How do you sink a Polish battleship? Put it in water. How do you stop a Polish army on horseback? Turn off the carousel. Hold on. Before you call the “politically correct” police, I am not trying to ...

That David Ives can find any cause for mirth, after his near-death experience as the book writer of "Dance of the Vampires," is in itself testimony to the indomitable human spirit. But that he should ...

For the past several decades, British sociologist and preeminent humor scholar Christie Davies has been collecting examples of an odd phenomenon: Nearly every culture has its own version of the Polish ...

"`The Beer Barrel Polka' _ the soundtrack of my life," sighs Jasiu Sadlowski, the agitated hero of "Polish Joke," David Ives' riotously funny and remarkably humane comedy about ethnic identity and one ...

The New Yorker magazine is catching flak for publishing a cartoon that angry New Yorkers are calling a Polish joke. The drawing by veteran cartoonist Bob Weber appeared in the Feb. 19 issue of the ...

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The executive producer of “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” knows the Chicago-based radio show’s irreverent humor sometimes offends — and he has the letters from listeners to prove it. But when a joke from ...

Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania says he's sorry for the Polish jokes he told at a luncheon in New York. He was giving a little speech, so he tried to lighten the mood with some jokes. After the New ...

At the Manhattan Theatre Club, 131 W. 55th St. Through April 20. Call CityTix (212) 581-1212. ONE of the zaniest playwrights around has also become one of the savviest. David Ives – best known for ...

David Ives is perhaps best known for his collection of very short, comic one-act plays, which ran Off Broadway as "All in the Timing." His new play, "Polish Joke," premiering at Seattle's A ...