Review of
Graffiti:
Those Private Scrawls on Public Walls, by Bill Leary
Four out of five stars
The humor in
this book is similar to that on the television show “Laugh-In.” Many of the jokes
are puns and others are based on current news events. For example, this one
appears on the back cover, “Old blondes never fade, they just dye away.” One
based on events in the news when the book was published is, “Lester Maddox:
There’s a black agitator in your washing machine!!!” Maddox was of course a
famous bigot that encouraged whites to attack blacks with axe handles.
Another that relies
on knowledge of current events is, “Sirhan’s defense was freudulent.” To
understand this one it is necessary to understand that Sirhan Sirhan is the man
that assassinated Robert Kennedy. While
these jokes never rise to the level of “bust a gut,” they are consistent with the
rapid-fire humor made popular by “Laugh-In” and will make you grin/groan in
response.
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