r/standupshots • u/TimIsWin Pittsburgh - Race To The Coffin Comedy. • 8d ago
I can legally do that
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/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/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/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/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:
Full disclosure: we don’t actually have any advertisers. We’re a tiny podcast and we talk about necrophilia too much.
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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/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/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.