One-liner joke

One-liner joke

A one-liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line. Many comedians have adopted this comedic method in their act. Some, including Rodney Dangerfield, Steven Wright, Emo Philips, Henny Youngman, Mitch Hedberg, Dan Mintz, Zach Galifianakis, Demetri Martin, and Jimmy Carr have used one-liners to make up a significant portion of their repertoire.

Examples

* "I have nothing to declare except my genius." (Oscar Wilde, upon arriving at US customs 1882cite web
year = 1996
url = http://www.bartleby.com/66/0/64300.html
title = Number 64300
work = The Columbia World of Quotations
accessdate = 2007-06-20] )
* "Race is just a pigment of the imagination" (Ben Harland)
* "If all those sweet young things were laid end to end – I wouldn't be a bit surprised." (Dorothy Parker, on girls attending a Yale promcite book
last = Tuleja
first = Tad
title = The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana
year = 1994
publisher = Macmillan
isbn = 0671899872
pages = p. 287 Originally quoted in cite book
last = Leach
first = Joshua
title = While Rome Burns
year = 1934
publisher = Viking Press
pages = p. 149
chapter = Our Mrs. Parker
quote = And there was that wholesale libel on a Yale prom. If all the girls attending it were laid end to end, Mrs. Parker said, she wouldn’t be at all surprised. Cited in cite web
year = 1996
url = http://www.bartleby.com/66/15/43615.html
title = Number 43615
work = The Columbia World of Quotations
accessdate = 2007-06-20] )
* "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception." (Groucho Marx)
* "Take my wife – please!" (Henny Youngman)
* "If it wasn't for pickpockets, I'd have no sex life at all." (Rodney Dangerfield)

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