European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes feature Section Dies and gentlemen the of the half Century get a of Alt the jokes in All the years that have reeled roared and Yuk ked since 1900 this is the one that lasted longest was told the most and made the greatest Impact on s the opinion of Henry Morgan one of the most no cloistered scholars inthe Field. He picked for the United press 10 jokes of the half Century on the basis of Public popularity n11 get a horse was going Strong in 1901. Morgan said. There were autos and thetos of that time broke Down. The phrase made every Man a comedian. K a us t hard to remember."1 the no. 2 and runner up joke a no As hat lady i seen you with last night that was no lady that was my wife. This thing permeated the others chronologically 3. 1910 a Drivers joke. Fella asks adoption from a Farmer. Farmer says "\v"11 you Back along the Road Abou from Here " to no regularly organized political party i m a another of same period 10fred Allen last year. an executive a Man who comes to work at 9 am and finds a Molehill on Lus desk his Job is to make it into a Mour. Tain by 5 o Morgan says this one will grow 7sam Goldwyn circa 1930. Asked whether something could be done or not he said i can Tell you the answer in two words in is by w c. Fields. He was doing a Mono so be and Back of the curtain they were siting up the next scene. Suddenly everything backstage fell Down props scenery and All. With a crash. Fields stopped a second then put his hand up to the Side of his Mouth and confided.mice-1" Fields Iier to Nair it part of la = also during the Hilf Coati try ,-.---were things people thought were furn a that were not strictly a. And Ahn yer ladder ? Mustac m 1940s. Morgan says hell throw this pout for 1930, yer Mother wears a i in two Black crows 1918 Bothme lying under a tree. One say you near that band music there s a Parade oing other says. I sure wish i was facing the other Way. I love parades 5will Rogers Early 1920s. I belong show and it became famous in show business.6 a prohibition joke. Two Guys at a speakeasy bar drinking a lot. Casual con i ration becomes personal. First Guy. Where do you live second Guy Spruce St say. That s funny that s where 1 live. Whit number eighty rive " eighty five that s the same House live in. Upstairs or Down s remarkable. I live upstairs too anyway they finally turn to each other sad yell father " son to Robert Bench by 1940. Mom had built a new commissary a huge White building which Cost s2.000.000. They were Verv a oud of it and when Benchley went to Kou Wood if was the first thing the showed him. They asked him what he thought of it. Mark my he said. Inf Nevev set off the ground. 9\vo--id War ii joke 1939-45. Storm trooper comes upon an old jewish carrying a Chicken. Says. Whattam of feed that Chicken answer Cor storm trooper whacks him on the Nead and knocks him in the Gutter you Saycon you feed this Chicken Corn when half the Reich is starving to death theold Man goes Down the Street meets an other storm trooper changes to Bane but meets same routine. Meets another changes to same routine. Meets a fourth. Gets the question and answers feed irm i feed him nothing i just give him two Marks and let him buy anything he
