S21E03: Josh Johnson
Taking a Chance with Josh Johnson. Josh is a wonderful comedian who has written for ‘The Tonight Show’ and now writes for ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’. Pick up...
Read MoreTaking a Chance with Josh Johnson. Josh is a wonderful comedian who has written for ‘The Tonight Show’ and now writes for ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’. Pick up...
Read MoreAdding it up with Aaron Kheifets and Donny Dykowsky. Aaron and Donny are hosts of the podcast Make Cool Sh!t where they document the creation of the movie Scare Me...
Read MoreSeeing red with Ryan Taerk. Ryan joins us to talk about his show on CBC Gem The Communist’s Daughter and is just a delight to open our 21st season with....
Read MoreThe other day I was poking through Twitter, a wise thing to do always, and I came across a reply that comedian Nathan Macintosh sent to another comic. The original tweet was sent by comedian Collie Tyrrell:
“All I ever wanted to do was tell jokes about my soft dick. I never wanted to know about microphones and computers or any of this dumb shit. I’m quitting comedy and moving back to Ireland. Fuck you all.”
Nathan replied to this with:
“Made me laugh”.
It was all I could do to not reply to this with:
“Finally.”
I didn’t. Why not? Collie’s post was both funny and heartfelt. It told a truth which anchors the joke. Nathan’s reply reads as a statement to a friend stating that he got the subtext of the joke. It’s also a lovely set-up for a punchline of “Finally.” which makes it seem like Collie’s got bigger issues with his comedy than his technophobic leanings. Sure, it’d be funny.
The problem is, I don’t know Collie. I don’t know his comedy. I know Nathan, and a reply to him would be funny to us, but it’s at the expense of Collie who I don’t know. To Collie, I’m just some prick on the internet sticking his nose in where it doesn’t belong. Which I am at this point.
Is the “Finally.” joke funny? Sure, if I knew both Nathan and Collie. But I’m an outsider and this joke is out of context, and context is the thing that every joke needs. There’s a lot of jokes being made out there without the necessary context being provided. You need the context as a foundation to lay your joke on. If you don’t have the context, you don’t have a joke. And what makes life even more hellish for comics, is there’s several contexts that you need to consider before pushing a joke out of your mouth.
Here’s a few to consider.
It’s the Staff Party episode between Seasons 20 and 21! Season 20 was wonderful and we so look forward to you joining us for our next season! Join Producer Darcy...
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