“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. An artist version is:
Q: Why did the artist cross the road?
A: To see from the other side.
The joke has been cited in print since at least March 7, 2011, when it was posted on the website of The Modern (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX).
The Modern (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX)
Why Did the Artist Cross the Road?
Posted by Terri on March 7, 2011 - 10:42am
Categories: On the Walls, Within the Walls
Why did the artist cross the road?
To see the other side
To see from the other side
To encounter the other on the other’s side
To see where he had been ...
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Why did the artist cross the road? To see from the other side. #ClassicJokeTuesday
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Why did the artist cross the road?
To see from the other side… #artjoke
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Why did the artist cross the road? To see from the other side. #AverageArtJokeThursday
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Why did the artist cross the road?
To see from the other side.
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Why did the artist cross the road?.......To see from the other side! #FridayFunnies
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Q. Why did the artist cross the road?
A. To see from the other side.
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KidCreate Studio
April Fools Day – Art Jokes That Make Kids Giggle!
by Cindy Reiners | Mar 24, 2019 | Family Fun
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Why did the artist cross the road? To see from the other side.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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