I just got through watching a special on Comedy Central starring a guy named Jim David. Actually, I’m not quite sure if he’s Jewish or if just his lover is, but this guy is ROFLMAO funny. He’s all the really funny stereotypes rolled into one! Seriously, if you get a chance, I recommend catching his act- either on TV or IRL. He’s a riot!
BIGnod…I caught that too, whilst folding laundry. I loved his comment about people in their 20’s. Which I shan’t repeat here, because I don’t want to risk the wrath of all of the people around here in their 20’s. All I know is…it made me feel a HELL of a lot better about being 30.
Laughed my ass off. Must find more Jim David routines.
<<pulling up Napster>>
Yeah, I caught that on CC last night. Pretty funny dude, until he started in on people in their 20s. We do know a lot, you know, and it’s not necessarily true that we’ve got only ornamental value. Some of us don’t even have that!
The gags about the Israeli hotel clerk and his dad asking “What exactly do you DO?” were pretty hysterical.
What’d he say about people in their 20s? I am not easily offended. Really. I hang out HERE, don’t I? looks innocent
I may still be a newbie, but NOW I realize I’m spending WAY too much time here on the boards. I caught this show last night and the first thing I thought was “I wonder if anybody on the SDMB is watching this?”
He was just the same kind of sardonic humor I find here. And in spite of the fact that he was from New Yawk, he wasn’t excruciatingly cynical like some Yankee comics. 'course, it didn’t hurt that he’s orig. from here in N.C. I could relate to that part of his schtick REALLY well.
What he said about 20-somethings was something along the lines of “Now that I’m at an age somewhere between 30 and greeter-at-WalMart, I see that people in their twenties are stupid. I’m so much smarter than them. They just look better than me. So if you’re in your twenties: Strike a pose, and shut the f**k up.”
Well, he said it better than that. My only excuse is that I’m a 29 y.o. from the South, so I’m obviously dumber than a gay New Yorker in his 50s. 
What he said about 20-somethings was something along the lines of “Now that I’m at an age somewhere between 30 and greeter-at-WalMart, I see that people in their twenties are stupid. I’m so much smarter than them. They just look better than me. So if you’re in your twenties: Strike a pose, and shut the f**k up.”
Not quite. It’s all in the delivery. More along the lines of:
“The main thing you learn when you get older, is that people in their 20’s don’t know anything.” <laughter, some boos.> “No, no, listen to me. The main function of people in their 20’s is to look better than people in their 30’s and 40’s.” <more laughter, some applause.> “So I have a bit of advice for you people in your 20’s: Strike a pose! And shut the FUCK up.!” <hysterical laughter, applause, Hama runs to the bathroom in an effort to not wet herself, having just turned 30 this past July.>
Believe me…it was a LOT funnier with HIS delivery.
“What do you people do? …You know, in the bedroom?”
“Well, you know those things you keep wishing Mom would do? THAT’S what we do.”
Damn, he must have quite good delivery to make that sound funny.
I saw the thread title and thought to myself, “He must have seen Jim David last night too!”
Yeah, he was a hoot. I found the bit about white people being afraid of all the different groups interesting: If each statement hadn’t been prefaced with “White people are afraid of the [minority group] because they think that [trite racist assumptions]. . . ,” it would have been just racist and offensive, but the way he did it was funny, poking at ignorant white people instead.
“Don’t move to New York . . . there are [sub]black people[/sub] there!”
Damn, he must have quite good delivery to make that sound funny.
Maybe it’s only that funny if you’re out of your 20’s, no?
There’s a good reason for the generation gap. The older you get, the more you realize that when you were younger you were an IDIOT.
I was an idiot.
My mom probably thinks I’m still an idiot.
And when I’m 54, I’ll probably think that people who are 30 are idiots.
I have almost no patience for teen angst because I had MORE than my share of it…but now that I’m 10 years past it, I look back and think, “DAMN, I thought that round of BS was important? What the hell was I thinking? Wait, I know the answer to that: I WASN’T.”
It’s not like you (generic “you”) hit 30 and suddenly your previous life in its entirety starts to shift into focus; years don’t earn you respect or admiration, but they smack you upside the head with huge dollops of perspective.
AND…putting it all in perspective…he’s RIGHT. And that’s why it’s FUNNY. I’m not saying that people in their 20’s have no relevant ideas, or that a lot of them aren’t a hell of a lot smarter than me in a lot of areas. BUT…they sure as hell aren’t as important as they think they are, but they won’t know that until THEY’RE older, EITHER. Is all. I’m saying. Is the thing.
Can I wind this up without coming off as completely insulting?
Hrm. Nope. Oops. When you’re 30, you can come tell me how wrong I was and how much my enjoyment of this kind of humor proves my lack of insight. :rolleyes:
Uh, yeah it would be funny if it hadn’t been said 16,580 times before.
I really need to get cable 
Uh, yeah it would be funny if it hadn’t been said 16,580 times before.
Sorry, I missed those. Must have been while I was in my 20’s and feeling so self-important I assumed none of it applied to me. :rolleyes: again.
Just to set the record straight, I remember the exact quote…
From the perspective of 33, thats funny!
Uh, you’ve never heard of the fact that wisdom and maturity come with age? This is new information to you?
The truly funny comedians poke fun at situations that everyone can identify with, but that are seldom mentioned. That’s why they’re funny. You say to yourself “Hey! I was just thinking the same thing.”
The lame ones joke about things that everyone talks about and everyone jokes about, like sexuality and age.
You could have taken that same passage, altered a few words, and made it sound like it was about teenagers. I wouldn’t crack a grin. As a 22 year old, I know that they’re less mature than me. This is not a startlingly funny revelation. It’s merely pointing out the obvious.
But, of course, humor is subjective. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
What a GREAT line!! I want that on a T-shirt!!
Sorry, just thought of a Latin proverb…
“It is not gray hair, but knowledge that brings wisdom”
I watched that special on Comedy Central last night whilst washing dishes (ah the life of a glamour queen :rolleyes: ). I was laughing the whole time!
Now being a twenty-something chick, I thought that line about us was priceless! Even though in the back of mind, I thought ‘Spoken like a true old person.’