A pun about “missing” school is:
TEACHER: You missed school yesterday, didn’t you?
PUPIL: Not very much!
The joke—with “Not a bit!” as the punchline—was printed in many newspapers in July 1961.
10 July 1961, Austin (TX) Statesman, “Fun Time—The Riddle Box,” pg. 18, col. 5:
Teacher: Billy, you missed school yesterday, didn’t you?
Billy: Not a bit!
Google Books
Over 1500 Fantastic Jokes
By Guy Campbell; and Mark Devins
London: Dean
2002
Pg. 117:
Teacher: You missed school yesterday didn’t you?
Pupil: Not very much, no!
Google Books
August 2003, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 53, col. 1:
Teacher: You missed school yesterday, didn’t you?
Johnny: Not very much. — Carlos Armenia, Signal Hill, Calif.
Google News Archive
5 July 2006, Issaquah (WA) Press, Kid County Courier, pg. 4, col. 4:
Teacher: You missed school yesterday, didn’t you?
Student. Not very much!
Google Books
The Classroom Zone:
Jokes, Riddles, Tongue Twisters & “Daffynitions”
By Gary Chmielewski
Chicago, IL: Norwood House Press
2008
Pg. 21:
Principal Howland: “Michael, you missed school yesterday, didn’t you?”
Michael: “Not very much!”
Google Books
Super Hot Jokes For Cool Kids!
By Various Authors
London: Buster Books
2014
Pg. ?:
Teacher: You missed school yesterday, didn’t you?
Pupil: Not very much.
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Teacher: Tim, you missed school yesterday, didn’t you?
Tim: Not a bit!
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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.
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.
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