A popular pie joke on National Pie Day (January 23), Pi Day (March 14) and Thanksgiving (November) is:
Q: Why did he pie go to the dentist?
A: To get a filling.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1989 and has been printed on ecards.
“Why did the Oreo go to the dentist?”/“Because it lost its filling.” is a similar joke.
Google Books
Riddle Roundup:
A Wild Bunch to Beef Up Your Word Power
By Giulio Maestro
New York, NY: Clarion Books
1989
Pg. 14:
Why did the pie shell go to the dentist?
To have his cavity filled,
Google Books
Jokelopedia:
The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest, Joke Book Ever
Edited by Ilana Weitzman
New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
2006
Pg. 217:
Why did the pie crust go to the dentist?
ft needed a filling.
Google Books
Let’s Eat in the Funny Zone
By Gary Chmielewski
Chicago, IL: Norwood House Press
2008
Pg. 20:
Why did the pie crust go to the dentist?
It needed a filling!
Twitter
Sophie Morton
@_SophieMorton
Joke of the day: Why did the pie go to the dentist? To get a filling. #cheezfriday The bad jokes are back, folks.
2:00 PM - 16 Oct 2009
Someecards
March 14, 2012
Why did the pie go to the Dentist?
Because it needed a filling!
Happy Pi Day!!!
Google Books
April Fool’s Day Jokes to Tickle Your Funny Bone
By Amelia LaRoche
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
2013
Pg. 39:
Why did the pie go to the dentist’s office?
It needed a filling.
reddit
Why did the pie go to the dentist? (self.cleanjokes)
submitted October 8. 2015 by peacecake
It needed a filling.
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.
Recent entries:
•“Pleae lower the cost of living. I’m not built for OnlyFans” (4/19)
•“Please lower the gas prices. I’m not built for OnlyFans” (4/19)
•“Imagine having your own apartment and nobody ever comes over” (4/19)
•Entry in progress—BP18 (4/19)
•Entry in progress—BP17 (4/19)
More new entries...
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.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.