It’s Monday, which means it’s time for your weekly dose of locavore levity: the Joke of the Week! This week’s joke comes from Winooski’s Jared Hall. Take it away, Jared…

Growing up, I always sided with Captain Hook over Peter Pan. I just felt bad for him. Because, on one hand, Peter may represent youth and dreams, but on the other hand, there is no other hand! He cut it off and fed it to a crocodile. Peter is just a punk bullying one of the only adults around.

About That Joke

Says Hall: For my film major at UVM, I took a class studying Disney and its relationship to childhood. It really got me thinking…

Meet the Comedian, Jared Hall

Jared Hall Credit: Courtesy of Jared Hall

Jared was a finalist in the 2017 Vermont’s Funniest Comedian competition, a finalist for the 2017 Seven Daysies Best Standup Comic award, and a finalist in the Killington Snowplow Comedy Competition. You know what they say: Always a bridesmaid, never the winner of a comedy competition.

See Him Live

Jared Hall performs on Saturday, November 4, at deMena’s in Montpelier. 

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We’re always looking for jokes from local comedians. We publish one joke each week, and you can read through previous ones here.

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Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to...