Heather Gray interview with Terry Lenahan (part two)

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If you believe you are the copyright holder of any of the content published in this collection and do not want it publicly available, please contact the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center at 404-814-4040 or reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. This is the second of a two part recording. In this part, Terry Lenahan tells a series of stories, employing stereotypical accents for many of them. He begins by repeating a story he told in part one about a competition between a Chinese and Greek restaurant, again employing racist language. Afterward he tells a story in which a drunk husband tries to fool his wife by masking his breath with garlic. Then, at 6:43, Lenahan recites several short, explicit poems. Afterward, he shares a story about the National Farting Contest, and at 12:30 until the end of the recording he tells two additional jokes. Terry Lenahan (1942- ) was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Francis Thomas Lenahan (1913-1965) and Agnes Rozanne Bick (1917-2008). He attended, but did not graduate from, Indiana University and University of Toledo. He married Joan Kathryn (1940-2020), and they had three children: Kelly, Shaun, and Tracy. Lenahan was a business owner and salesman. TERRY LENA!-IAN'S STORIES Dr, J. Burrison Folktale JOl Spring Quarter 1975 Student, Heather Gray ( Table of Contents Pictures of Terry Comments about the Story 'feller Nursery Rhymes The Cushmaker '.l'he T. Y .A, The Woodpecker Polack Hitch-hiker The Hairlip Babtist Girl Willie JOll'les C_aptain Johnson The Three Guys The Chicken Story The Chinaman Leroy The National Farting Contest Liza and Rasti.s Alaskan and Texan Appendix ii iii 1 2 6 8 10 12 17 19 21 2J 25 28 30 32 J4 35 J6 -- Pictures of Terry Terry, at home, Christmas 1974. ii Terry, working in his yard at home. Comments about the Story teller Terry Lenahan was born June 26, 1942 in Toledo, Ohio. He was born into an Irish, Catholic family and was the oldest of four children. His father's father was an Irish migrant to the United States, and his mother was of German, French descent. Terry is a large man - about 6'1" tall and he weighs about ' 225 pounds. What is left of his hair is black around the crest of his balding head"~" He is an extremely open, ;jovial, and friendly person. Most of the comments about Terry I got from his wife,Joan who assists him, and his partner in their business in Decatur - a firm which deals with electronic paint spray equipment and other forms of electrical goods, Terry is the salesman for this firm, and it has been said that he could sent virtually anything in that he appears very dedicated and sincere about the product he is promoting. Terry had a traditional Catholic upbringing. He was an alter boy and his father was a choir member in the local parish, and I think he attendeda Catholic school. I am not sure about his religious affiliation today. Joan seems to think that Terry got most of his story telling ability from his mother's side of the family, because it seems that his mother's family were always sitting around after dinner, or whatever, telling all kinds of stories. Terry's mother was fairly easy going, apparently, and disliked punishing her children, Terry remembers that when he and his brothers and sisters would iii iv act up his mother would call the firehouse, where his father was a fireman, and tell her husband what 'HIS' kids had been doing, whereupon he would come home, the children would greet him cheerfully, only to be rebuffed by receiving a spanking. Joan seems to feel that Terry's parents instilled in Terry and his brothers and sisters a sense of self-confidence~ She attributes this to the fact that they made their children feel a great sense of family solidarity - family members were supported no matter what'\il Terry went to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana where he had a fairly spectacular football career as a center. Joan seemed to think that these football years were another time in which Terry's story telling ability blossomed, in that the football players would often end up having great story telling bouts,., Joan said that this football period in Terry's life was. probably a highlight and he often recalls stories about his football yearsi'li' (He, of course, is an avid watcher of football on T.V,) Apparently, Terry was known in town as a 'Jock' in reference to his football career. While at Indiana University, 'l'erry studied business, but he was very fond of geology, and English - apparently he took as many English courses as his schedule allowed, He quit Indiana University after a while, and worked, He then attended the University of , 'l'oledo at night and worked during the day. He currently lacks ().bout a year of completing his degree in business. ' 'l'erry has had various jobs in the management field, in Ohio and other places, but seems to be settled in Atlanta now as he has been here for five years, owns a house, and is partner in a business which was started about a year and a half ago. V Terry and Joan have three children, two girls and a boy.The first morning Terry came over to my house to record stories Terry had just come home from a camping trip with his eight year old son's scout tnd&p m he did not appear overly enthralled abput the previous night's experiences. Joan told me later he dislikes camping, He does like landscaping, however, and has landscaped the entire area around their new home. He used to be.a stamp collecter, but is now so busy with his new job that he simply has no time for his stamps or other hobbies. Joan told me that Terry is moderate about most things,i.e. he does not drink very much and is usually just a one or two drink man (she had only ~sen him drunk three times); There are two things in which he is not moderate, however, and that is his work (he often stays at work until 10, 11, or 12 O'clock at night), and eatinglr I asked J"oan if Terry liked to be the life of a party, She said that he is rather quiet when around people he doesn't know, but when he gets to know them he comes on strong. Apparently, he prefers a one to one communication, rather than a large group. She also said that when he has receptive group and when he's in the mood he. can tell stories for hours. Terry values good friends, J"oan said that often people will haye only superficial friends, but that when Terry has a frienp, even if he has not seen that friend for years, that that person will be a friend forever - a quality which his wife obviously appears to admire. Joan says, however, that if a person crosses him that's it, there's no coming back, She cited an incidence in which :rerry had a rather bad scene with a person to whom he was trying to sell his product, Apparently this person tried to make up with vi Terry, and said he wanted to buy the product, and Terry replied that he would never sell him