Journalism jokes

 

          Good evening, 919 Gang.

 

ANN JARMUSCH writes:

I’m grateful for the Rebergram as a rich mix of the unexpected and the memorable, the quirky and the profound —all from our irrepressible tribe.

          The other day I wrote a note to my editor in chief about an item in the newsletter we produce, and I was chuckling to myself at making a journalism joke.

          “I added an Editor’s note at the top for transparency, while also, paradoxically, giving us cover,” I wrote.

          Thud/silence. It seems only I was amused.

          Anybody got better journalism jokes?

 

          REBER: I usually discourage jokes. The Internet is so full of them we could easily clog our arteries. But journalism jokes? That’s something different. Let’s hear them.

 

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          SUZANNE MACK-LOEBER writes:

I loved watching the old black and white Photo Lab movie and recognized quite a few faces. Gosh but Tony was young! It was interesting to see the old 919 building, the loading dock, etc. I hope "The General" never got his hands on a copy!

Thank you for posting the link to Ron and Mary James’ magazine. It is so well done. Two years ago my stepson, Andrew and his wife, Kim, spent their honeymoon in Spain.

Having fun

          Good evening, 919 Gang.

 

          DAVID HASEMYER writes;

The Photo Lab movie was hilarious….and kind of heartwarming at the same time.

And I, too, cherish my memories as a reporter; and second Tim Wilson’s conclusion: “I am a very lucky person….Getting paid for having fun. How great is that?”

 

The golden age

 

          Good evening, 919 Gang.

 

          TIM WILSON writes:

Thanks John Gibbins and Tony Doubek! As Jack Reber stated, that movie is “a real treasure."

I haven’t laughed that hard in years. What a great, wonderful, creative bunch of guys I was fortunate enough to work with for nine years.

And yes, that’s me getting sucked into the developer and taking my pulse after I came out flat as a pancake.

          My wife and son laughed almost as hard as I did. They got a lot of the inside jokes. A testament to great film making.

          I miss those early days of the first and only corporate job I ever had. It was truly the Golden Age of Newspapers, and I cherish the memories of that time.

          I always tell everyone I am a very lucky person, and my tenure at the U-T is irrefutable evidence of that.   

          As the kids say today “Best job ever.” Getting paid for having fun. How great is that?

 

          REBER: If you missed this 1970s movie produced by U-T photographers, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkU7d-j0ax8