Ok to anyone still not thinking this is funny: I guess my HUMBLE explanation (even though such explanations often ruin jokes), is that this description of the swamp-which is meant to bring the listener into a time so long ago, when "time" was not only NOT measured but probably not even thought about because there were no creatures doing so..... and that the one hippo realizes that tuesdays creep up on you sometimes.
Ok to anyone still not thinking this is funny: I guess my HUMBLE explanation (even though such explanations often ruin jokes), is that this description of the swamp-which is meant to bring the listener into a time so long ago, when "time" was not only NOT measured but probably not even thought about because there were no creatures doing so..... and that the one hippo realizes his personal calendar is "off". He has hippo things to do and is frustrated with his week...I think its a great joke.
Okay, I just saw Johnny Carson tell the same joke, only it was "Thursday." Slightly funnier. Maybe it's because Johnny knew how to tell a joke. But it wasn't THAT much funnier.
I love the part in The Aristocrats where they explain how we've become accustomed to sitcom humor - setup, punchline, setup, punchline. That's why this post has only 15 likes.
The humor is in misdirection. The buildup is spending all this time describing this fantastic, detailed, exotic scene and then it's brought completely around by making the punchline something completely mundane. It's called a "shock laugh" because you don't expect the type of punchline you get, but you laugh anyway from the sudden change.
Ok to anyone still not thinking this is funny: I guess my HUMBLE explanation (even though such explanations often ruin jokes), is that this description of the swamp-which is meant to bring the listener into a time so long ago, when "time" was not only NOT measured but probably not even thought about because there were no creatures doing so..... and that the one hippo realizes that tuesdays creep up on you sometimes.
mike7813 3 months ago
Ok to anyone still not thinking this is funny: I guess my HUMBLE explanation (even though such explanations often ruin jokes), is that this description of the swamp-which is meant to bring the listener into a time so long ago, when "time" was not only NOT measured but probably not even thought about because there were no creatures doing so..... and that the one hippo realizes his personal calendar is "off". He has hippo things to do and is frustrated with his week...I think its a great joke.
mike7813 3 months ago
Okay, I just saw Johnny Carson tell the same joke, only it was "Thursday." Slightly funnier. Maybe it's because Johnny knew how to tell a joke. But it wasn't THAT much funnier.
UncleMikeNJ 6 months ago
What's sad is not that this joke needed explaining, but that, after the explanation, it was even further from being funny.
UncleMikeNJ 6 months ago
Ha ha ha ha ! That cracked me up!
MacGirvan 1 year ago
I love the part in The Aristocrats where they explain how we've become accustomed to sitcom humor - setup, punchline, setup, punchline. That's why this post has only 15 likes.
Counse 1 year ago
Even though you explain the joke to me I don't get it. I understand it's about misdirection but I guess I don't have a great sense of humor.
Keichan2501 1 year ago
Fucking hell, that's brilliant. Who wrote it?
WhoIsGordonAlexander 1 year ago
Haha. This cracks me up every time.
nickw134 2 years ago
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
goofywilly 2 years ago
hm.. i'm german could somebody explain me where's the joke? i don't get it on my own.. is it just that it has no sense at all?
senfdazu 2 years ago
You are not supposed to understand the joke. It is the whole thing...The whole package..
uncleemph 2 years ago 2
The humor is in misdirection. The buildup is spending all this time describing this fantastic, detailed, exotic scene and then it's brought completely around by making the punchline something completely mundane. It's called a "shock laugh" because you don't expect the type of punchline you get, but you laugh anyway from the sudden change.
ctapps 2 years ago 2
@ctapps
It saddens me that this needed explaining.
me351 1 year ago
thats the joke he set up all that for nothing
Jesussaenz2500 2 years ago
@senfdazu KNOCK KNOCK WE ASK THE QUESTIONS! lol
ThatGuy1116 2 years ago
@senfdazu so its true what they say about germans?
acebrawler73 11 months ago
LOL !!
joethelion84 3 years ago
I soooo love that joke!
Thanks for posting it!
gstyle67 3 years ago 4