# So Bad It's Good: The Art of the Terrible Joke

> A 192-page joke book by Mike Rampton that explores why bad jokes work, packed with dad jokes and cheesy puns.

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## About this gift

Dad jokes and cheesy puns, packed into a joke book that explores why bad jokes work. It's made for dads, aspiring stand-up comics and anyone who wants to steal the room.

Cheese jokes sit alongside fish jokes, history jokes and animal jokes, with shaggy dog stories in between. Feature spreads cover jokes throughout history, why jokes work and how to write your own. It is a 192-page hardback, 205 x 137 x 20 mm, published by HarperCollins.

Laughs for dinner tables, road trips and quiet evenings, whenever someone needs a groan. It's a birthday or Christmas gift for dads, a stocking filler, or a present for a friend who tells the worst jokes going. Find the groaner in your life a copy of So Bad It's Good and let the groaning begin.

## Key facts

- Dad jokes, cheese jokes, fish jokes and animal jokes
- Shaggy dog stories and cheesy puns
- Feature spreads on why jokes work
- How to write your own rubbish jokes
- 192 pages, hardback, 205 x 137 x 20 mm

## What's in the box

- 1 hardback book, 192 pages

## Details

| | |
|---|---|
| Size | 205 x 137 x 20 mm |
| Format | Hardback |
| Contents | 192 pages |
| Author | Mike Rampton |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Published | 21 May 2026 |
| ISBN | 9780008785635 |

## Questions

### How many pages does So Bad It's Good have?

It has 192 pages, in hardback.

### What's in the book?

Cheese, fish, history and animal jokes, shaggy dog stories and cheesy puns, plus feature spreads on why jokes work and how to write your own.

### Who wrote So Bad It's Good?

Mike Rampton wrote it, and HarperCollins published it on 21 May 2026.