anything, even if his life depended on it. Joan said that person would never be able to buy anything from Terry for as long as Terry was alive. One of the great personalities Terry admires is Thomas Edison. He told me once that what he admires about Edison was his great mind, and especially the fact that he was an honest, hardworking, forthright individual, which seems to be qualities Terry looks for in people.,' When asked where he picked up his stories Terry told me that it was virtually impossible to say. He picks up his stories when traveling for his business, from his football years, etc. Joan seemed to think that he was telling his Liza and Rastis stories in Ohio but she was not definite about that. Having Terry for a story teller was a most pleasant task, He seemed willing and always ready for an audience, and did not appear to be the least bit inhibited in telling his stories. I was rather sheepish about asking him to take up his time to tape some of his stories - but he seemed willing and eager talk to me and record. When he first came over to tape some of his stories, his first comment was let's make a 'Bloody Mary' mix, and, though he had never been in my house before, he took complete command of the kitchen, and made the most fantastic spicy concoction you could imagine, So, here we were, at 10100 in the morning drinking Bloody Mary's and telling stories,., Nursury Rhymes 1. Jack and Jill Jack and Jill went up the hill, each of em had a quarter1 Jill came down with a half - think they went up for water. 2\i' Old Mother Hubbard Uh, that's, it's a duo (cough) there's a, Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone, once she bent over Rover took over, cause he had a bone of his own, And uh, O.ld Lady Hubbard went to the cupboard, to get her poor dog some bread. When she bent over, Rover took over, and she got bread instead. 3, Little Miss Muffet Here's a good one that's clean. Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, sat down beside er, and she killed him with 'er spoon. 1.v;; Jack be Nimble Uh, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candle stick and burned his balls. 1 The Cushmaker [f5ue to some cassette difficulty the beginning of this story is missing. The beginning,then, will be what I remember about the story, and when. my story teller comes back in.to town I hope to be able to get the completed version on tape2 ,LThis man. comes on. board this naval ship and he's not dressed in the navy uniform, so he's taken to the captain, who asks what on earth is he doing on his ship. The man says, "Well, look, sir, I'm here, I have orders from the Pentagon," he says, "Here let me show you"i'" So he takes a sheet of paper out of his briefcase, hands it to the captain, and sure enough it's from the Pentagon and the paper reads that th.is man is to be the official Cushmaker on board this Naval ship. So the captain says, "Well, I see that you are here on orders from the Pentagon. I've never heard about a cushmaker before, but I see that it is official and there isn't much I can do about that." So the cushmaker spends the next few weeks walking around the ship and taking all kinds of notes;, The captain gets all sorts of flack from the'crew .about this man doing nothing but taking these notes. siJ the old man says, "Well,. bring him up here,and I I wanta talk to him." So he came up to the, the old man,'s cabin, and uh, the old man said uh, "Now," he said, "/Jou've beeni7 walk.in around the ship for about a month and a half," he says, "Look, I haven't seen you do a thing," he said, "You, you've,"he saiQ-, "You've uh, uh you claim to be a cushmaker and," he said, "You know, we can't see that you're of any value whatsoever." He said, "Well,sir," he says, "I'm just about through with my first 2 J stage, of my operation and," he said, "Just as soon as I am ready, to go into stage two," he says, "I I'll be very happy to let you know, and you know, you know, tell you what the requirements are from, from here on out." And the old man says, "This is" he says, "This is indeed very strange," he says, "I;'ll'I've never been through anything like this in my life, (cough) but," he says, "you do have the orders," he says, "I see here that you are a cushmaker." He said, "I've been in the navy for,JO years, graduated from Anapolis," he says, "I've never heard of a naval cushmaker'~ I've just, you know, it's unique." So he, he left, and he's still lookin around the ship, and he's makin notes, and he's walkin around, and he's down in the barracks and everything so.,theBIG DAY comes and he walks up in the old man's office, and he said, "Sir (cough)," he says, he says, I'm ready ta go into phase two,/' He says, "OH, fantastic," he says, "Golly," he says, "Everybody around here on pins and needles, they don't know what you're doin," he says, "You gotta do somethin sooner or later.-" So, the uh, the guy goes down on ship, on the, on the deck, and uh, he, he looks down on his list, and he looks down, and he says, "I want every spoon, fork, knife, metal can," you know, he went down the list, all these metal items, tin cans, anything that was kinda hollow (cough). And uh, the old man said, "You want WHAT'?" He said, "Sir," he says, "My orders from Washington are, this and," he says, "I need all these i terns, every one that s aboard, out here, right now." An uh the captain says, "That's the wierdest request I've ever had but," he says, "I I" he says, "There's no thin I can do about it," so he gave the word down to the, down to the uh:, commander to,get the,Lieutenant J,G. and collect all these things, everybody was scrounging all the tin cans and 4 forks, and metal cups, and (cough) they finally got em down in a great big heap. And uh, so he took em down to the boiler room in a great big vat, and uh, he'd throw all these things in there and started ta, ta put uh, uh heat to this pot, tremendous amount a heat., All the coal they had, he just (snort or croak like a frog noise) put it to it. And all these things started to melt, in the vat (cough). And uh, then he went down his list, he says, "0 ,K. next," he says, "I want every anchor, uh, lead weight, any solid heavy metal objects, right here." So oh, you know, people are going bananas. So the'.)scurry all around, collect all the metal parts (cough), bring em in and they throw em in the vat ''i''li', they start to melt up with the rest of this mess. He says, "O.K,," he says, "Next thing I need," he says, "I need all the uh, light fixtures, uh, brass, propellers, anything that, you know, extra propellers, fire extinguishers, anything," he says, "Bring in all of em." So, they brought em all an threw em in the vat, and mixed it all up. About now, the ship was bare, and there's nothin to eat with, no pla~es, there's you know, he's taken everything. And uh, he says, "O.K.," he says, "I still haven't got enough." He says, "By my cal cu la tions, I have to have X' number of tons," he said, "We've only got such and such, we gotta do somethin