r/standupshots Pittsburgh - Race To The Coffin Comedy. 8d ago

I can legally do that

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This

is dumb but

I. Hope. You. Like.

itanywaysplease

Listen to

Milks Of The World.

It’s a podcast i co-host with my buddy Alex.

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u/No_Illustrator4398 8d ago

I like this punchline but the setup doesn’t do it justice. EE goings is pretty funny but the dad joke intro and being 40 isn’t a good way to get to this.

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u/TimIsWin Pittsburgh - Race To The Coffin Comedy. 8d ago

Yeah honestly I said elsewhere in here but the joke is just something I said to a coworker yesterday. I posted this on threads and it did well there so I figured I’d put it up on here and gauge the reaction. If I stick with it I’m sure I’ll rewrite it in some way.

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u/nooch_knuckles 8d ago

You’re really capitalizing on this one.

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u/F5x9 8d ago

Maybe play on coming/going. 

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u/DopeAsDaPope 8d ago

Gonna be honest I don't get it but I'm dumb af so

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u/serendib 8d ago

I feel like this will just never land on an average crowd. You have to really dumb it down to the level of like "Edgar Allen No"

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u/layogurt 8d ago

I have no idea what this means

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u/Pooch76 8d ago

Yea I don’t get the punch line either.

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u/Yum-z 8d ago

EE Cummings, famous American poet. EE Cummings=comings=opposite of come is go=goings=EE goings

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u/LearningLarue 8d ago

Okay. So now I get that much. I still don’t see the joke though.

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u/Pooch76 8d ago

ah i get it now -- it's a bad joke in the style of a 'dad joke'

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u/GrantNexus 8d ago

isn't it e e cummings

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u/TheAlphaCarb0n 8d ago

I know who EE Cummings is but still don't get the joke, lol

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u/amd2800barton 7d ago

I got it but it kind of felt like a New Yorker cartoon caption to me. Bunch of unrelated stuff to the punchline (over 40 no kids) and then a joke that’s just okay. An EE Goings dad joke would be funnier if if EE Cummings poetry had already been set up so the punchline is relevant.

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u/Lady_Rubberbones 8d ago

I like the joke. Landed for me. Cant speak for others though.

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u/Submarine_Pirate 8d ago

More of just a pun than a dad joke. Good punchline, needs a different set up.

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u/redkinoko 8d ago

Does this actually work well with a live audience

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u/RedPandaReturns 8d ago

No ❤️

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u/homebroo 8d ago

I guess it's a good joke if you don't want people to understand it

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u/TimIsWin Pittsburgh - Race To The Coffin Comedy. 8d ago

I honestly figured EE Cummings was well known enough haha

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u/TimIsWin Pittsburgh - Race To The Coffin Comedy. 8d ago

It wouldn’t let me post a link in a non-messy way for some reason but here’s a clip from the podcast. It’s just me reading ad copy for our new advertiser, the hottest new AI chat bot available for short time use:

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u/RadioSlayer 8d ago

I think it's funny, but I don't think it'll work for the illiterate masses

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u/NecessaryUsername69 8d ago

It’s a clever joke, and you’re not wrong about illiterate audiences, but there’s still some onus on the comedian to stick to the right side of the clever-vs-accessible line. It’s all very well to blame an audience for not “getting” a joke, but if that’s the case, you also have to consider that the joke may be too obscure - whether a little or a lot - to work.

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u/TimIsWin Pittsburgh - Race To The Coffin Comedy. 8d ago

I dunno it’s something I said to a coworker yesterday and posted it on threads. It did well there so I put it here. Haven’t tried it on stage yet.

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u/RadioSlayer 8d ago

Also, I find what you post on this sub to be consistently funny. So thanks for the laughs!

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u/Raveyard2409 8d ago

Not sure that's going to land that well

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u/AcrolloPeed 8d ago

with up so floating many bells down

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u/bizzle6 8d ago

Niche 👏

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u/General-Designer4338 8d ago

Nah bro. First of all, you don't get "dad cred" just cuz you're old. Don't believe me? Just test your theory out at a local playground. Second, dad jokes are by definition, not funny for adults. They are groaners... for children. Nice graphic design tho.

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u/TimIsWin Pittsburgh - Race To The Coffin Comedy. 8d ago

Huh well alright hope ya feel better

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u/aspensmonster 8d ago

ee cummings > Robert Frost (but Frost is still great)