categories: joke templates, class-referential jokes, self-referential jokes and jokes about jokes.

Joke template

This form of meta-joke is a sarcastic jab at the endless refitting of joke forms (often by professional comedians) to different circumstances or characters without a significant innovation in the humor.

Class-referential jokes

This form of meta-joke contains a familiar class of jokes as part of the joke. For example, here are a few subversions

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