Customer Reviews

The New York City Cab Driver's Joke Book, Volume II

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Although several of the jokes were hilarious many were gross or tasteless or both. I thought it was a creative idea and would be interested to know how many people wrote and told him they think they contributed to the book!

I'm not usually a fan of joke books, but this one is great! You're guaranteed to find new material that will really crack you up. Cartoon illustrations are funny too. Loved it!

I keep this book at work. It lightens the mood on a stressful day. One of my customers and I trade jokes and this is my secret source. I also like the anecdotes that appear throughout the book, I think they are hilarious. I totally buy the premise of this book.

This book rocked!!!! Each joke was hilarious and is great to be passed around. My mom had tears in her eyes when we read it and my uncle loved it. It was a great read

melody

First, this book is from 1986. The picture of the author in his cab shows the NYC taxi fare starts at $1.10 and is 10 cents for add'l 1/9 mile.
So the jokes are all old. Almost none of them are even remotely funny. The long ones are all written in a really outdated way.
Here is a sampling of the short "jokes":
"I was in a bathroom and saw on the wall 'Dyslexics of the world untie!"'
and "Q: Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? A:Great food but NO atmosphere!" (maybe if this book came with an automatic "badum-ching" machine it would be worth it.)
and:
"Q: Why did God create Gentiles? A: SOMEONE has to buy retail"

Seriously. DO NOT buy this crap.

Every 10th joke is funny. I suppose every 10th joke is worth the chuckle.

All I can say is "Sheep Lie." Enjoy!

I've purchaed any number of joke books over the years and the expectation is that you'll find one or two stories that you can actually add to your repotoire. Sadly, this collection of dated material is so bad that if it's what I was hearing on a daily basis, I would have jumped to the unemployment line or at least feined hearing loss. Not only is the material old, it's old material that's not very funny. I'm surprised this one found a publisher. It makes me think I should start compiling my own collection of stories, perhaps this books only redeeming value.

This is a collection of ethnic, sexual, blond, and just plain lame jokes. Inevitably, some of them are variations of the old ones. I don't really buy the author's story, but just in case he actually overheard those jokes in his cab, he should have forgotten them right there instead of wasting paper and offending just about anybody. There should be a more decent way to make a living.

And to those of you who believe that ethnic jokes are harmless: you are living in a dream world. Those jokes perpetuate hatred, although indirectly. Any comedian who relies on this lowest-grade brand of humor proves his/her lack of talent and morality. Keep it clean!