The Pope and a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar …
The Pope and a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar …
Why are there so many Catholic jokes? I have a couple of theories. Catholicism, even post-Vatican II, is otherworldly, sublime %u2014 and juxtaposing the sublime and the ridiculous is the essence of a certain kind of humor. The late Johnny Carson joked about a Catholic church in Beverly Hills that was so trendy there was a salad bar next to the communion rail.
Posted: April 28th, 2005 under Big Questions.
Comments: 1
Comment from James the cat
Time: 3/5/2005, 9:31 pm
>>Writer Hilaire Belloc once wrote: “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine / There’s always laughter and good red wine.”
>>Or a stein of Bavarian beer.
Maybe I should have been a Roman Catholic…