During the Civil War, Abe Lincoln was criticized for making jokes “too soon.”
Newspapers on both sides printed grisly amputation puns with titles like “An ‘Off-Hand’ Joke.”
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BTW — remember those Japanese tsunami tweets that got Gilbert Gottfried fired from Aflec?
Well, move over Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.
I got yer new showbiz time traveler right here.