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3/11/09
A funny opening line I didn't expect to be funny
I sometimes forget that people read this site. My first words onstage at The Pit last night were: "So I was watching TV the other night." And people started laughing. Someone said, "Oh, I get it." Took me a second. And then I realized they were laughing because of the post on how I hate comics who talk about TV. But actually I was just trying to get into my bit about Chuck Norris facts. Weird split second though where I thought to myself, "But I haven't said anything funny yet!?"
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6 comments:
It was also the delivery. The way you said "I was watching TV" sounded sarcastic.
Almost everything he says sounds sarcastic.
"Almost everything he says sounds sarcastic." That's awesome.
Is it awesome?
Is it really awesome?
It's really awesome when he's sarcastic.
I'm only a level 3 Sarcaster so I'm not sure which of these later comments are genuine.
Where is my marlboro man?
where is his shing gun?
where have all the cowboys gone?
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