These Are The Jokes Comedians Told In 1976

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These Are The Jokes Comedians Told In 1976
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1976 had things to laugh about, like any other year. The bicentennial was underway in a big way, but the stains over Vietnam and Watergate were not even close to washed off. Comedy of the time seems to go one of two ways: self-deprecating or societal deprecation and observation. Old-school comics like Henny Youngman continued to do their well-honed acts in the first category while emerging talents like Richard Pryor and George Carlin pushed the second forward. It was a classic changing of the old guard with the new. 

With all that in mind, here are the jokes comedians told in 1976.

From The Tonight Show

Jokes From 1976 I'm not saying the city is polluted, but the pigeons are coughing -Johnny Carson CRACKED

A sharp comment from someone who featured many birds on his show.

Fashion Icon

Jokes From 1976 JUNE The reason I don't wear a tie is that I don't own a shirt with a neck. - George Carlin CRACKED

George Carlin wouldn't wear a suit with a tie like most comedians at the time, and that made him special.

Brooks Method

Jokes From 1976 Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. - Mel Brooks CRACKED

Listen to the master when he speaks.

Neurotic Allen

Jokes From 1976 I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. - Woody Allen CRACKED

In the middle of his anxious and neurotic era.

Relatable Humor

Jokes From 1976 Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? - George Carlin CRACKED

Carlin knew how to talk about the big things in life without losing the audience.

Not so Young Man

Jokes From 1976 If you can't get a good job, work for your father. If you don't have a father, get one! -Henny Youngman CRACKED

This is still true today.

Cultural Differences

Jokes From 1976 Black and white life styles, that's a whole lotta difference. White people go to psychiatrists. Black people go to church. - Richard Pryor CRACKED

Richard Pryor's humor leaned heavily on race while many other white comedians were still making racist bits.

The Legend

Jokes From 1976 My husband Edgar and I are having a love affair. Не loves me, and I love myself. -Joan Rivers CRACKED

Women's humor was all about love, relationships, and awful husbands.

Paradigm Shift

Jokes From 1976 A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife -Henny Youngman CRACKED

While most comedians were releasing comedy albums, Youngman was still popular with his books.

King of Banter

Jokes From 1976 I see the Bicentenial theme is red, white, and blue. I thought it was black and white. - Don Rickles CRACKED

No one like him to put someone on their place.

King of Ugly

Joke I was an ugly kid. I worked in a pet store. People kept asking how big I'd get. -Rodney Dangerfield

Vintage Rodney

Timeless

Jokes From 1976 You're always going to find one black person at a party who doesn't like the music. It's too black for him! -Richard Pryor CRACK

You can see some of this humor in today's leftist comics.

Ugly Jokes

Jokes From 1976 My father asked the doctor, 'is it a boy or a girl?' And he said, 'No...' -Phyllis Diller CRACKED

They never fail.

TV Sensation

Jokes From 1976 I went to a hypnotist. Не told me to relax. I relaxed so much, I forgot to pay him. -Rodney Dangerfield CRACKED

Everyone was watching comedy shows at night in the '70s.

Muppet Visit

Jokes From 1976 I went to the beauty parlor and the lady there said, 'Madam, we do repairs, not reclamations. - Phyllis Diller CRACKED

Phyllis Diller visited The Muppets in 1976 to deliver one-liners like the best.

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