1930s
Little Audrey Jokes
During the 1930s, a genre of cruel jokes became popular known as "Little Audrey" jokes. The short jokes were usually pretty macabre, involving various fatal events happening to people. They also featured the catch phrase that Little Audrey "just laughed and laughed".In rare cases the bad stuff happened to Little Audrey and then people laughed and laughed at her.
You can find some more info about Little Audrey (and more jokes) in B.A. Botkin's book The American People: Stories, Legends, Tales, Traditions, and Songs.
A few of the jokes:
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 10, 2014 -
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Category: 1930s, Jokes
Idaho Man Seeks Wife
Sounds like this guy knew exactly what he was looking for. From the Albuquerque Journal - Nov 24, 1937
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 09, 2014 -
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Category: Wives, 1930s
The Legend of Lost Cove
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 04, 2014 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Movies, Pirates, 1930s
Reshape Your Nose
Original ad here. (Page 95)
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 29, 2013 -
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Category: Body Modifications, 1930s
Strongest Hair Ever
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 28, 2013 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Air Travel and Airlines, 1930s, Hair and Hairstyling
Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge
No soundtrack, but it's still better than 90% of current Hollywood productions.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 07, 2013 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Movies, Books, 1930s
Canary sent via carrier pigeon
The first ever pigeon "piggy-back" flight, carrying a live cargo, a canary, twenty miles from Elizabeth, N.J. to New York. Must have been a bizarre experience for the canary. San Jose News - Mar 23, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 06, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, 1930s
Mystery Gadget 19
What? Why? How?
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 06, 2013 -
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Category: Technology, 1930s
Crazy Pygmy—Hilarious Dancing
What day is not brightened by the inexplicable and thoughtlessly ridiculed antics of a small person?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 01, 2013 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Human Marvels, 1930s, Dance
Harry Rogers, The Fire Clown
Original article here.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 30, 2013 -
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Category: Clowns, PSA’s, 1920s, 1930s
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