April 18, 1998
Live from The Town Hall in New York, New York, it's our Annual Joke Show with Walter Bobbie, Roy Blount, Jr., Danielle De Vecchio, and Tracy Thorne.

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Recorded on April 18, 1998, from New York, New York.
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00:00LOGO (RA)
00:12TISHOMINGO
01:04FIRST JOKE
02:22LIVE FROM TOWN HALL...
03:28WITH SUE SCOTT
04:37BROUGHT TO YOU BY LANDS' END
06:27new JERSEY JOKES
07:08IT'S OUR ANNUAL JOKE SHOW....
19:28WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE JOKES/SEGUE TO PAT (RA)
19:50SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD (late vocal mic)
22:46APPLAUSE--SEGUE TO COMEDY
23:01OLDEST LIVING COMEDY TEAM (RA)
29:49PLAYOFF FOR OLDEST COMEDIANS--LAWYER JOKES INTRO (RA)
31:00LAWYER OKES/PUNS/RELIGION JOKES (RA)
37:12TA RAH RAH BOOM DE AY PLAYOFF (RA)
37:33LIVES OF THE COWBOYS (RA)
46:07END OF COWBOYS
46:21INTRO GUY'S SHOE BAND..TIGER RAG (RA)
49:21APPLAUSE..GK BACK ANNOUNCE
49:39REFERENCES TO LAUGHTER IN THE BIBLE... (RA)... SECOND GRADER JOKES... OLE AND LENA JOKES (RA)
59:54MORE JOKES LATER -- INTRO WALTER BOBBIE
100:47HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE ME?
102:38WILD APPLAUSE ..... GK SEGUE TO INTERMISSION (RA)
106:35APPLAUSE--WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND HALF
110:21MEN AND WOMEN JOKES (RA)
114:27ART OF THE RIMSHOT
118:12APPLAUSE .... MUSICIAN JOKES (RA)
119:21INTRO TO ANDY STEIN (RA)
119:35KNOCK KNOCK (M)
122:11APPLAUSE -- SEGUE TO ROY BLOUNT....BLOUNT READING (RA)
131:08PRIMA VERA -- PAT DONOHUE SOLO GUITAR (RA)
133:20APPLAUSE
133:50FATHER DEAR FATHER
137:54APPLAUSE
138:09FAMOUS CELEBRITIES (RA)
145:32PLAYOFF MUSIC
146:00YO MOMMA..... (RA)
151:47PLAYOFF....
152:08REFERENCE TO LAKE WOBEGON... (RA)
156:56FINAL CREDITS
158:03THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT......

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  • Walter Bobbie
  • Roy Blount, Jr.
  • Danielle De Vecchio
  • Tracy Thorne
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