• 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    His standup special is amazing. I love watching it and listening to him deliver lines… And then seeing how long it takes for the audience to get it.

    Mitch hedberg is / was fabulous.

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    “I love Steven Wright but as far as him being an influence, I can’t measure that. Let me say this… if I made potato chips, and I decided to pack them in a skinny can, people would say I was like Pringles. But what if I packed them in a bag?”

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      4 months ago

      I’m not smart.

      Is the humor that bagged chips are less creative or unique or “trying” than bagged chips so it’s a diss on Steven wright? I don’t know about their relationship so may be missing some info. Or is it that everyone is a potato chip in a bag so he’s saying there isn’t really a difference?

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        4 months ago

        Not sure either, but my guess is that he was saying his humor is similar without copying Steven 1:1

        And as far as my opinion, their styles aren’t that similar. Steven didn’t invent one liners, right?

  • make -j8@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    That’s either two, or four lines, depending on your definition of a “line”

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    4 months ago

    This joke isn’t even funny tbh. He has a few good one liners, why did you pick this one?

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      4 months ago

      I’m thinking maybe you just don’t get the joke. The joke is that cakes hold candles. It’s one of those jokes that takes you a second to get and it’s funny because you didn’t see the connection at first. And that it’s absurd. Absurd that a cake could be a replacement for a proper candle holder. It’s an excellent joke.