“I love Steven Wright but as far as him being an influence, I can’t measure that. Let me say this… if I made potato chips, and I decided to pack them in a skinny can, people would say I was like Pringles. But what if I packed them in a bag?”
Is the humor that bagged chips are less creative or unique or "trying" than bagged chips so it's a diss on Steven wright? I don't know about their relationship so may be missing some info. Or is it that everyone is a potato chip in a bag so he's saying there isn't really a difference?
I'm thinking maybe you just don't get the joke. The joke is that cakes hold candles. It's one of those jokes that takes you a second to get and it's funny because you didn't see the connection at first. And that it's absurd. Absurd that a cake could be a replacement for a proper candle holder. It's an excellent joke.
13 Comments
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
His standup special is amazing. I love watching it and listening to him deliver lines... And then seeing how long it takes for the audience to get it.
Mitch hedberg is / was fabulous.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
“I love Steven Wright but as far as him being an influence, I can’t measure that. Let me say this… if I made potato chips, and I decided to pack them in a skinny can, people would say I was like Pringles. But what if I packed them in a bag?”
pdxfed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I'm not smart.
Is the humor that bagged chips are less creative or unique or "trying" than bagged chips so it's a diss on Steven wright? I don't know about their relationship so may be missing some info. Or is it that everyone is a potato chip in a bag so he's saying there isn't really a difference?
lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Not sure either, but my guess is that he was saying his humor is similar without copying Steven 1:1
And as far as my opinion, their styles aren't that similar. Steven didn't invent one liners, right?
hOrni@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Problem is, You were trying to buy a candelabra in a bakery.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Only because that was the only kind of candle holder they carried.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
I used to like Mitch. I still do, but I used to, too.
200ok@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Classic
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That's not Rodney Dangerfield.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
That's either two, or four lines, depending on your definition of a "line"
Sanguine@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y
This joke isn't even funny tbh. He has a few good one liners, why did you pick this one?
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I'm thinking maybe you just don't get the joke. The joke is that cakes hold candles. It's one of those jokes that takes you a second to get and it's funny because you didn't see the connection at first. And that it's absurd. Absurd that a cake could be a replacement for a proper candle holder. It's an excellent joke.
Sanguine@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I got the "joke" it just isn't funny.