"Graduate” is sometimes written as “grad u ate” or “grad you ate.” “What movie was based on the memoirs of a college cannibal? A: The Grad u ate”—a pun on the movie The Graduate (1967)—was posted on the website PunGents.com on December 3, 2011.
“A bunch of zombies attacked a graduation party and gobbled up all the seniors. Afterward one zombie said to another, ‘How was the grad you ate?’” was posted on Reddit—Puns on August 31, 2017.
PunGents.com
Pun for 12/03/11
What movie was based on the memoirs of a college cannibal? A: The Grad u ate.
Topic: cannibalism, cannibals, movies
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What movie was based on the memoirs of a college cannibal? A: The Grad u ate. http://bit.ly/vgHKfo
12:06 AM - 3 Dec 2011
Reddit—AskReddit
What is your favorite bad joke? (self.AskReddit)
submitted June 15, 2016 by I_say_bad_jokes
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homevp
Th high school held a party for the graduating class. A bunch of zombies broke into the party and gobbled up all the seniors. When it was over one zombie said to another, “How was the grad you ate?”
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What movie was based on the memoirs of a college cannibal? A: The Grad u ate.
12:10 AM - 9 Dec 2016
Reddit—Puns
A bunch of zombies attacked a graduation party… (self.puns)
submitted August 31, 2017 by homevp
and gobbled up all the seniors. Afterward one zombie said to another, “How was the grad you ate?”
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.
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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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