Truly Tasteless Jokes
Decoder Ring
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Truly tasteless jokes was the best selling mass market paper back of 19 83, and it spawned an empire of joke books. The book is a hundred and 16 page compendium of corny cras sic dirty sexes, ethnic and racest jokes. In today's episode we're looking closely at these books and the cultural context in which they became block busters. How do you explain the phenomenon that was truly tasteless jokes? H slate podcast listeners, before we get started with to day's show, we have an important favor to ask you. We've put together a survey so we can learn more about listeners like you and make your favourite podcasts even better. Just visit slate dot
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