“Why did Gary Larson cross the road?”/“To get to The Far Side.”

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A cartoonist Gary Larson version is:
   
Q: Why did Gary Larson cross the road?
A: To get to The Far Side.
 
“The Far Side” is the name of Gary Larson’s comic strip. The joke was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on May 12, 2004.
 
 
Wikipedia: The Far Side
The Far Side is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from December 31, 1979, to January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist). Its surrealistic humor is often based on uncomfortable social situations, improbable events, an anthropomorphic view of the world, logical fallacies, impending bizarre disasters, (often twisted) references to proverbs, or the search for meaning in life.
     
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Specialty Puns of the Weak 05-12-04
Stan Kegel
May 12, 2004, 2:33:46 PM
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Why did Gary Larson cross the road?
To get to the Far Side. (Jason Dias)
 
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James
@jamesmcgraw
Why did Gary Larson cross the road?
2:51 AM · Jan 12, 2014
 
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The Autumn Stones
@TheAutumnStones
@EatKS @AmishBMachine >>I wrote this joke (seriously)<

< Why did Gary Larson cross the road? To get to the far side.
11:27 PM · Jul 13, 2014

Reddit—Jokes
dave_v—April 22, 2017
Why did Gary Larson cross the road?
... to get to the far side.
   
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Laurence Molloy
@MolloyLaurence
Q: Why did Gary Larson cross the road?
A: To get to the far side.
5:54 AM · Nov 26, 2017
 
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BlueHorseshoe
@johnnykid1313
#cartoons
@cartoons
Why did Gary Larson cross the road?
To create the far side
11:44 PM · Feb 1, 2022
 
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Beautiful-Soup-1435—February 23, 2025
Why did Gary Larson cross the road?
To get to The Far Side
 
Bluesky
Leftbobgolfer
‪@leftbobgolfer.bsky.social‬
Why did Gary Larson cross the road???
To get to the far side!!!
March 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM