# Help Me Plan My SUPERB OWL PARTY (That Was Not A Typo)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 27, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237 "2004-01-27T00:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/21 "2014-02-02T21:02:18Z")

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> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> “Superb Owl” is an old joke and didn’t start with Norton or Stephen Colbert.
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> [What's with the Superb Owl? | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/111190-whats-with-the-superb-owl)

I don’t see anything in that article that even claims the joke was in existence prior to 2004, when the OP was written.

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**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237/22 "2014-02-02T21:11:11Z")

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Can’t have a party without [adjectives](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/words-that-could-conceivably-be-used-to-describe-both-the-super-bowl-and-a-superb-owl).

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