No soap radio

No soap radio (often No soap, radio, No Soap Radio, sometimes "No soap... radio?", "No soap. Radio!") is the traditional punchline for a type of prank joke which has a body not directly related to the punchline itself, but is made as if to be humorous by participants in a prank. The first known reference to this form of anti-humor was in 1966. http://xenon.stanford.edu/~hays/nosoap.html

Related Topics:
Punchline - Prank - Joke - Humor - Anti-humor - 1966

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The joke is notable for its use as a basic sociological and psychological experiment, specifically relating to mob mentality and the pressure to conform.

Related Topics:
Sociological - Psychological - Mob mentality

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