10. I had an argument with one of the seven dwarfs. He wasn’t happy. – Rebecca Humphries
69. Why don't Africans go on cruises? That's exactly how they got us the last time.- Athena Kugblenu
77. Whats the difference between inlaws and outlaws... Outlaws are wanted.- Joe Bains
All of which I heard years ago, so either professional comedians are stealing jokes from other, better comics or they're recycling material from years ago. In this case I'm pretty sure they're just passing off other people's materials as their own.
92. I believe in gay marriage so that gay people can be as miserable as straight people. – Tom Allen
Comedians have always plagiarised older material, when Robin Williams died recently, news coverage ignored his inglorious habit of stealing other comedians material. Still it's a bit lame that so many of the "best jokes" at the Edinburgh Fringe are stolen.
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"Jokester" by Asimov explains why there are no new jokes.
I think I've read that short story. Aliens are as good an explanation as any for the dearth of original material in Edinburgh.
Maybe jokes circulate too quickly these days. Perhaps they were never completely original, but with slower circulation we didn't notice so much.
Can't think of a funny riposte to that.
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