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Joke Phrases

185 phrases and expressions related to "joke".

Phrases

  • 'Allo 'Allo! (BBC comedy television series)
  • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future: Twists And Turns, And Lessons Learned (Michael J. Fox book)
  • A crocodile sandwich please - and make it snappy
  • A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre
  • A, B, C, D, E, Your public library has arranged these in ways that make you cry, giggle, laugh, love, hate, wonder, ponder and understand (American Library Association advertising slogan)
  • Abandon hope all ye who enter here (warning from Dante's Divine Comedy)
  • Absolutely Fabulous (BBC comedy television series)
  • All joking aside
  • All men are cremated equal (Spike Milligan line)
  • April fool
  • Are You Being Served? (BBC comedy television series)
  • As the actress said to the bishop
  • Beautiful downtown Burbank (A catchphrase from Rowan And Martin's Laugh In)
  • Belly laugh
  • Beyond Our Ken (BBC comedy radio series)
  • Beyond a joke
  • Big-Hearted Arthur (Nickname of comedian Arthur Askey)
  • Bill Stickers is innocent (comic response to the warning Bill stickers will be prosecuted)
  • Birds of a Feather (BBC comedy television series)
  • Black comedy
  • Blue humour
  • By way of a joke
  • Cake or death (line from Eddie Izzard comedy)
  • Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard (Spike Milligan line)
  • Citizen Smith (BBC comedy television series)
  • Come over all funny
  • Comedy circuit (A number of places where comedy is performed)
  • Comedy of errors (A series of comic mishaps either in a play or in real life)
  • Comedy vehicle
  • Comic strip
  • Comic timing (The rhythm and tempo of delivery required for comic effect)
  • Comic valentine (A valentine card sent for comic effect)
  • Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions (Spike Milligan line)
  • Dad's Army (BBC comedy television series)
  • Dame Edna Everage (Pseudonym of comedian Barry Humphries)
  • Desperate Dan (a cowboy strongman character in the British comic The Dandy)
  • Desperate Housewives (2004 comedy drama television series)
  • Drop the Dead Donkey (BBC comedy television series)
  • Enough to make a cat laugh
  • Everyone's a comedian
  • Father Ted (BBC comedy television series)
  • Faulty Towers (BBC comedy television series)
  • Funny farm
  • Funny haha or funny peculiar?
  • Funny how? (A catchphrase from Goodfellas)
  • Funny in the head
  • Funny money
  • Funny you should ask
  • Funny, you don't look Jewish
  • Gag reflex (The involuntary spasm caused by something touching the back of one's mouth)
  • Genius bonus (a joke or theme added to a programme aimed at well informed people)
  • Go, and never darken my towels again (Groucho Marx line)
  • Good for a laugh
  • Hancock's Half Hour (BBC comedy radio and television series)
  • Hardy ha ha
  • Have a laugh
  • Here comes de judge (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
  • Horse laugh
  • I am a Marxist, of the Groucho tendency
  • I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove (Groucho Marx line)
  • I get no respect, I tell ya (A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue)
  • I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception (Groucho Marx line)
  • I told you I was ill (Spike Milligan line inscribed on his gravestone)
  • I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure
  • I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens (Woody Allen quotation)
  • Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! (Kenneth Williams line in Carry On Cleo)
  • Inside joke
  • It Ain't Half Hot Mum (BBC comedy television series)
  • It only hurts when I laugh
  • It's no joke
  • Jesus saves green shield stamps
  • Jeux d'espirit
  • Joke around
  • Joker in the pack
  • Knock about comedy
  • Knock knock, who's there
  • Last laugh
  • Laugh a minute
  • Laugh all the way to the bank
  • Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone
  • Laugh fit to burst
  • Laugh in your face
  • Laugh it off
  • Laugh it out of court
  • Laugh it up
  • Laugh like a drain
  • Laugh on the wrong side of your face
  • Laugh riot
  • Laugh up your sleeve
  • Laugh your head off
  • Laugh yourself silly
  • Laughter is the best medicine
  • Leg pull
  • Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
