“It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers,” goes an old joke. “Angie (Dickinson—ed.) said even the wedding cake was in tiers” was cited in a 1973 newspaper. “It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers” was a “pun of the day” in 2001.
18 July 1973, State-Times (Baton Rouge, LA), “Hollywood Hotline” by James Bacon (North America Newspaper Alliance), pg. 9-C, col. 7:
Angie Dickinson went to a very sentimental wedding where everyone was crying their eyes out. Angie said even the wedding cake was in tiers.
Angie gets her jokes from reading Punch.
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It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers. (Pun of the Day)
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The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes
By Graeme Ritchie
New York, NY: Routledge
2004
Pg. 128:
It was a lovely wedding. The cake was in tiers…so was the bride.
(Chic Murray)
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June 2006, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 58, col. 1:
It was a very emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers!
Kevin Munro, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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@itsonlymari
It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.
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The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.
2012
Pg. ?:
It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.
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The Everything Big Book of Jokes:
Hundreds of the Shortest, Longest, Silliest, Smartest, Most Hilarious Jokes You’ve Never Heard!
By Evan C. Thomas
Avon, MA: Adams Media
2014
Pg. 90:
LAST WEEK, I WENT TO an incredibly emotional wedding. The bride was crying. The groom was broken up. Even the wedding cake was in tiers.
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