DC. Locals were surprised to discover that it worked: You could lift the receiver and call anyone, anywhere, for free—no quarter required. But the phone actually had a more specific purpose, as made ...

“OK, it says dial the number…I’m not sure what these numbers are here, press 1 for a knock-knock joke,” said Calvin Dillon, 13, an 8th grader at The Heights School of Potomac, as he ...

Comedy fans will have no problem getting their fill in and around Boston the rest of the summer ... Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling (Giggles, Saugus, Aug. 12-14, princerestaurant.com ...

(Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) Gov. Maura Healey winces at one of the jokes Sunday. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) State Auditor Diana DiZogilo dug out her shamrock glasses for Sunday’s breakfast.

Growing up, Ryan Ellington was the kid always cracking jokes with his friends ... Ellington is now a successful comedian living in the Boston area, but before he started writing his own ...