else,'' he says, "O,K. , all.the bed frames, bed posts (cough) everything. throw em in the pot," So he threw em in there, and he (cough) calculated again and, he says, "We're almost there,'' he says uh, he said uh, "We're goin to have to take some of the mast, and, and whack th top off to, to gain this extra weight,'' he says, "We need uh, we need two and a half more ton." He says, "We need two and a half more ton of metal. " So, he uh, went about, and he finally, he got up to the level he wanted, and the density, and he, an he had the right mixture of metals. This, this was a very important you had to have the 5 right tin, the right brass, the right 'luminum content (cough). So he was ready and uh, he finally had em uh, turn off the uh, you know the flame, and uh, he had this thing hoisted up, on, on ship. Poured it into a, round mold that he had constructed, down at the other end. And there's this metal .c round in shape (cough) He mammoth, huge, mass of, of, of c~C knocked at casting away, and it was just sittin there, and he braced it up on some boards on each side, you know, he had em build a kind of a dike ta hold the thing there'., The the day came, and uh, he walked up on ship, an he said uh, "Captain," he says, "The next thing," he says, "All the men have to be on,ship deck," he said, "I'd like Jou to come down," he says, H I'm .,, ... ,., about finished with my project. I can go want to Washington, and I'm done with all this." Captain says, ""Thank God," he says, you know, "I' 11 be glad to be rid of this guy," he says, "He ruined my ship, that man,"he says, "You know, everything is gone'," (cough) So the cushmaker got everybody together, and uh, they're all standin down there, and the captain, all the brass, and this guy walks up there, and, and uh, you're goin to hate this ending, but uh (cough), hl:l gathers everybody together, and uh, everybody stands back, and boy, they're ,iust, they think this is goin to be somethin fantastic. So, he gets over there, he instructs some of the,seamen first class ta, take the end of the dike off. And uh, and uh the weight of the ball just started ta shift a little bit and, of course, this, the who:\.e ship tended t,Jc lift ta one side, it just list to one side (cough), and this ball went wobble, wobbJ.e, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble - rolled of the edge and it went 'cush.' frhis J.ast sentence is said very quietJ.y.:} The 'I!.V,A. '.I'he, uh, T, V .A., uh, when they came into 'rennessee, course they operate with some purdy backwardsy people. These people hadn't had anything before in their life, an, course 'I'. V ,A. brought a real boom into some co, 0muni ties, because of the, you know, the system, In this one community, in particular, uh, (cough) was a real backwardsy type, type area, and, uh, all the, uh, people, uh, had a tremendous increase in economic, uh, uh, you know, local economic condition, And, uh, they, uh, they had alotta money ta spend, And they '90 down ta all the appliance stores, and what not, to, to buy things; particularly, when they had all this electrical energy available, because even now they could have electrical fans, an cooking apparatus, an washers, an dryers, an people up in the hill country of 'rennessee never had tl!iese things before. So, uh, this story's about a little ole gal, that went down t the local electrical store, electric, you know, the 'l'.V .A. had gone through, and, and rennovate everything, and they had alotta, alotta money, (cough) So, she goes down to this appliance store and, uh, the, uh, uh, the guy, uh, says, uh "1Howdy, \via~am/' he says, uh, @iHow 9 d you lik:e to h,ave a new washer and dryer?" An boy he went over there an he showed her how that washer an dr;1rer worked, how it tumbled, an ran the cy ele, an she says, 011, she says, 1 has to have one of those washers and dryers," she says, "I'll take one, So, boy, she took the washer, an dryer, an he w,ent over an showed her a garbage disposal, she bought that an, lights, he showed her how the lights just automatically came on when you flipped a wall switch, so she bought the light fixture on a place to put in the bathroom, an the dining room, an the k:i tchen, 6 7 an everything, an, uh, (cough) he showed her a television, an she couldn't believe it, I mean, a picture on a, on a screen, and one of them thar televisions.'" So they walked out with that television set and, uh, she, uh, you know, she bought one of about everything. So, the guy said, "Boy, this is about the best customer I ever had, she's buying everything, an an:ithing I suggest, zingo, she takes." He says, "One thing I haven't sold her yet," he says, (cough) "I haven't sold her an air-conditioner." He says, '"Hell, she's gotta have an air-conditioner." So he walks over ta hc,r an he says, "Ma'am," he says, "What size house do you have?" She says, "'Oh, I don't know, it's just, you know." He says, "Well, how big is it?" She says, ';Well ,what difference does it make?" He says, "Well, maeam,H he says, #tI have to know how many B.1r"'ui!)llls it's gonna take to oool that house. She says, "B,T.U.'s, she says, "What's that? He said," Well, that s the energy that it takes to heat, uh, I mean, souse me, to oool a, oool a home," She scratched there for a minute, an s.he thougf}t an she said, ,i~B./]7.U- 'st huh!~~ She says, ~ijwe11 111 I'll tell you how many B~T~Q"' 1 s I need," she says, "I need enough B@T.U.'s to cool a 'B' 'U' "I'' as big as a 'T'' 'U' 'B'. This about this woodpecker that left home one day, and he kinda deviated., you know, he kinda deviated away from his normal habitat; which, you know, people do, you know, kinda get away from home, you know. heiJ he went out in this kinda virgin area and he saw this magnificent tree. 'I'his thing was fantastic. And, uh, the, uh, (cough) you know, big and , you know, no wood.pecker had ever hit it. And he says, "Oh, Christ," he says, "I gotta go over an peckin on that tree." So, he goes over there an he goes (sounds like a machine gun) he 0 s peck in away at this ( sounds 1 a machine gun), MBoy,"1 he says, taOh, Jesus, this is fantastic.