to the doctor to get a physical and came home to his wife and said, The doctor told me I have a hot mama.”
His wife said, “I think he meant heart murmur.”
Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
I like Herbie.
I like Herbie who?
I like Herbie Hind.
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Lilac.
Lilac Who?
Lilac a politician, and you just might get elected!
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
I’m a schizophrenic.
I’m a schizophrenic who?
So am I.
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Interrupting pirate.
Interrupting —
AAAARRRR.
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Hank.
Hank who?
You’re welcome.
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Smell mop.
Smell mop who?
Ewww. I don’t want to.
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Owls go.
Owls go who?
Yes they do.
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Cows go.
Cows go who?
No, cows go MOO.
Will you remember me in an hour?
Yes.
Will you remember me in a day?
Yes.
Will you remember me in a week?
Yes.
I think you won’t.
Yes, I will.
Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
See? You forgot me already!
In what state was Abraham Lincoln born?
Naked and screaming like the rest of us.
Two women friends had gone for a girl’s night out. They were drunk, walking home, and they needed to pee, so they stopped in the cemetery.
One of them had nothing to wipe with, so she thought she would take off her panties and use them.
The other friend didn’t want to ruin her panties, but she was lucky enough to squat down next to a grave that had a wreath with a ribbon on it.
They went home and the next day one of the women’s husbands called the other and said, “These girls’ nights have got to stop! My wife came home with no panties!!”
“That’s nothing” said the other husband, “Mine came back with a card stuck to her butt that said…..
“From all of us at the Fire Station. We’ll never forget you”
(GIRL): Excuse me, do you sell rabbits here at the pet shop?
OWNER: We do. Would you like a fuzzy white rabbit or a fuzzy black rabbit?
(GIRL): I don’t think my python really cares.
How do you find a vegan at a dinner party?
Don’t worry, she will find you.
There’s a new study saying that vegans are more likely to go blind? It’s from reading all of those tiny ingredients lists.
How many vegetarians does it take to eat a hamburger?
One if nobody’s looking.
Have you heard of the garlic diet?
You don’t lose much weight, but from a distance, your friends think you look thinner.
It was two years ago I got married and we got a new dog.
The dog is still happy to see me.
I haven’t spoken to my wife for 18 months: I don’t like to interrupt her.
An archeologist makes the best husband because the older his wife gets, the more interested he is.”
I am an easy laugher; lots of things tickle my funnybone. Mom was the same way; I can still see her sitting in her favorite chair; right leg flung over left leg, one hand on her heart, head thrown back, howling with laughter.
Now Dad was another story. He would smile or chuckle at some things, but the one person who just cracked him up was Tim Conway. We used to love watching the Carol Burnett Show, and especially loved it when the cast just lost it when Tim went off script. If you have never seen the famous dentist sketch with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, do yourself a favor and Google it up. (I strongly suggest that you pee first.)
The following are some of Tim Conway’s quotes; enjoy.
