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Podcast: Burnt Toast
Episode:

Where Did the Banana Peel Slipping Gag Come From?
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:14:43
Publish Date: 2023-04-24 14:50:42
Description:

The banana peel is so synonymous with slipperiness that we know how this joke ends right when it starts—why? And why a banana? We trace down the origins of the gag, and land in a surprising place.
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