Comedy Tonight | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente

Affected person readers, this title of this put up isn’t Lambert-style mild irony, alluding to a farce concerning the collapse of the Roman empire (written — I used to be immediately years outdated after I realized this, go determine — by Stephen Sondheim). Relatively, I assumed that after the multi-course extravaganza of dangerous information, dangerous religion… nicely, I’m at a loss, let’s to to the algos–

— however there aren’t any dangerous kids in my life, so good! Higher than anticipated! “Multi-course extravaganza,” I say, requiring a palate cleanser, “a neutral-flavored meals or drink that removes meals residue from the tongue permitting one to extra precisely assess a brand new taste” (of bullshit, little doubt, since realism springs everlasting).

It occurred to me that jokes, whether or not one-liners or sketches, can be one such residue-cleaning gadget. Additionally, laughter is sweet for stress and the immune system. And so I’ve aggregated some humor. I hope the jokes don’t bomb, and I hope, whether or not they do or not, you’ll contribute your personal!

Starting in the beginning with a bartender joke:

A bartender says, “We don’t serve time vacationers in right here!”

A time traveler walks right into a bar.

Swap in a pet retailer:

If there’s a comedy vertical with a wealthy vein of jokes on the Twitter, I didn’t discover it:

Youngsters discover child jokes humorous:

One other child joke, however an older child:

NFT-adjacent, so horridly commoditized indirectly….

Shifting to stand-up and video, extra one-liners:

There are numerous duck jokes, that is Mitch Hedberg’s:

I actually wished to search out some Phyllis Diller, however I couldn’t discover something appropriate:

“Mom Theresa’s outdated formal!” 1984. on the finish of feminism’s second wave.

Bob Newhard, mild as soufflé:

Not all comedy is mild:

I ponder if these jokes land, immediately. They’re very Freudian, very ’50s. Maybe the household has fully modified?

Louis CK on race relations. Oh my, the punchline:

Regardless of Louis CK’s shall we embrace unorthodox disgusting and creepy views on the buildup of social capital from unconsenting associates in his discipline, I nonetheless assume this can be a nice sketch and way more worthwhile than something his detractors may produce. (It’s unhappy that nice artists aren’t at all times good folks.) “Give them a while to be cranky” is one thing I may take to coronary heart (versus kicking sideways, or down).

Richard Prior [a bit NSFW]:

Mudbone is a recurring Pryor character. Mudbone’s accent, oddly, introduced Bert and I to thoughts:

And ending on the dryest attainable notice, a brand new episode of Bob & Ray’s “Garish Summit” surfaces:

I hope your palate is at the very least refreshed, if not cleansed. This being Bare Capitalism, we most likely have some stand-up comedians within the readership; if that’s the case, I ponder what y’all assume. I’ve tended to consider comedy and humor as timeless. However doing this aggregation, which has materials from after I was a young person all the way in which to immediately actually introduced residence to me how embedded in time comedy actually is. If there’s a good historical past of comedy, I ought to go learn it. “It’s a joke!” Effectively, sure.

Anyhow, the primary function of this put up was to provide some laughs to the readership, and if any of you laughed, I’m completely happy. Additionally, please be happy so as to add jokes and sketches to the feedback!