Animation Students in Belgium Interview Ben over Skype
After Poor Us, it was only time before the animators came to speak with Ben.
Hammer & Tickle Film
… The story of a political system that was laughed out of existence SYNOPSIS: What would happen if they introduced Communism to Saudi Arabia? Nothing at first but soon there would be a shortage of sand. This is the first ever film about Communist jokes, the most extraordinary cultural legacies of eighty years of socio-political ...
Hammer & Tickle – The Book
Hammer & Tickle A History of Communism told through Communist Jokes Ben Lewis Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in both paperback and hardcover 2009 To buy your copy, use the links below: Order your ENGLISH copy on Amazon Order the GERMAN version: Das komische Manifest: Kommunismus und Satire von 1917-89 ITALIAN version: Falce e ...
Radio Yerevan Jokes
Question to Radio Yerevan: Is it true that in the Soviet Union no one lacks a stero system? – In principle, yes, you hear the same from all sides. Is it true that the Trabant will be renamed the Luther-mobile? – In principle no, though Luther did say ‘Here I stand, I can do nothing ...
Shortages Jokes
What is 150 yards long and eats potatoes? A Moscow queue waiting to buy meat. A Romanian house wife pauses by the door, empty shopping basket in hand, suddenly confused. Now am I about to go shopping or have I just come back? Gdansk Shipyard Is it true that under communism people could order food ...
Stalin Jokes
When Stalin was in office, he once noted that there were mice in his study and complained to President Kalinin about this. The President thought for a moment and suggested, “Why don’t you put up a sign reading ‘Collective Farm’? Half the mice will die of hunger and the other half will run away.” Stalin ...
Czech Jokes
How do the Czechs know that the earth is round? In 1945 the imperialists were driven out to the West and in 1968 they returned from the East. Amateur Statistician of Jokes: Stefanescu/Romania Why are the Russian occupation forces remaining in Czechoslovakia so long? They are looking for those who invited them. What is the ...
Technology and Science Jokes
The delegate of a district educational department visited a school. He asked a little boy, ‘Can you tell me how the world in which we live came into being?’ After a few minutes of hesitation, the boy answered, ‘The world was created by God.’ ‘You are a stupid reactionary scamp. Sit down,’ shouted the delegate. ...
Tribant Jokes
Why are seatbelts never used in a Trabant? Because otherwise it would look like someone was coming down the road with a rucksack. Why is the Trabant such a quiet vehicle? Because when you sit inside you have your knees pressed up against your ears. Why are there no terrorists in the DDR? Because ...
East German Jokes
A Frenchman, an American and a German are on a train from Bonn to West Berlin. Suddenly they notice the devil is chasing the train. They are scared. The Frenchman grabs all his francs and throws them out the window – ‘Maybe this will satisfy the devil!’, he says. The devil keeps on coming. The ...