Ultimate Book of Jokes: The Essential Collection of More Than 1,500 Jokes

by Scott McNeely

Whether you re making a toast at a wedding, trying to break the ice at a party, or just want to make your boss giggle, the Ultimate Book of Jokes is the first and last resource you'll ever need. From road-crossing chickens and classic knock knock jokes to the naughty, nice, and totally soused, no subject goes unmocked in this collection of over 1,500 jokes, packaged in a deluxe embossed board cover with 2-color line art throughout. Scott McNeeley, author of Ultimate Book of Card Games, mined decades worth of jokes to find chuckle-inducing punch lines for joke lovers of all stripes from yo mamma aficionados to naughty limerick connoisseurs.

Genres: Humor, Ebooks

352 pages, Hardcover

First published October 19, 2011

Reviews

[robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was laughing and chuckling many times while reading this book. Admittedly on the raunchy and crass side, it still caused me to laugh, even out loud. Obviously sexist and culturally insensitive. Definitely not for the WOKE crowd and snowflakes. But the book provided a vast spectrum of jokes (many which I heard before), many of which I saved for future use.

[David M. Carroll]

Something for everyone here

Lots of laugh-out-loud and quite a few groaners along with several you shouldn't laugh at but definitely will. You're sure to be offended by some no matter who you are.

[LUCAS H. GOLDING · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty much everything you could expect from a joke book. Something funny for everyone, also something offensive for almost everyone, except those who understand it’s a joke.

[Julie Ounanian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to be entertained. I was not.

[Jeff Muñiz · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a joke book. Some good, some bad. Some I'll reuse.

[Thomas Andrikus · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great compilation of humours, which includes all ranges of the joke spectrum...from the corny, raunchy, to the most cerebral ones.

Clandestinely, I have been using this for the last few weeks as a reference book to my comical quips, whether on social networking websites, or in conversations with friends. It has been a great companion, and I have been able to use its jokes and punch lines with varying degrees of success.

Alas, I have to return it to the library now, since I have finished reading it and the due date is looming near.

[Brian Palmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice compilation of fairly standard jokes -- I'm not sure that it's actually *ultimate*, but it's nice to have on hand as a distraction if nothing else, and if you are involved with younger kids you can be the funniest wit in the room.

Most joke categories are represented here, and the author goes to lengths to assure readers that laughing at offensive jokes are not necessarily a sign of evil. It was nice to read the authorial interjections, so that it's not purely a list, and there were sidebars that digressed in the middle of chapters.

[Pat Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great collection of all variety of jokes. I particularly enjoyed the name jokes. Some of the jokes were on the crude side, but you take the good with the bad in a book that describes itself as "Ultimate". Also there was a brief history at the beginning of each section of jokes. I am prepared for the next family gathering with my new favorite joke, a blonde joke.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This may not count as ˜reading˜ a book, but it was definitely worth the $2 I paid for the used copy and not every line was a win, this was exactly what I needed in a time like this. Definitely recommend having a copy lying around when you sweat worrying about and upcoming Calculus 3 exam coming up.