Review: Jokes
July 8, 2008
Jokes v1.0 | Published by BigBoss, Bernstein and BigDaveyJ | Via BigBoss Source | Free
Overview
From the publisher's site: "Jokes lets you install joke packs and enjoy a variety of styles of comedy."Review
I'm going to split this review into two parts: the Jokes platform and the content therein. Later in the review, I think the reason for the separation will become clear, but to sum up: the platform is fine, but the jokes suck. Like, really really suck.The Platform
The Jokes platform is everything an iPhone app should be: easy to read, intuitive, easy to navigate. The splash screen looks like it was done in MS Paint, but the main screen is easily spaced for tapping, and follows a simple format: small icon, category, title. Not much more to say on it, but I wanted to start with something nice. [SCREENSHOT MAIN SCREEN]The Jokes
Taken from my notes, directly: "By and large, suck." Also from my notes, "The pictures for iBauer and iNorris are funnier than at least 100% of the jokes." In other words, not a very high bar. The jokes range from bad:"The sun never sets on the British Empire. But it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded."To worse:
"What do you call a pimp who doesn't like blow jobs? A headless WHORESMAN!"To ripped-off-from-Boondock-Saints-without-the-punchline:
"The phrase 'Rule of Thumb' is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb."Without a punchline, isn't that just a piece of trivia? And my sincere apologies, I tried and failed to find a clip of the scene from the movie. If you don't know what I'm talking about, do yourself a favor and pick up the Boondock Saints post-haste. And finally, some jokes are just too post-modern for me:
"What do you call a chicken with one leg."That's a statement, not a question... and it's not funny in the least. The only marginally funny part of this program is the occasional chuckle-worthy graphic in the iNorris or iBauer sections, though most of this is crap too. [SCREENSHOT]
