The second episode of _New Amsterdam_ had a scene with John Amsterdam,
his partner, and a medical person (doctor, I'd guess, but maybe
someone else) walking into a morgue and up to a corpse. The dialog
was
Medical Person: Just humor me. Al Sharpton and Billy Graham
decide they really gotta see the Pope. They take the Space
Shuttle an...
John Amsterdam: Just *looks* like a parachute.
MP: OK. A doctor, a lawyer, and a veterinarian --
JA: Sue the duck.
MP: Hank Aaron *dies* --
JA: That's God. He just *thinks* he's Barry Bonds.
MP: I hate you.
Medical Person was starting to tell jokes and Johann was telling the
punch lines. (The lead-in, not shown, had to be MP starting to tell a
joke, JA spoiling the punch line and saying "Don't bother. I've heard
them all".)
But it took me a little bit to realize that fact, partially because
they were speaking fast but also because I didn't recognize the jokes
(except by their structure). I got the dialog above by repeated
reviewing of the tape.
So what *are* the jokes?
(1) I suspect that's more usually told as <three famous people> and
<another person> take a plane, the engine develops problems,
they're told there's only one parachute, the first two <famous
people> explain why they should have it, third <famous person>
says he's the most im****tant person in the world, grabs the pack
off of <another person>'s back, and jumps out, with the punch line
The most im****tant person in the world just stole my backpack.
(2) No idea.
(3) Not sure. I think I've heard a few jokes about God "just thinks
he's X", but I don't remember details.
Help?
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Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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