  • Line is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
  • Locker room humour
  • Lonesome George (Nickname of comedian George Gobel)
  • Low comedy
  • Made you laugh
  • Many a true word is spoken in jest
  • Men Behaving Badly (BBC comedy television series)
  • My Funny Valentine (Rodgers and Hart song)
  • My one regret in life is that I am not someone else (Woody Allen line)
  • No joke
  • No nonsense
  • No nonsense (John Smith's advertising slogan)
  • Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
  • Nothing succeeds like a parrot with no teeth
  • On the Buses (BBC comedy television series)
  • One Foot In The Grave (BBC comedy television series)
  • One liner
  • Open All Hours (Ronnie Barker television comedy series)
  • Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read (Groucho Marx line)
  • Paternal bonus (a joke or theme added to a childrens programme aimed at adults)
  • Phoenix Nights (BBC comedy television series)
  • Red Dwarf (BBC comedy television series)
  • Redd Foxx (Pseudonym of comedian John Elroy Sanford)
  • Running gag
  • Say goodnight Dick (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
  • Sheer nonsense
  • Sick joke
  • Smell the Glove (fictional album by the spoof heavy-metal band Spinal Tap)
  • Sock it to me (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
  • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (BBC comedy television series)
  • Sparrow fart (jokey term for the early morning)
  • Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
  • Split your sides with laughter
  • Stand-up comedy ()
  • Steptoe and Son (BBC comedy television series)
  • Stop me if you've heard this one
  • Stuff and nonsense
  • The Army Game (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Big Yin (Nickname of comedian Billy Connolly)
  • The Brittas Empire (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Charlie Chaplin of Television (Nickname of comedian Alan Young)
  • The Cheapest Man in the World (Nickname of comedian Jack Benny)
  • The Cheeky Chappie (Nickname of comedian Max Miller)
  • The Comedy of Errors
  • The Great Non-Rehearser (Nickname of comedian Jackie Gleason)
  • The Great One (Nickname of comedian Jackie Gleason)
  • The King Of Comedy (Robert De Niro movie)
  • The League of Gentlemen (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Likely Lads (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Liver Birds (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Master of the Atrocious Pun (Nickname of Clifton Fadiman)
  • The New Statesman (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Prince of Pain (Nickname of comedian Richard Lewis)
  • The Queen of TV Comedy (Nickname of comedienne Lucille Ball)
  • The Rag Trade (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Royle Family (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Thief of Bad Gags (Nickname of comedian Milton Berle)
  • The Vicar of Dibley (BBC comedy television series)
  • The Young Ones (BBC comedy television series)
  • The bull in the bowler hat (jokey term for artificial insemination)
  • The joke's on you
  • The joke's over
  • The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
  • There's something funny about it
  • Till Death Us Do Part (BBC comedy television series)
  • Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana (Groucho Marx line)
  • To the Manor Born (BBC comedy television series)
  • Up Pompeii (BBC comedy television series)
  • Very interesting, but stupid (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
  • Waiter, there's a fly in my soup
  • Why did the chicken cross the road?
  • Winter drawers on (old British euphemistic joke)
  • Yes Minister (BBC comedy television series)
  • You bet your sweet bippy (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
  • You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff (Groucho Marx line)
  • You crease me up
  • You must be joking
  • You're having a laugh (A catchphrase from Extras)
  • You're kidding me

Related

  • Beyond a joke
  • By way of a joke
  • Genius bonus (a joke or theme added to a programme aimed at well informed people)
  • Inside joke
  • It's no joke
  • Joke around
  • No joke
  • Paternal bonus (a joke or theme added to a childrens programme aimed at adults)
  • Sick joke
  • Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
  • The joke's over
  • Winter drawers on (old British euphemistic joke)