The potato has a few “-tater” jokes, such as:
Q: What do you call a potato with glasses?”
A: A spectator.
“What do you call a couch potato? A spec-tater!!” was cited in the newsgroup rec.humor in 1991.
“What do you call a helpful potato?”/“A facilitater,” “What do you call a phallic-shaped potato?”/“A dictator” and “What do you call an everyday potato?”/“A commentator” are other “tater” jokes.
Google Groups: rec.humor
Henry III Joke List
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6/19/91
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What do you call a couch potato?
A spec-tater!!
Welcome to THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER’S NETWORK
SSTN # 79 - September 6, 2005
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Speck Tater=Takes everything but contributes nothing
Twitter
The Gugi Sumit
@djsumdog
What do you call a potato with glasses? A spectator.
6:00 PM - 16 May 2008
On the Level Blogspot
sunday, march 14, 2010
The Great Potato Joke Spud-off!
What do you call a potato with glasses?
A spectater.
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. 120:
What do you call a potato wearing glasses?
A spec-tater.
reddit
What do you call a potato wearing glasses?
submitted February 26, 2013 by rains1986
A spectator.
Made 2B Creative
SPUD-TACULAR LADIES MEETING THEME
Published May 16, 2013 | By Julia
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Speck Tater– content to sit on the sidelines & not participate in any ministry
reddit
What do you call a potato with glasses? (self.dadjokes)
submitted July 7, 2014 by queenofcheebah
A spec-tater.
reddit
What do you call two people looking at a potato self.3amjokes
Submitted May 15, 2015 by Scatterpulse
Spectators
Google Books
The Super, Epic, Mega Joke Book for Kids
By Whee Winn
Grand Rapids, MI: Zonderkidz
2016
Pg. ?:
What do you call a potato that watches football?
A spectator.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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