The Bob Hope Joke Archive, Courtesy of the LoC.

“The complete Bob Hope Joke File — more than 85,000 pages — has been digitally scanned and indexed according to the categories used by Bob Hope for presentation in the Bob Hope Gallery of American Entertainment.”

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Sample joke? “People are really flocking out here, though. You should see the ways our freeways are jammed day and night with people trying to get to Los Angeles from Los Angeles.”

Previously: Global Comedy Chapbook 2010 / LoC blog.