How to reply to “You’re a comedian? Tell me a joke!”
Myq Kaplan finds a loophole.
“You’re a comedian? Tell me a joke!” It’s enough to elicit nightmares. The joke never works and then you have to explain “Well, that’s not how comedy really works…(blah blah blah).”
So here’s some wise advice from funny comic
:fellow standups!
i think i figured something out.
if you tell someone you’re a comic and they say “tell me a joke”…
did you know you could tell them SOMEONE ELSE’S joke?
like, a joke your friend wrote or a street joke you love.
and then if they say they want YOUR joke, you can run away!
My go-to joke for situations like that:
When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying, “Here, you throw this away.”
-Mitch Hedberg
It’s quick, funny, and everyone can relate.
Alternatively, you can also just give ‘em a knock knock joke, kid’s joke, or whatever gets ‘em off your back.
Related:
The greatest Mitch Hedberg joke (according to Mike Birbiglia)
Birbiglia’s fave joke is this one from Mitch Hedberg: I wrote a letter to my dad. I wrote, "I really enjoyed being here," but I accidentally wrote rarely instead of really. But I still wanted to use it, so I crossed it out and wrote, "I rarely drive steamboats, Dad. There's a lot of shit you don't know about me. Quit trying to act like I'm a steamboat o…
dear matt,
thanks for sharing my words!
and now with this comment and note, i share YOUR sharing!
love,
myq