~~ ;Just then, a bolt of lightening hits the tree. c ...... rack! Splits the right down the middle, the woodpecker gets knocked back 20 feet in the air, flips over, hits the ground, he, he's dizzy as hell, he stands up and he 1 s around and he says,"God Damn," he says," 0 s amazing how hard your pecker gets when you're away from home.'" 8 Polack Hitch-hiker There's this Polack is out hitch-hikin next to the highway, and, uh, he's standin out there an this great big black cadillac pulls up';' Polack jumps .in the Cadillac - this thing is sharp, this car's got everything on it, I mean it's got a bar, and it's got all kinds of controls on, on the front and knobs and T,V.'s and just everything. An this Polack looks at the center of the dash anct he says, "Gee, what's that?" An this guy says, "That's my shortwave radio," He says, "Is isl" he says, "What do you mean by that?" He.says, "Well, I can pick up anywhere in the world on this radio set." And, uh, the guy says, the Polack says, "Is that right?'' He says, "Yeah, hey, you know, anywhere." He says, uh, "Even Poland?" And the guy says, "Yeah," he says, "I've talked to Poland, Warsaw." He says, "l.l'ly wother in Warsaw," he says, "I have not talked to in probably ten years," he says, "I would give ANYTHING to talk to my mother in Poland." An the guy looks over, and he says, "Anything?" And the Polack says, "Yeah, anything." So the car speeds down the road, an this guy pulls off on this lonely path, and, uh, he, uh, he looks around,, o:f course he, he starts dialing in, kinda warmin up, warmin up the section, you know, and gettin everything go1n ,.and the Polack's sittin there, and boy, he's just excited, you know, and the guy says, "Now you said you'd do anything to talk to your mother, huh?" lcough) And the Polack says, "Yeah, anything," So, the guy zips down his pants and, you know, pulls out his, pulls out his ole schwantz, you know and the Polack looks over, and he says, he says, "HELLO, MOM I" 10 Pola.ck with Friend Did you hear the one about the Polack is walkin down the street with this, with this friend of his (cough)? This friend of his looks up on this porch and there's this big German shephard dog he's got his legs spread apart and he's liekin hisself you know, and, chewing and everything els~ And (cough) the other guy looks at the Polack and he says, "Boy," he says, "Wouldn't ya like to be able ta do that?" And the Polack says, "Yeah, but I think he'd bite me l" 11 The Hairli.p [story teller effect in this story is the garbled speech of a hairlip for the hairlip dialogueJ Here's one about uh, about uh, about a deformed man. You know you hate to make, you know mock the, the deformed, but this, this is uh, this is a hairlip. And uh,(cough) he goes into the bar, and he says uh- he goes in, he looks around, he sees alotta people around, he sits down at the bar stool . and hei decides what he wants to drink and, he hasn't got much money, he's only got ten dollars in his pocket. So he hasn't got alot, you know, he hasn't got alotta money so he has to watch his drink, he can't order anything that he wants. So he's looking at his money and he says, "Um," he says, "Now I' think I'm gonna order.,;;,. something that's inexpensive," he says, "I think I'll get a bourbon and water," he says, "That's gotta be kinda cheap." So he says, "Hey, bartender" he says, "Come over here a minute," he says, "I'm ready to order somethin." So the bartender comes over, and he says,"Yes sir, what would ya like?" He says uh, "Give me one of them bourbon and water's," he says, "On the r9cks." And the bartender says, "O.K." So, he scurries back there and he mixes up a bourbon and water and he (cough) sets it up on the bar and, the ole hairlip's sittin ovee- there drinkin it, you know, and just havin a good time all by himself. And, uh, he's drinkin hi.s bourbon and water, and he's finally finished with the bourbon and water (cou~h). And the bartender says, "O.K. now," he says, "That'll be uh, that'll be uh, three and a quarter." "THREE AND A QUARTER FOR A BOURBON AND WATER!" he says, "Gee that's 12 14 crazy I'' he says "I don't wan ta buy the place," he says, "I just want a drink!" And he says, "We.11 sir, I'm sorry," he says, "That's the house price, three and a quarter for a bourbon and water." He says, "Gee, the price is OUTRAGEOUS!" So he pays the/three and a quarter. And he thinks, he says uh (cough), he says uh, "You know, what can I drink that's cheap?" He's thinkin to himself, you know, he's soft in one hairlip riot sure of previous phras!7, and he says uh, "O.K., bourbon might. he pretty expensive," he says, "I'm. gonna order," he says, "I'm gonna order uh, his uh, Seagram 7, Seagram 7 in water. That's cheap, that's gotta be cheap as hell. Nothin can be.c,;,,.c that can't be very expensive. So he orders it and the bartender brings it out, serves it up to him and, and this time he, he, you know, tells him right away, he say_s (cough), so, he says, "O,K. sir, that'll be four, uh, four fifteen." "FOUR FIFTEEN!" he says, "JESUS CHRISTI" he says, "I can't STAND these prices," he says, "It's gonna KILL me!" But he says, "O.K., but I'M havin such a good time in here I'm gonna have it," So he drinks :l.t, you know and,?,li he's almost outta money (cough). and uh, he uh, he says uh, uh, you know he's spent, you know, three somethin, four somethin, so gees, you know, he's only got.a couple of bucks left, So he's really got~a be careful. So uh, he calls the bartender back, he's thinkin to himself, he says, "Gee, I'm gonna order moonshine on the rocks. That'll be less than two bucks and - i.t's gotta be because, you know, it's never very expensive." (cough) So he says, "Hey, bartender," he says, "I wanta order another drink," he says, "Give me some moonshine on the rocks." So the bartender goes back there and he pours out a little moonshine and puts it on the rocks and comes back and,. the uh, the uh, sets it down in front of the hairlip, 15 and he says uh, "That'll be uh, three fifty." "THREE FIFTY!" he says, "I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT THAT MUCH!" he says, "I ONLY CAME IN HERE WITH TEN DOLLARS AND," he says, "I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD JlifY '.I'HREE DRINKS AND," he says, "LOOK," he says, '"HAT STINKS," he says, "THAT'S THE LOUSIEST, MOST EXPENSIVE DRINK I EVER GOT ANYWHERE I" He says, "I've been down to New Orleans, to the French Quarter,~ he says, "I've been down to Underground Atlanta," he says, "I've been everywhere and," he 1':ays, "I've never seen prices like that and," he says, "This is AWFUL I " And, you know, so gee he's fightin back and forth to the bartender and, (cough) and uh, he gets h:i.m kinda calmed down and, and uh, you know, the drink's still sittin there:;' And he says, "Do you know what's let's do?" he says, "I'll tell you what," he says, "Even though the prices are outrageous." he said, "But you know there's one thing I like about this place," he said, "Nobody up and down this bar has said a THING about my hairlip and," he said, "Do you know what? Bartender," he said, "You haven't said anything about i.t either." He sai.d, "I really appreciate that," he sai.d, "You guys don't know HOW much I appreciate that"" So the bartender says, "Well, sir," he says uh, "You know everybody has a problem." He says, "Take me for example," he says, "I've had this hunchback since birth," he says, "I, you know, I was born this way and," he, he says, "I don't know if you've noticed it but," he says, "I'm, ,I've got quite a severe hunchback." In fact he, he looked like the hunchback of Notre Dame (cough). And, he said, "Everybody else calls me, oh, you know, the one hump camel, and you know, the hunchback of Notre Dame," he says, ".I KNOW what you're gain through,'' he says, "You know, you know you may have that hairlip," he says, "But, boy, I've carrying, I've 16 been