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

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Entry from December 12, 2017
“How many frat boys does it take to change a lightbulb?”/“None, they prefer Natural Light.”

There have been several versions of fraternities and beer in the traditional lightbulb joke. This is from 1984:
 
Q:  How many frat guys does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A:  Three: One to screw it in, and the other two to help himvdown off the keg.
A’: Five:  One to hold the bulb, and four to guzzle beer until the room spins.

 
A different joke version was posted on the newsgroup rec.humor on October 26, 1990:
 
Q: How many frat boys does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Five.  One to screw in the light bulb and four to make shirts.

   
A version about Natural Light beer was posted on Twitter on May 20, 2013:
 
Q: How many frat guys does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None because they prefer Natural Light.

 
A version using the slang word “lit” (mildly intoxicated) was posted on Twitter on March 18, 2016:
 
Q: How many frat bros does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. None, it’s already lit.

 
   
Wikipedia: Natural Light
Natural Light is a reduced-calorie light pilsner brewed by Anheuser-Busch since its introduction on July 31, 1977. Its ingredients are listed as water, barley malt, cereal grains, yeast, and hops. One 12-US-fluid-ounce (355 mL) can contains 95 kilocalories (397 kJ), 3.2 grams of carbohydrates, 0.7 grams of protein, and 4.2% alcohol by volume.
       
Google Groups: net.jokes
net.terror
Kurt Guntheroth
8/8/85
From kurt Fri Feb 24 18:17:24 1984
Subject: Canonical Collection of Light Bulb Jokes
Status: RO
(...)
Q:  How many frat guys does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A:  Three: One to screw it in, and the other two to help himvdown off the keg.
A’: Five:  One to hold the bulb, and four to guzzle beer until the room spins.
 
Google Groups: rec.humor
Canonical Collection of Light Bulb Jokes
Kurt Guntheroth
7/6/90
(...)
Q:  How many frat guys does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A:  Three: One to screw it in, and the other two to help him down off the keg.
A’: Five:  One to hold the bulb, and four to guzzle beer until the room spins.
A”: None.  Frat boys screw in puddles of vomit.
 
Google Groups: rec.humor
How many…
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
10/26/90
How many frat boys does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Five.  One to screw in the light bulb and four to make shirts.
       
Google Groups: rec.humor.funny
new lightbulb joke
Benjamin E Delfin
1/25/92
Original:
This one is a variation on one of the cannonical light-bulb jokes, but with a bit of a twist… (btw, I am pledging a frat- but a *co-ed* one 😊).

Q:  How many frat boys does it take to change a lightbulb?
A:  Eight.  Four to drink the beer, one to screw it in, and three to hold the socket down.
 
Twitter
Ameena Debboun‏
@ameenadebboun
“@TheycallmeNeil: How many frat guys does it take to change a light bulb? None because they prefer Natural Light haha” jokes…
12:10 PM - 20 May 2013
   
Twitter
Travis Shaw‏
@travyboy_shaw
”@TheFrattitude: How many frat boys does it take to change a light bulb? None. They prefer natural light” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
8:46 PM - 28 May 2013
 
Twitter
UofUYikYak‏
@uofuyikyak
How many frat boys does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, they prefer natural light.
6:51 PM - 22 Sep 2014
 
Twitter
Karla Boyd‏
@_karlaboyd
How many frat stars does it take to change a light bulb?
None, they prefer natural light
10:14 PM - 26 Oct 2014
   
Twitter
Yik Yak‏
@YikYakApp
“How many frat boys does it take to change a light bulb?  None, they prefer natural light.” — U of Kentucky
7:43 PM - 11 Dec 2014
   
Reddit—Jokes
How many frat boys does it take to change a light bulb?
submitted April 1, 2015 by chickfilla
None, they prefer natural light
 
Twitter
Sarah‏
@SarahOhhD
How many frat boys does it take to change a light bulb?
None, they prefer natural light.
HAHAHA
8:42 PM - 9 Dec 2015
           
Google Books
Rock ‘n’ Roll Rebel
By Ginger Rue
Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press
2016
Pg. 49:
“Hey, here’s one from when I was at UA: How many frat guys does it take to screw in a lightbulb?”
 
Tig thought. “I don’t know. How many?”
 
“Three. One to screw in the lightbulb and the other two to order the T-shirts.”
 
Twitter
Trav‏
@travjamesflynn
How many frat bros does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None, it’s already lit fam bruhhhhh
9:26 PM - 18 Mar 2016
 
Reddit—Jokes
How many frat boys does it take to change a light bulb?
submitted March 20, 2017 by marxisticecream
None, they prefer Natural Light.
 
Twitter
Sarah Starace‏
@sarahhstarace
“How many frat boys does it take to change a lightbulb? None, they like natural light”
-tanner
2:27 PM - 3 Sep 2017
 
Twitter
Lydia Lent‏
@lydiaclent
How many frat boys does it take to change a lightbulb?
None, they prefer
(Picture of Natural Light beer.—ed.)
10:45 PM - 6 Dec 2017
 
Reddit—Jokes
How many frat boys does it take to change a light bulb?
submitted December 13, 2017 by Bee_Jesus
None, they prefer natural light
COMMENTS
Pelvic_Pinochle>o?
Gives a whole new meaning to “lit”

Posted by Barry Popik
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