Dave Matthews and Luther Vandross. Instead of Luther there should probably be a silly made up one.
Dave Matthews and Luther Vandross. Instead of Luther there should probably be a silly made up one.
I think a good bit would be something like -
Why would someone still wear an Ed Hardy T-Shirt? Who's opening up their drawer and saying "Heck Ya!" people are gonna think I'm sooo cool in this. Everywhere I go I hear people making fun of those things, every radio show and TV show included. Is there a TV station I don't know about? Some GET, a Guido Entertainment Television, just 24 hour programming for guidos. In the morning they have cartoons like any other network but instead of Dora the Explorer they have Tito the Guido, where under the tutelage of his father Pop the Wop and his sister Ginny the Guinea he learns all about Strong Island..... and so on.
I think Ginny the Guinea is what would make that worthwhile but would people be turned off by Italian slurs or is that still above the board???
I didn't get that you were referring to anyone. I thought Dave was just supposed to be short for David. Because frat guys like to shorten the name David. (??)
maybe you could say something like "...or the way charles manson's psycho family of killers referred to him as Charlie." And then add-on to how that association would bother you. I'd like to come up with something better than that but my brain is shutting down to go play video games.
I think that's MTV.Originally Posted by ljmcalister
..."Charlie," like it's a term of endearment. Sort of like how frat guys call Dave Matthews "Dave" or blankety blank calls something or other a hilarious thing I'll come up with later! Something something, cutesy nicknamification of "Osama"!
hmm
Another thing I thought of yesterday is something about...I dunno, some kind of preamble about modern times and meta-ness and how originality is impossible, the punchline being that nowadays you can't even do coke off a stripper's tits without a sense of irony/someone making a Robocop reference.
I guess the point of this thread is to help refine wording and stuff, and I won't even commit to putting these things in rough draft form.
I've been hanging out with a friend I didn't know too well 'til recently with the aim of eventually working on this kind of stuff. It is so goddamn awkward to pitch a joke to someone.
Here's one I could use an opinion on:
I don't know about you but whenever it snows I think "maybe I should take up black and white photography."
Does that work if you're not a big hipster faggot? It's a sort of self-mocking recognition laugh thing more than a joke...
I feel you. I used to hang with a comic eons ago who was fond of using me as a sounding board but when I pitched some ideas of my own he laughed so hard...in my face.
I'm not feeling you on the b&w thing though. Is this a spin-off of Graham Elwood's Ansel Adams rape fantasy?
Surrounding every vein of silver is an ominous cloud.
I'm trying to figure out how to respond to this in a non-dickish way.....but, I can't come up with anything.-CarolineEAnd
nah it's pretty much just how trees with snow on them look cool in monochrome
I see where you're going with that.
Kind of in the same vein, "I think right after God created shadows, he created Junior College photography classes."
"I made a student film. I think it was a pointless, rambling mess but I shot it in artsy black and white just in case I'm wrong."
You could make it more jokey if you make the self-mocking less subtle.
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Or a way that changes your original less...Whenever it snows I think "maybe I should take up black and white photography..."
And that's how art school was born.
...Until someone peed in the snow.
And that's how modern art was born.
Of course, just an example. If the point is to mock hipster views on art, there's a lot to go for.I don't know about you but whenever it snows I think "maybe I should take up black and white photography." After I inevitably pee in that snow, I think "Hmm...modern art."
Last edited by bridgetosolace; February 17, 2010 at 8:48 AM. Reason: Thought of a better phrasing.
I'm a MAN, dammit!
What about swapping Luther with Denzel? When I saw "Luther" I had to think of who that was for a second, and that was just enough time to diminish the impact.
"He's as crazy as a soup sandwich." - Patton Oswalt on Wesley Snipes
Be more ridiculous, perhaps?
...In the same way frat dudes say "Steve-o" and black folks just say "Latifa."
Saying it this way also made me smile:
...In the same way frat dues say "Steve-o" and black folks say "Chris Rock"
I'm a MAN, dammit!
This is an idea on how on celebrity rehab Dennis rodman is a walking Ed hardy ad ant the other is
I was listening to the radio the other night and this ad came on for a golf center and how thecvoice over guy was yelling the whole ad while rock music played in the background
Genius. Don't change a word.
These is an idea talkingbout how the british sounds like they are only sort of like brits thaknyou
Got 'em.
Have a feeling that that was extreme sarcasm
I'm just playing, Dave. Anyone that uses their noodle to attempt to think up funny stuff is cool with me. Keep it up.
Hey any Chicago people in this thread: I host an open mic at the Tonic Room every thursday at 7:30. It's on Halsted in lincoln Park. Come there and i'll help you with your jokes in person.
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