carrying this thing around since birth, and it's helll" The hairlip just looks up at im and he says uh, "HUNCHBACK," he says, fi,lowly with impao.:!7 "Hunchback HELLt" he says, "I thought that was your ASS, everything else was so high in here!" Babtist Girl What about, uh, what about the gal that was, uh, this Babtist girl and, uh, colored Babtist, um, phenomena, from outta the woods. (cough) Anct, uh, you know, they went to, you know, they went to, uh, church, And after church the gal and her boyfriend steal off into the, you know, into the woods, Ano., uh, shit, they take all their clothes off, and they're buck naked, and, you know, boy he's just ready ta, he's just ready ta sock it to her, you know, out there 1n the woods, And boy, the minister comes walkin down the path. And she says, "Oh, ,Jesus Christi" you know, so, (cough) she puts her skirt on, and he hasn't.even got time to get dressed, so, she has him lay down on the ground, and she puts all these leaves on top of him, and gees, his dick is stickin up outta the damn leaves, you know, and she's tryin to put leaves on im, they keep sl.idin down, and she puts the leaves on im and thej KEEP s.t.idin down, And she says, "Oh, Christ." So she's got her blouse on, and she's got her, you know, skirt on, but she, hasn't got any pants on, see,, so. the minister is just comin sq, shE? looks around and she straddles on to the guy and she sits down, (cough) you know, right on top of im. And, uh, the minister comes up and he says, "Oh," he says, "Betty Jane," he says, "How are you today'?''After," he says, "How did you enjoy the services?" And she says, "Oh, just, you know, fantastic." Ami beads of perspiration are start.in to come off from her, you know, from her brow, and she started ta breath fairly heavy, you know, and, and, uh, he says, uh, "Well, (cough) what did ya,: enjoy about the sermon today? Uh, and if ya did, you know, what, you know, what has it meant to your life about giving, uh, what would you like to see happen in 17 18 world if you had three wishes? (cough) And, uh, uh, what would be your first wish?" She says, "Oh," she says, "my first wish would be ta, ta heal all the sick.'' He says,'' Oh, that's so charitable," he says, "that is fantastic," he says, "that's just " And, boy, this time, boy, she's just comin unglued, you know, she just, she just can't stand it. And beads of perspiration are startin to break out, and she's REALLY breathin heavy now. (cough) And, uh, he sg;ys "Well, what about, what about your, your second' wish?" And, uh, she says, "Oh, the second wish," she says, "wouldn't be for myself, uh" she says, "it would be for my mother, So my mother would have enough money to c!o anything that she would wanta do, that she had never been able to do all her life. And, uh, he says, "You, you, you, you've been a fine girl, and, and I see you've learned by the teachings of the church. But," he says, "now, for yourself, you know, what would ya like for you, you know, now don't be selfish, you know, just, just picl<: something." She says, "Oh," she says - and boy, she's really, you know, she's BREATHlN now, just - she , says, "Oh," she sa~rs, "What would I like," she says. "I'd like a BIG white stallion." He says, ''A white stallion?" he says ,'1 Why would you like a white stallion'?" "So, I could RIDE, an RIDE, an RIDE, an RIDE.,." Willie Jones ffitory teller effects in this are are a pseudo Black accent for the Willie Jones dialogu.2i7 Did ya hear the one about (cough), Willie Jones? Willie ,jones. uh, gets brought in ta, before the magistrate accused of rape. (cough) He raped ole Liza Jane. An ole Willie Jones comes in, he says, uh, the honor, you know, the judge says uh, "Willie, Willie Jones? You are guilty, or, or, or, you know, how do you,how do you plead?" He says, "Your honor," he says, uh, "What is I, what is I bein charged for?" He says, uh, "Well, rape, uh, you raped ole Liza Jane over here, and, uh, Willie, and, uh " And Willie says, "Oh, no your honor, no, not rape, no, no, no, no," he said, "I didn't," he said, "No," he said, "I didn't rape, uh, Liza Jane, no, no rape, noooo, no, no sir.-'' He says, "You're denying that you raped her?" He says,''Oh, no, rape, no." "Didn't rape her?" "No, no sir, no sir. Willie, he don't rape no girls, NO not Willie." (cough) So. he says, "Well," he says, "What happened'?" He says, "Oh, that Liza Jane," he says, "Boy, she's some gal," he says, "Oh, man," he says, he says, "Ain't nobody gotta rape Liza Jane," he says, "She, she just, oh man," he says, "I didn't rape her your honor, nooo sir, no sir." He says, "Well, Willie, settle down, you know, what's goin on?" He says, ,"Well,': he says, uh, "She wore this, uh, wore this blouse, your honor," said~ "Wore this blouse, this blouse, your honor," he says, "Way down, way down, way down here, way down here, showed, showed her tits, your honor, showed her tits." He says, "Willie, I won't have those words in this court," he says, 19 20 "Th. ose are,., b osoms. " .H e says, "0'1:! , OJ! , 0 K , , yo ur h onor, '' n' e says, "bosoms, bosoms, bosoms, bosoms were showin outta there, they, they, they were showin," He says (cough),Ho,K. Willie," he says, he ,says~, "What the heck that's got ta do with it?" He says, "Well, that ain't all, your honor, that ain't all," he says, "that ain't all," He says, uh, he says, "Man ole Liza Jane," he says, "she had that skirt," he says, "cut up on the one side here, and," he says, "it went all the way up back and just covered her ASS," he said, "her ass, her ASS was hangin out, your honor," he said, "her ASS was hangin out," He says, "WILLIE," he says, "Not in my court," he says, "you'll say buttocks," he says, "in FAG"f," he says, '' if you say anything 1 ike that again I'm gonna hold you in contempt of court," he says, "And I'm gonna give you six months, Willie," he said, "I won't have that kinda languae::e in this court." Willie says, "O.K., your honor, O.K. your honor, I's sorry, I's sorry." (cough) He says, he says, uh, ,willie," he says, "did,,did you rape''her?'I t{e,.says, ~No, yourr honor," he says, "No, your honor," he says, " I d idn t rape her." He says, he says, "That ain't all she di.ct," he says, "she was standin there with them bosoms,. hangin out, with that big slit up here and that buttocks, and," he said, "then she went over there along that side walk and she, she lifted her leg up on that curb, and," he says, "Your honor, I looks down there, and," he says, uh, "Now, :m::i,.,ypur - honor, I didn't rape her," he says, "but,I looks down there and," he says, "I looks up there, and," he says, "Uh, wait a minute here your honor," he says, "Your honor, uh,",, he says, "What's your favorite expression for pussy?" Captain Johnson f}tory teller effects in this story are a pseude Black accent for Captain Johnson's voice. There was also some cassette trouble during parts of the story, and so I have interjected in parentheses what I i:;nink is correct.:.7' L,This i:iJ back in 1950 in Atlanta, and, of