Friday, November 7, 2008

Am I right? Am I right? Anybody??

I've listened to quite a bit of stand-up comedy, and one of the more common devices I've heard is what I call "Going out on a limb." That's when a comedian admits to doing something that no one else admits to but everyone secretly does. Then presumably the audience responds with  "Oh snap! I can't believe he admitted he did that, but now that its in the open I can laugh because I've done it too! Yay!"

But what happens when a comedian utterly fails? Its like a comedian gets so wrapped up in pandering to their audience that they go further and further until they're making fun of Mexicans (which is totally OK as long as they're not white or anything). Once, just once I want to see a comedian admit something so deviant that they just fall off the metaphorical tree branch. "I was so mad at that guy I could have just peed on him, you know?"

"Wait, I'm the only one?"

"Oh."

2 comments:

ilikebananafudge said...

you two have traded off perfectly so far... its creepy

Anonymous said...

we try, you know