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The Critics
Punch Line
Rationale of the Dirty Joke, by G. Legman
by Jim Holt
The New Yorker, April 19, 2004, pp. 184-190
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  1. Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1969)
    G. Legman
    An Analysis of Sexual Humor
    2 Reviews
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