course, you know, colored people didn't have, you know, too much to say, and you know, and it was kinda, pretty, pretty rough back then. And this was (cough) down at the old Atlanta, you know, the old yellow brick terminal down there, And, uh, these people are on a D.O. 6, hell, that was the luxury ship back in those days. (cough) And, uh, you know, waitin for the pilot to come he's late. All of a sudden the door swings open and there's this BIG, FAT, COLORED BOY, I mean he's really colored, he's got a roll of, roll of fat hangin over the back. of his shirt collar, you know, and u'nintelligibl:i7 you know, typical, boy, he was really a really a.uh (cough) He says, uh, he says, uh, you know, he walks on through there,and the people LOOK, and they say, you know, ca, you know, "A pilot, and hes BLACK! A captain with four strips, and uh, they uh, they said, "This .just can't bel" And, uh, you know, sure enough, hell he had on a white scarf and he had his hat, and it was all crushed down on one s.i.de, and he walks up the gangplank, and,walks on the ship, and, wa .. walks down;through the, uh, walks down through the aisle, and goes in the cockpit, closes the door. An (cough) the people hear clock, cl.i.ck, click and, they hear him come over the mike and, he says, "Uh uh," he says, uh, "My name is Captain Johns(i),n (cough), and uh," he says, I would like you ta know that, uh, I is the, the, the captain of 21 and ~Uh, 22 this f)lane. And, uh," he says, "I, uh" he says, "I am an educated fellow," he says, uh (cough), "I has a degree in business administration from Stanford University;'" He says, uh, "I has a, I has a masters degree from, from uh, Warton School of Business, and," he sSays uh, "Coupled with that I has a Ph ,D. from Harvard. So," he says, "You can see ft.hat I am well educated. Anf}] along with that I has been flying for a long time." He says,"I has about 20,000 hours of. iflying tim,v'. So," he says, uh, "You can see, uh, that I has, uh, I's been around a long time." So he says, "But I know how you white folks feel about us black boys flying you around, but," he says, uh (cough)."I's gonna take care a ya," He says, ''What I hasn't got in airplane experience," he says, "I has in intellect, and," he says, "What I hasn't got in intellect," he says, "I has in experience,So, ~. he says, "I gonna take care a you folks back there. So," he says, "NOW," he says, "What we is gonna do." he says, "We're gonna fire up these engines and," he says, "I's gonna taxi this plane down this runway and," he says, "I's gonna, GET out on the approach, and," he says, "Uh, we'll just we'll just see if we can I get this mother fucker off the ground." The Three Guys These, uh, three guys there was an architect,an engineer, and a salesman, and they were at lunch one day arguing about which profession took the greatest degree of talent, or whatever, expertise, and, uh, hell, they thought, and thought, and thought, and finally couldn t decide. So one guy stood up, and he said, "Well I' 11 tell you what," he said, I've got an idea, and if you're all agreeable"," He says, "We each have championship show dogs, and," he says, "a way to find out (cough), is," he says, "Through our dog. We've spent equal time, just about on our dogs, and each dog reflects our own personality, and temperament, and, educational level, and everything else, because we, you know, we've; we've spent so much time on our dogs." So they said, "Fine, fine." So he says, '"\ll.elL, le1;l sa:,all1 go home on the way back to the office,pick up our dog and meet, in the office, and let's decide this once and for all," They were sick and tired of going through the, through the bit,so, they met back at the office, (cough) and they all came in with their dogs and each dog was different, And, uh, the, uh, the first guy, the architect, had a uh, had a female, a French poodle, named Fifi. And, uh, he said uh, "Probably the greatest thing my dog does is," he says, "My dog has taken on my, my uh, architectural temperament, and uh, I'm, uh, an I'm gonna show ya what I mean." So he reached down into his vest and he pulled out this box of Ritz crackers (cough), and he thr~ em down on the, on the, uh, table. And Fif'i stood up there and scratched and scratched and scratched, and,stood the crackers up in a column, formed a column, And the architect says, "Oh, Fifi that's fantastic." So Fifi sat down. And, uh, the next, uh, the next guy, 2J 24 the engineer, he said,"Well," he says, "That's all right,'' he says, "That's pretty good," he says, "I can see the relationship between the, the column and the architecture and what you've done to your dog." (cough) He says, "But likewise my dog is, is, is quite talented. I, I, I've taught it to do things that'I' do the 'MY' everyday trade - that I do, you know, every day." And, uh, the dog went up and counted the crackers, there were sixteen craclcers, the dog divided them into four equal piles, And uh, and uh, the dog was a uh, pretty smart dog, he was a female Irish setter, and you know quite, you know, beautiful dog. (cough) And the uh, the uh, the engineer says, "Oh," he says, "Boy, my, my, my Irish setter," he says uh, he says, "Susie here," he says, uh, "Di.d you see that? Took the square root of that column';'" He says, "You thought that column was good," he says, "Look at THAT," he says, he says, "Fantastic." So, the salesman sittin over there watchin all this and he thought, "Boy," he says, "What in the hell am I gonna do for an encore,'' he says, "I you know, my dog can't build a column," and he says, "Hell he's just been hangin around me for,"and uh, he had an old bull dog, and this was uh, you know, rough lookin ' bull dog and, Bruno the bull dog, was a male dog. And he says, ,, I don' t know what in the hell I'm gonna do," he says, uh, (cough). he's .think in to himself, he says, "He really, he really can't do a whole lot other than, you know, just what other than, you know, just what normal salesmen do, And, uh, he says, "I don't know what that, you know," he says, "But, Bnmo," he says, uh, "Do whatever turns ya on," So Bruno looked around and sniffed on t.he floor a little bit and,went around and he looked up on the table and he, went up there, and he, grabbed all the crackers, ate em, and got down and serviced the two bitches and took the rest of the afternoon off, The Chicken Story The guy comes, you know, comes off the farm, and uh, he uh, he goes imto the, you know, the local house. And uh, he gets to the front door and uh, and uh, (cough) he goes in and uh, he says, "Now," he said, uh, he said, "I've come all the way from, you know the third county over and,'' he says uh, "I've had alot of sexual experiences, on the farm and off the farm, and," he says, "I, I, I, you know, I really want somethin different, you know, this time," So, (cough) the gal who ran the place said, "Well," she says,"You go up to room thirteen, knock on the door, and they'll take care of ya." So uh, he goes up and he, knocks on