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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“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 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 2 points 1 month ago

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 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Problem is, You were trying to buy a candelabra in a bakery.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Only because that was the only kind of candle holder they carried.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to like Mitch. I still do, but I used to, too.

[–] 200ok 1 points 1 month ago
[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E 1 points 1 month ago

That's either two, or four lines, depending on your definition of a "line"

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 1 points 1 month ago

That's not Rodney Dangerfield.

[–] Sanguine -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This joke isn't even funny tbh. He has a few good one liners, why did you pick this one?

[–] CrayonRosary 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 month ago

I got the "joke" it just isn't funny.