Notes from West London · On my radio

Tony and Dermot, a second selection of jokes

Following on from this earlier piece, here are another 10 jokes from Tony Blackburn’s “Sounds of the 60s” show on Radio 2. Most of them come from the few minutes just before 8am on the live broadcasts when he and Dermot O’Leary discuss their week.

  • Tony Joined the origami society; they sent a lovely letter welcoming him into the fold.
  • Dermot only got one present last Christmas, a deck of sticky playing cards: he’s going to have a hard time dealing with this.
  • Also a friend of his swallowed a bottle of invisible ink. He’s in hospital now, waiting to be seen.
  • One of them used to work in a factory that produced plastic Draculas. The work was quite pressurized and some days there were only two people on the production line. He had to make every second count.
  • Dermot decided to sell his old tennis ball machine. It’s a bit worn out, but it’s served him well.
  • Tony’s signed up for an Air Guitar course: completely free, no strings attached.
  • Dermot has a friend whose dog swallowed a whole bag of Scrabble letters. He took him to the vet, but no word yet.
  • Tony has started a small business, building boats in his attic. It’s been very successful: sails are going through the roof.
  • Dermot’s friend has been seeing an optician for a while, and he’s trying to break up with her. They went for dinner last night and every time he says, “I can’t see you any more”, she moves an inch closer and says, “Can you see me now”.
  • When Johnnie Walker sat in for Tony Blackburn earlier this year a listener contacted the show regarding a theft at his office. All the coffee cups were stolen. He has to go down to the police station to look at some mug shots.

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