thirteen, and this scantily clad gal comes out, and she says, "Yes, sir?" He said that uh, "The uh, the gal downstairs told me to, you know, for something different to come to room thirteen and I'd get, you know, I'd get squared away.'' (cough) And,uh,, she says, "Yes," she says uh, "This is, is something different," she says, "You' 11 never have anything, any sexual experience like this again in your life, uh, come on in." So he came in, an took off his clothes, an hung them up on the hook, and uh, he said, "Well where is she?" And uh he says, and she says, "Well, uh" she says, "over in the corner." And over in the corner." And over in the corner sat the LARGEST CHICKEN he'd ever seen in the world. This CHICKEN was about a two hundred pound chicken. I mean, it was big and white, and had one of those big red deals and, big claws an, (cough) an he said, "Well, O.K .'' So she left and,,locked the door, and they heard the, you know, screetchin and, hollerin,and, shoutin and, the guy's in there for about a half an hour, and he come!:l out and he's BLOODY and SCRATCHED and just, I mean the guy 25 26 is a mess, and he's really fouled UP. And he said, '' You know lady," he says, "You're right," he says, "That was the greatest sexual experience in my life." He says, "I will never forget that, and," he says, "In fact," he says, "I'm goin back to the farm, and in a couple a months," he says, "I'm com in back for that chicken again. 'rhat's a fantastic chicken. So he left (cough) and about two or three months later he comes back, and uh, he goes through the same routine - he, he walks up to the desk and, and this time he, he, he tells the gal, he says, he says, "1'1iss," he says, uh, "Is, is the chicken booked up today'?'' She says, "Oh, the chicken," she says, "We got rid of the chicken," she says, "We don't have the chicken any more," He said, Oh, no," he says, "I've been waitin three months to go back and, lay it on that chicken again." She says, "Well," she says, "You l,now, we got some different things, uh," he says, "Well O ,K.," he said, "I' 11 try some thin different." So she says, "O .K. go up to room 14 .,D."' . So. he .. walked.iJ,p the sta.irs.>and around to 14 D and (cough) knocked on the door, and another scantily clad gal walks in, and uh, he walked in, and, it looks like a lecture room, only more like a medical observing area where you can observe the operations being performed in class, kind of a low pit, chairs all (cough) set around,, on either side, So he came in, and uh, he looked over, and there, there was a vacant chair so he went over and sat down next to this other fellow and uh, he said, "What in the heck is this?" he asks the other guy. I mean, he says, "What are you doin here?" Just as he was askin him the curtain opened and, and down there is, is a, what looked to be like a, likea, like a handball court. And the door opened at the end, and (cough) four guys and four women walked in, And these gals are, you know, they're kinda 27 like, they have a toga on, and, and, you know, they've got these big wrist things and they've got whips and, and these four guys have nothin more than just uh, just uh thing around their waist and, uh, uh, kinda like a brief bathing suit. So they bring em in and they shackle the men to the wall, and uh, the women start beatin the guys on the back, and boy all the people out there in this, you know, they just, boy alot of them are just, you know, they, they think this is the greatest. And this guy looks at this other guy and he says, he says, he s2.ys, "What the hell is this'?" he says, "I"'ve never seen anything like this in my life." He says, "Somebody can enjoy this?" He says, "I came over here for a sexual experience, and," he says, "All I meet," he says, "Are a bunch of preverts." He said,"Well, sir," he says, uh, he says, "l don't know about that," he says uh, he says, "This is a weekly affair." He says, "We've been comin here once a week for the last year and a half and," he said, "Everey week there's somethin different, a new experience," he said, "In fact," he says, "You should, you should have seen about two or three months ago there was this crazy farm boy down there tryin to screw a chickent" The Chinaman This is about a Chinaman. This is an ethnic joke. This is about a Chinaman? Down the street, from this Chinese restaurant - a Chinaman ran this restaurant,-there was this Greek restaurant, and, (cough), you know, they were competitors for a given marker being food, (cough) Well, of course, they didn't compete for the same, I mean, cause they had diff111rent food. And uh, the uh, the uh Chinaman would have specials certain days of the week, You know, he'd have Egg Foo Yong on, on a, uh, on Mondays, and he'd like have Fried Rice on Teusdays, and he'd have Chicken Sug Gum Chow Mein on Wednesdays, and he'd have somethin on Thursday and, you know, throughou" t the week he had a specialty every day for the, for the uh, clientele. And uh, uh, the uh, the Greek, you know, never liked im, (cough) and he used ta like ta mock im, because he couldn't, you know, pronounce, you know, ,.r's." You know, Chinese always say "Ah," you know, "Flied Lice," and, you know, pronounce their "r's like "l's." So this Greek used ta always like to pick on the Chinaman. So, he uh, he would uh, he would come outta the store, particularily on Tuesday (cough) and he'd call do/~~ and he'd say, "Ah," he says, "Charlie Wong, what is your specialty today?" And Charlie Wong would holler down, "FLIED LICE I" And the Greek he'd LAUGH until he'd get the guys walkin down the street ta laugh and everybody thought this was a big joke. So ole Charlie Wong, you know, he went back inside, he said, "I won't give i.m, .. I won't answer im." So, you know, next week the same thing, Tuesday the Greek comes out, "Hey Charlie Wong, what's the specialty today?" Charlie looked down and says, 28 29 "ME HAVE SPECIALTY TODAY, FLIED LICE!" And the Greek would laugh, and boy Charlie just feel like hell you know. And uh, so this went on for a few weeks, and finally Charlie had had it, So he says, "I'm going to diction school and I'm gonna learn how ta speak Amelican." So he goes to diction school, and he learns how to, how to, how to speak, (cough) So he gets ready for his next Tuesday. He's ready, He's workin in there "FR IE D RICE," you know, you know, he's, he's just, just practicing, before he sees this Greek, see, So, uh, the Greek comes out, and Charlie's outside and, he says, "Charlie Wong, what's your specialty today?" And Charlie. Wong looks out, he says, ~SPECIALTY TODAY FRIED RICE,YOU GLEEK PLICKl" Leroy L,story teller effects in this story are a pseudo black accent for both Leroy and his wife;J The uh, this colored guy ( coug.h) and uh, you know, he used to go out and get bombed. And, boy his wife had just about had it, you know, and, and she, you know, she'd make him come to the front door, and you know, blow through the front door and she, she'd smell liquor on his breath she'd knock