Dont know what im doing wrong...

[Muk108]

Im not sure what im doing wrong, it keeps returning Select Failed! every time. Can you help me fix the problem thanks!

<? 
       mysql_connect("localhost","username","password") 
            or die("Unable to connect to SQL server"); 
        mysql_select_db("jokes") 
            or die("Unable to select database");
$query = "SELECT * FROM jokes";

$joke = mysql_query($query) or die("Select Failed!");
?>
<?php echo $joke['JokeText'];?>