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Interesting to me that I’ve never heard of this (as a 50 yo) yet it was enough of a reference to make it into the Simpson, albeit as an obscure in-joke
by chrisbrandow 4y ago
Interesting to me that I’ve never heard of this (as a 50 yo) yet it was enough of a reference to make it into the Simpson, albeit as an obscure in-joke
- papandada 4y agoI wonder if the same writer responsible for "who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?" lyric in the Stonecutters song came up with that too, given the Wikipedia article mentioning Guttenberg was in a "no soap radio" sketch show in the early 80s. Probably a coincidence though.
- cduzz 4y agoAlso 50; I remember this going around my Los Angeles high school. As a socially inept kid, I just found the whole thing perplexing. There is, however, a class of comedy where you can make anything "funny" if you push hard enough on some specific edge of the "joke", where eventually people laugh at/from some combination discomfort and absurdity. You can say that again.