hi~ down the stairs and throw him out, or whatever. He came home about, you know, five or six weeks in a row and, and uh (cough). same damn thing - when he'd come home, she'd says, she'd say, "Leroy, is dat you?" And ole Leroy he'd ftand out there and he'd say, "It's me, honey, It's me." And uh, she'd say, "Leroy, put yo face up to dat door and blow through that door." And Leroy'd get up there and he'd go, '.'Whew, whew ,Lblowing sounY~" She'd say, "Leroy - woo oo," she says, "you been dririkin," she says, "Leroy get out ta here." So she BAM, she'd close the door and, Leory had ta sleep outside, or on the, you know, stairs goin up or somethin, And uh, you .know, this went on for some time, and finally Leroy, .Leroy goes out one night with the boys and he says, "Man," he says, "My wife, she is, she is been mad at me And," he says uh, he says, "Man," he says, "I's been drink in every night again," he says, "Hell," he says, ".I's," he says, "There ain't no way I can sleep on those stairs another night," he says, "I gonna fool that lady," he says, "I's gonna fix her up tonight," So he goes down to the corner market, and he grabs a bunch of garlic, and chews on it, you know, 30 31 and Christ, he's eatin onions and, you know, anything that would camouflage the smell, you know. And uh, (cough) so he musta ate a, you know, two handfuls of, you know, radishes and onions, and garlic, an you know, just a bunch of trash, you know. And uh, so .he goes home, he staggers up the stairs, and he figures, you know, he's really got her this time, because, there's NO way that (cough), that she can smell the alcohol over that, you know= garlic, and onions, and the whole shot. So, he comes up to the door, and he knocks, and she says, "Leroy," she says, "You is been out drinkin again," she says, "Leroy," she says, "I know you's been out drinkin again." She says, "I's gonna open this door, and," she says, "I want you to blow in here, Leroy now," she says, "Give me a little gust in here so I can, make sure that, that you ain't been out drinkin, if you said that should be Lnot sure of previous phras~." And Leroy says, "-OH, NO honey," he says, "I ain't been out drinkin," he says, "You open that door and," he says, "I'm gonna blow in there, and," he says, "You'll know that I hasn't been drinkin." So she opens the door just a little bit, and she says, "0,K, Leroy," she says, she says uh, she says, "Put yo head up dere, and," she says, "Blow in the door." So she puts her head down there, you know, and Leroy goes, "Whew" "Sheee," ,she says, "LEROY," she says, "Is YOU SURE YOU HAS YO RIGHT END UP TO DAT DOOR?" The National Farting Contest This is the National Farting Contest, it's held every year. And, uh, you know, the entries line up and of course, there's different kinds of irrigious effluviums, or redound stench, or obnoxious elimination, whatever you want to call it, which is the common word for 'fart.' (cough) And the art is, there are fudgies, treblows, in different classifications, the genre, just like stock car racing, you know, for the elimination. So, this guy was in the fudgie class (cough), and uh, you know, they'd all get lined up, you know, they get ready, and they do their deal, and, you know, they m measure, measure the decible rating, which is the amount of noise, and yo<.1 know, the impact, and smell, and you know, they, have all this gear set up to measure how good these were. (cough) So this guy, uh, this one guy entered every class, and they says, "Oh man., he must be really someth.in." And, you know, Christ, he must, he must be fantastic." (cough) So, you know, they call his name, and he came up there, and he'd get up there and he drop his drawers, and he bent over and, BAM, he'd sh.it on the stage. And they says, "Gees, you know, what the hell kinda guy is this?" So they'd sc0-0t him off, you know, an say, "Get him the hell out ta here," you know, and they, you know, go on, and they'd go to the next class,and (cough) and you know they '.d have some of the, you know, some' of the people enter, and they'd come ta him again a11dhe'd drop his drawers and WHAM he'd shit on the stage. And the judges and officials would say, "Christ, you know, we can't tolerate this guy. I mean he's, you know, he's just making a mess of the stage (cough), everything else, and uh, he says, 32 33 "Well, I'll give him one more chance, maybe he's nervous, you know, he's, he's excited, National competition, arnl.''li'"i>', (cough)," So it came to the treblow competition, and the treblow is, you know, blow,;;,blow, blow, you know, it's a three stage deal. So he gets down there and, you know, he's, boy he's ready you know ffinintelligibl~ and he gets out there, and, and uh, and he, he, you know, he squats down, pulls down his drawers, and WHAM he shits on the stage, The judge says, "We can't tolerate this, you're disqualified for the whole rest of the entries, you've come up here three times prior to this, you've crapped on the stage every time, we can't, you know, we can't put up with this, we're not geared'l",r if everybody did this we'd have nothing but shovels up here, cleaning it up. (cough) The guy says, "Look it, buddy,'' he says, "Even the great Caruso cleared his throat before he sang." Liza and Rastis f}Jtory teller effect in this story is a pseudo black accent for Liza's and Rastis' voice;J This is a Liza s and Rast is ,joke (cough). Liza s driving down the road and all of a sudden the cat runs out in front of her car, and she veers off and crashes into the ditch. Rastis runs over there and he looks down that ditch and Liza's laying back there, he says, "LIZA," he says, "You is the THIRD pregnant women this week I's pulled out of a ditch." And ole Liza says, "RAST IS," she says, "I AIN'T PREGNANT!" He says, "You ain't outta the ditch yet either." J4 Alaskan and Texan /Jitory teller effect in this story is a very deep voice for the Texan dialogueJ Texans are always boasting on how big Texas is. UNTIL, Alaska became a state (cough). Texas is 422,000 square miles, which is a very vast area, and uh, so this joke is about an Alaskan, and a Texan standing on a bridge, urinating over the side, The Texan, he's boasting (cough), on his, you l,now, physical powers, by, you know, he throws his over the side, and he says, "Why," he says, "This water's cold," And the Alaskan's stand:i.n over there, and he throws his over and he says, "And deep, too," 35 Appendix My attempts at finding references to these stories in the motif index or the tale types proved to be fruitless efforts. I have also looked for some motifs in the Rationale of~ Dirty~. and could not find references, in fact, after having read some of the jokes from that book I decided that '.l'erry's jokes were not necessarily dirty. 36 A PDF transcript exists for this recording. Please contact an archivist for access. Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive Project in 1967 at Georgia State University. 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