Tim McDaniel wrote:
> 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?
>
Doubtful they really are known jokes. They just made up the punchlines
to...well...drive some people crazy trying to figure out the jokes.
:)
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