Nationally Ranked NJ Joke Leaves Locals Shaking Their Heads

A major publication has revealed its choice for the best New Jersey joke ever, and we wonder if you think it's funny.

The Funniest Joke About New Jersey

If you live in New Jersey, you don't think jokes about our state are funny, but Reader's Digest has chosen a joke they have deemed the best New Jersey joke. Let's see if you agree.

Most Garden State residents think jokes about our state are almost exclusively boring, old, lazy, and some version of the same two punchlines over and over again. And I happen to agree.

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But if you're going to pick the best joke about each state, you have to choose one for the Garden State as well, so they did.

David Letterman's Best Jokes

New Jersey's best joke, according to this article, came from David Letterman's Late Show, so there was a chance the tide would turn.

He's a funny guy, and his material would always make me laugh. So, I had high hopes he would finally deliver a good New Jersey joke. I'm as ready as the next guy to laugh at our state if the joke is a good one.

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As you know, the bear hunting season in New Jersey is a little bit different. First, they shoot the bear and then they bury it in a construction site.

Yes, that's it, a major publication's choice for the best New Jersey joke ever. I hang my head in disappointment.

Good New Jersey Jokes

I'm not a comedian. I've never tried to stand alone in front of a room full of people trying to make them laugh, so I may not be the ultimate judge of comedy.

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In my humble opinion, comedians should stop the lazy, obvious, and uncreative New Jersey jokes we hear over and over again. They weren't funny, aren't funny, and will never be funny. Not even you, David Letterman. (I wanted yours to be funny, but I still love the rest of your work.)