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Thread #53297   Message #4195431
Posted By: GUEST,Jim Knowledge
14-Jan-24 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: Burlesque/vaudeville joke routines
Subject: RE: Burlesque/vaudeville joke routines
I `ad that Tommy Kayensky in my cab the other day. `e`s the grandson of one of America`s actor and comedian and `es trying to make it on the stage `imself. `e was thumbing `is way through the Max Miller "Jokes for All" book looking for inspiration.
I said, " Morning Tom. You got a gig or something coming up then?"
`e said, " Yeah, I really need some fresh material. You and your lot must `ave `eard enough comical stuff in the folk clubs over the years. Got any ideas?"
I said, "Well. This aint fresh but if youv`e got the right audience try this for size. "A `obo in torn and ragged clothes goes into a bar and asks the barman if `e can play the piano drinks. The barman agrees, something different!. The `obo sits down on the rather delapidated chair and plays quite respectably on the upright piano. One of the customers, having noticed a spectacle, sidled over to the `obo and said, " Do you know your manhood is hanging through the `ole in the old wicker chair? The `obo replied, "No, but you `um the first few bars and I`ll `ave a bash!!!"


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