^^POLL^^Do you "get" this joke...

[Electric Amish]

A famous Marx Brothers bit... Do you understand it? Especially the last part...


"I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. I tried to take out the tusks, but they were in real tight. So I went to Alabama, where the tusks are looser."


Do you think it's funny?

Please, people, don't give it away for the others...

 

[notfred]

WTF do tusks have to do with Alabama? I don't get it.

 

[Brutuskend]

Tuscaloosa Alabama

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: Tyler
WTF do tusks have to do with Alabama? I don't get it.

Tuskaloosa, Al.

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Damn, Brutuskend, you're just too fast with that posting finger. That's what I get for checking the spelling, first.

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The elephant in my pajamas didn't think it was funny, either. :Q

 

[blackdogdeek]

i got it but didn't find it funny

EDIT: it was probably funnier when the marx bros were popular

 

[xirtam]

Please, people, don't give it away for the others...

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Tusckaloosa (SP) Alabama

Hm.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish


Please, people, don't give it away for the others...

But, isn't it 'where' instead of 'there'?

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: Tyler
WTF do tusks have to do with Alabama? I don't get it.

Tuskaloosa, Al.

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Damn, Brutuskend, you're just too fast with that posting finger. That's what I get for checking the spelling, first.

I checked the spelling afterwards. As you can see from the quote xirtam did. Hey I never have lived in Al. and NEVER claimed I could spell!

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
i got it but didn't find it funny

EDIT: it was probably funnier when the marx bros were popular

What does time have to do with it??

amish

 

[teddymines]

Still thinking about that one, Amish?????

You should rent the movie (Animal Crackers), because Groucho does a whole standup routine.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: teddymines
Still thinking about that one, Amish?????

You should rent the movie (Animal Crackers), because Groucho does a whole standup routine.

Yeah, I chuckle everytime I think about it...

I was just curious if any of the youngsters around here actually understood it and/or thought it was even funny....as I suspected, they don't.

I just need to BUY Animal Crackers....and Duck Soup......and Horse Feathers....et al.

amish

 

[teddymines]

"We took pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed. . . we're going back next week."

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: teddymines
"We took pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed. . . we're going back next week."

AHAHAHAHAAH! good one

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Hey I never have lived in Al. and NEVER claimed I could spell!

P A J A M A L A B A M A.

 

[Spac3d]

:disgust:

Add option: Electric Amish is an idiot

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Spac3d
:disgust:

Add option: Electric Amish is an idiot

¿Que?

amish

 

[Scarpozzi]

The thing that makes all that funny though is the sheer genius of it. Not saying that it's the funniest thing ever, but puns can be difficult to put together like that. That's what made the Marx Bros famous. They were thinking this stuff up left and right and were able to keep the puns flowing.

 

[kranky]

I get it, but I think it's kind of contrived for a joke and never found it that funny.

On the other hand, I've always liked these Groucho lines:

"Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"
"Why don't you go home to your wife? I'll tell you what, I'LL go home to your wife, and outside of the improvement, she'll never know the difference."
"When I ask a woman to have dinner with me, I expect her to look me in the face-- That's the price she has to pay!"
"Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

 

[FoBoT]

"tusks are looser" , yeah i get it, i been there many times

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
i got it but didn't find it funny

EDIT: it was probably funnier when the marx bros were popular

What does time have to do with it??

amish

good question. while i would say that the context of the times has a good deal of influence on humor, the real influence is just the context of the individual and therefore my statement really has no legs to stand on. oh well.

btw, i loved a night at the opera. i just don't like plays on words so much.