Joke

The following joke circulates for quite some time, with many different versions for <President> and <Other Country>. See also Tickle Me Elmo for information about trivia and popular culture references specific to the toy. A related subcategory is lawyer jokes plays on the commonly-held stereotypes about lawyers. On South Africa's Takalani Sesame, he is renamed Neno, and his personality stays essentially the same. The second one makes fun of political cliches, mottos, catch phrases or simply blunders of politicians. Other international version actually include Elmo in Street scenes. The first one makes fun of a negative attitude to political opponents or to politicians in general. His voice in Sesamstraat, the Dutch version of the show, is done by Hein Boele.

There are two large categories of this type of jokes. In Portuguese children's books (in Portugal, he did not appear in the TV series), he's known as Simão (Simon). Political jokes tell about politicians and heads of states. Sesame Street is customized for some different international markets, and Elmo is often renamed. The target of the traded insults is most often the opponents' mothers, but can involve other family members as well. Aired as part of the Food Network's second annual "Cook With Your Kids Week", the special was produced in conjunction with Sesame Workshop's Healthy Habits for Life program. Main article: The dozens. Jokes of this kind originate in the dozens, an African-American custom with West African roots in which two competitors -- usually males -- go head to head in a competition of comedic, often ribald, trash-talk. Emeril and Elmo's Healthy Start was a special featuring Elmo and Emeril Lagasse, that aired November 4, 2005 at 8 pm.

Jokes in a certain category superficially look like math, but their essence is more akin to chemical composition. In the 3 March 2004 episode "Eppur Si Muove", Elmo receives a medical checkup from Abbey Bartlet, the First Lady, and cheekishly questions her about the validity of her medical license. A series of them parodies mathematical/logical chains of reason. Elmo also appeared in a fifth season episode of The West Wing. Many of them are in-jokes, but may also be understandable by laymen. Elmo was the star of the 1999 full-length, theatrically-released motion picture Elmo in Grouchland. There are numerous jokes related to mathematics. Elmo and a developmental expert gave babysitting tips on the 18 June 2005 episode of Teen Kids News.

Main article: Mathematical joke. He has appeared on Martha Stewart Living and Martha (13 September 2005), The Tony Danza Show (11 October 2004, 11 April 2005, 10 November 2005), Rove Live (20 March 2001, 24 September 2002, 2004). Many jokes fit into more than one category. After a becoming a regular guest on The Rosie O'Donnell Show (28 June 1996, 24 December 1997, 16 February 1998, 5 November 1998, 5 November 1998, 28 January 1999, 21 September 1999, 6 December 1999, 4 January 2001, 21 September 2001, 6 February 2002, 2 May 2002), Elmo began touring the talk-show circuit. Jokes often depend for humour on the unexpected, the mildly taboo (which can include the distasteful or socially improper), or the playing on stereotypes and other cultural myths. Another version, Elmo Knows Your Name, comes with a CD that allows parents to program Elmo to say the child's name and other personalized phrases. One of the most complete and informative books on different types of jokes and how to tell them is Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor, which encompasses several broad categories of humor, and gives useful tips on how to tell them, who to tell them to, and ways to change the joke to fit your audience. Other Elmo toys include Hokey Pokey Elmo ("Hokey Cokey Elmo" in the United Kingdom), Limbo Elmo and Let's Pretend Elmo.

Laughter, the intended human reaction to jokes, is healthful in moderation, uses the stomach muscles, and releases endorphins, natural happiness-inducing chemicals, into the bloodstream. A popular doll called the Tickle Me Elmo was manufactured in his likeness, and became the must-have toy during Christmas in 1996. Why we laugh has been the subject of serious academic study, examples being:. [1]. . The lesson here is never think you're unimportant because you never know what is going to happen." Should Clash be unable to perform Elmo, John Tartaglia is the current backup performer. Most jokes contain two components: joke setup (for example, "A man walks into a bar...") and a punchline, which, when juxtaposed with the setup, provides the necessary irony to elicit laughter from the audience. Kevin's performance inspired the writers to develop Elmo's character.

putting a custard pie in somebody's face). Sans continues that "One day [in 1984], Kevin Clash, a talented puppeteer, raised him up and brought energy and life into Elmo and from that day forward we would all write for Elmo. A practical joke differs in that the humour is not verbal, but mainly visual (e.g. "There was this extra red puppet lying around and the cast would pick him up sometimes and try to create a personality, but nothing seemed to materialize." The puppet was performed by Caroll Spinney in the early-1970s, Brian Muehl from 1979-1981, and Richard Hunt from 1981-1984. A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader. Sesame Street-staff writer Nancy Sans once described Elmo's origins. Yo mama's glasses are so thick, she can see the future. He is often described as overly optimistic and annoying which became the butt of many jokes among the entertainment industry about him.

Yo mama so fat, when her pager goes off, people think she's backing up. The character is supposed to be about three and a half years old, and characteristically refers to himself in the third person. Yo mama so fat when she gets on the scale it says to be continued. . Yo mama so dark that she can leave fingerprints on charcoal. Noodle. Yo mama's so dumb when your dad said it's chilly outside, she ran out with a spoon. Noodle's Brother Mr.

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Sigmund Freud's "Jokes and Their Relationship to the Unconscious". Elmo is a fictional character on the children's television show Sesame Street. [3]. In January 2006, controversy surrounded the book "Potty Time With Elmo" when a mother reported that pressing the buttons caused Elmo to say "Who wants to die?" The books manufacturer said that this was not an isolated claim, and that they'd had several complaints about the book. (Right hand operates the mouth, left hand operates the left paw, right hand is operated by a second person.).

This is common with muppets, due to the method of operation. Elmo appears to be left-handed, because he uses that "paw" to draw with his crayon and operate his computer mouse. The song is likely not part of the Sesame Street canon. According to the parody song "Elmo You Can Drive My Car" (based on The Beatles's "Drive My Car"), Elmo had a "maybe I love you" romance with a girl that had celebrity aspirations.

Despite her extremely close relationship to Elmo, the sister has never been mentioned before or again. According to one Sesame Street picture book, Elmo also has at least one set of grandparents, and a sister. These are also the names of puppeteer Kevin Clash's parents [2]. His parents, according to the Birthday segment of Elmo's World, are named George and Gladys.

A parody of Tickle Me Elmo was included in the Jhonen Vasquez comic, Squee titled Tickle Me Hellmo. Moe then tickles him, as Elmo slaps him and says "'No' means 'No' for Elmo!". In another episode of The Simpsons, a Tickle Me Elmo doll appears in Maggie's nursery. Bush, he said, "Elmo go to wrong fundraiser.".

In another episode of The Simpsons a parody of post-9/11 America, Elmo appeared in a political prison after supporting opponents of George W. He reminded Homer, who didn't want to pay for a pledge he made to a PBS phone-a-thon, that "Elmo knows where you live.". Elmo briefly appeared as a vengeful cartoon character in a Simpsons episode.