Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhen I told my parents I wanted to be a comedian, they laughed.message-squaremessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down13
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhen I told my parents I wanted to be a comedian, they laughed.Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoLol, the jokes older than that. Many jokes are recycled or recalibrated for changing audience tastes.
minus-squareMoonweedbaddegrasse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoUk comic Bob Monkhouse told the following joke many decades ago: “When I first said I wanted to be a comedian, everybody laughed. They’re not laughing now.”
minus-squareSmee@poeng.linklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoButt jokes are older than humanity.
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI thought they were talking about the film, not citing it for the quote.
Joker (2019)
Lol, the jokes older than that. Many jokes are recycled or recalibrated for changing audience tastes.
Uk comic Bob Monkhouse told the following joke many decades ago:
“When I first said I wanted to be a comedian, everybody laughed. They’re not laughing now.”
Butt jokes are older than humanity.
I thought they were talking about the film, not citing it for the quote.