The Big Apple: “A tuba player walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

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Entry from April 02, 2018

“A tuba player walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

“A guy walks into a bar...” is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” A tuba version is:

“A tuba player walks into a bar. The dent is $300 to repair.”

A tuba is a large instrument that gets dented easily. “A tuba player walked into a bar… It cost him $175.00 to have the dent removed” was posted on Twitter on December 8, 2012,

Twitter
MarchingBandMemes
@mbandHumor
A tuba player walked into a bar… It cost him $175.00 to have the dent removed.
2:28 PM - 8 Dec 2012

Twitter
Tuba jokes by Maxx
@Maxxtubajokes
So this tuba player walked into a bar… It costed him $200 to get the dent removed LOLOLOL TUBA4LIFE @TubaFreak8989
10:34 PM - 2 Oct 2013

Twitter
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@thatssogillian
A tuba player walks into a bar
They have to pay $95 to fix the dent
7:44 PM - 11 Oct 2013

Twitter
combination shampoo/conditioner
@fricabytoto
A tuba player walks into a bar… it cost him like two hundred dollars to get the dent removed
11:51 PM - 5 Dec 2015

Twitter
Wesley Calvert
@yodachihuahua
A tuba player walks into a bar.... It cost him $175.00 to have the dent removed.
4:30 PM - 12 Dec 2015

Twitter
TheLAFers
@TheLAFers
A tuba player walked into a bar. It costed him $200 to get the dent repaired.
4:39 PM - 29 Aug 2017

Reddit—Dad Jokes
A tuba player walked into a bar… (self.dadjokes)
submitted April 2, 2018 by KingBassTrombone
The dent was $300 to repair.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Music/Dance/Theatre/Film/Circus • Monday, April 02, 2018 • Permalink