Help me out here, what is the expected payoff? I see that it's a variation on the old "what's brown and sticky?" joke, but it really falls flat for me because unlike for that one I can't see what I'm supposed to anticipate as the likely answer to the question.
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"How many Jews does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two: one to change the bulb and the other to hold the ladder steady."
I mean, once you get the pattern down, you could probably do it all night.
And it doesn't need to be Jews, of course. It could be Muslim women.
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Originally posted by Fussbudget View PostHelp me out here, what is the expected payoff? I see that it's a variation on the old "what's brown and sticky?" joke, but it really falls flat for me because unlike for that one I can't see what I'm supposed to anticipate as the likely answer to the question.
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Originally posted by Fussbudget View PostI probably shouldn't admit this but I had to have sw2boro explain WOM's joke to me as it left me completely baffled. I'm still not sure I get it. It plays on the audience's expectations of the punchline based on the fact that they are either racist or expecting the teller of the joke to be racist, is that right? But why does it have to be a woman in the set-up?
"An Englishman, an Irishman and a Pakistani walk into a bar. What a perfect example of racial integration."
The humour comes from subverting the expected punchline, and the satire of Bernard Manning etc. But these type of jokes don't work as well written down as when delivered by John Thomson in full 70's compere garb.
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- Mar 2008
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- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
Originally posted by nmfnp1977 View PostEssentially, WOM's joke is a 'Bernard Righton' tribute. Example Righton line:
"An Englishman, an Irishman and a Pakistani walk into a bar. What a perfect example of racial integration."
The humour comes from subverting the expected punchline, and the satire of Bernard Manning etc. But these type of jokes don't work as well written down as when delivered by John Thomson in full 70's compere garb.
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Originally posted by Bordeaux Education View PostBernard Righton was exactly what I was thinking about but, again, it worked because it subverted the racist construct.
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Thanks all. That Bernard Righton joke gave me a chuckle.
Originally posted by WOM View PostBut the 'Muslim woman' is clearly a racist construct, too, no? It's predicated on your expectation of a racist punchline. How else could you read it?
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Originally posted by Fussbudget View PostMaybe the set-up is not racist-looking enough? When I read it I just thought "I don't know, what do you call her?"
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- Mar 2008
- 29945
- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
Originally posted by WOM View PostBut the 'Muslim woman' is clearly a racist construct, too, no? It's predicated on your expectation of a racist punchline. How else could you read it?
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It was always about the impact of the opening line with that act, which did make me laugh when I saw him perform it live. Watching it back twenty-plus years later, he could've taken it a lot further, IMO - but that's as seen through 2018-goggles.
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- Mar 2008
- 29945
- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
Originally posted by Gerontophile View PostThere is something about Mr Thompson, that lends itself to the ... 'ohforfucksake' pause, whilst you ponder, "is it me, or is this actually funny?"
I could go either way. Then I discovered Smirnoff.
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I think the original was something to do with Snow White and 7-up.
*Snow White: "I thought 7-Up was a drink, until I discovered Smirnoff."
Again, that was from the 60's or 70's, so ... I dunno. It's funny, but, not really, unless you are Snow White doing 'kitten with a whip'.
*editedLast edited by Gerontophile; 05-01-2018, 19:36.
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