Meanings of jokey reference in anglès

This week's episode of the American anti-terror drama was preceded by a jokey reference to "Carrie's cry face".

In a jokey reference to the controversies surrounding earlier drafts, Megan Fox's April O'Neil is asked if the turtles are of extraterrestrial origin.

When asked by Street-Porter about his previously jokey references to cocaine use, Johnson replied: Well, that was when I was 19.

The humor is hit-and-miss, with plenty of misses, and the jokey references to modern French pop songs will pass over the heads of foreign audiences.