Take my wife—please
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"Take My Wife—Please" is a collection of jokes and anecdotes by comedian Henny Youngman, showcasing his rapid-fire one-liner style that made him famous.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Take my wife, please" joke | 1 |
| Take my wife—please canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13038740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Take my wife—please Context triple: [Henny Youngman, notableWork, Take my wife—please]
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A.
My Wife and I
"My Wife and I" is a lesser-known domestic and social novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores marriage, morality, and middle-class life in the 19th century.
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B.
I Want My Wife Back
I Want My Wife Back is a British television comedy series centered on a man trying to win back his estranged wife after she abruptly leaves him.
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C.
Run for Your Wife
Run for Your Wife is a popular British stage farce by Ray Cooney about a London taxi driver juggling two wives in different parts of the city.
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D.
My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, centered on a presumed-dead wife who returns to find her husband newly remarried.
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E.
My Official Wife
"My Official Wife" is a silent film drama best known as one of the prominent starring vehicles of early American screen actress Clara Kimball Young.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Take my wife—please Target entity description: "Take My Wife—Please" is a collection of jokes and anecdotes by comedian Henny Youngman, showcasing his rapid-fire one-liner style that made him famous.
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A.
My Wife and I
"My Wife and I" is a lesser-known domestic and social novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores marriage, morality, and middle-class life in the 19th century.
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B.
I Want My Wife Back
I Want My Wife Back is a British television comedy series centered on a man trying to win back his estranged wife after she abruptly leaves him.
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C.
Run for Your Wife
Run for Your Wife is a popular British stage farce by Ray Cooney about a London taxi driver juggling two wives in different parts of the city.
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D.
My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, centered on a presumed-dead wife who returns to find her husband newly remarried.
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E.
My Official Wife
"My Official Wife" is a silent film drama best known as one of the prominent starring vehicles of early American screen actress Clara Kimball Young.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
humor book ⓘ joke collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Jewish comedians
ⓘ
Catskills comedy circuit ⓘ
linked to:
Borscht Belt
vaudeville tradition ⓘ |
| author | Henny Youngman ⓘ |
| basedOn | Henny Youngman’s stage routines ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Henny Youngman ⓘ |
| features |
anecdotes
ⓘ
jokes ⓘ one-liners ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
humor ⓘ |
| hasCatchphrase | Take my wife, please ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
marriage jokes
ⓘ
one-liner jokes ⓘ self-deprecating humor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Borscht Belt humor
ⓘ
linked to:
Borscht Belt
Henny Youngman ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | rapid-fire one-liner style ⓘ |
| titleOrigin |
Henny Youngman’s catchphrase "Take my wife, please"
ⓘ
linked to:
Henny Youngman
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Take my wife—please Description of subject: "Take My Wife—Please" is a collection of jokes and anecdotes by comedian Henny Youngman, showcasing his rapid-fire one-liner style that made him famous.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Youngman
linked to: Take my wife—please