“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 ...

Locals and power players in Massachusetts’ and Boston’s political scene enjoyed ... ups have to sit through two and a half hours of bad jokes, I’m not going to make a baby do that!” ...

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 ...

As someone who has attended dozens of these dinners (and has written jokes for dozens more), there will be plenty of laughs from the well-dressed and well-lubricated audience. But the laughs this ...

(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.

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 ...

We believe it was Friedrich Nietzsche who said, “A joke is an epigram on the death ... Peter Chianca, Boston.com’s general assignment editor since 2019, is a longtime news editor, columnist ...

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 ...