# AI Stand-Up Comedy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** ai\
**Created:** [May 18, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195 "2026-05-18T23:16:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/41 "2026-05-23T02:06:51Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> The two times I saw him were on the tours where he was trying out material for those shows. The first time was also about a month before 9/11, and at the time he said the special was going to be called “I Kinda Like It When A Lot Of People Die”. Guess that’s probably the only time he willingly censored himself

Yes, his wife later released a recorded version of the different material he cut after 9/11.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/42 "2026-05-23T02:14:09Z")

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IIRC, the main thing he cut from when I saw him live was a closing routine about a power outage on a hot day causing a spiraling series of catastrophes that ultimately results in the end of all life on Earth. I think he wound up using it in the special after that one.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/43 "2026-05-23T02:35:28Z")

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Yes. I this the “My uncle Dave, your Uncle Dave, everyone’s uncle Dave!” bit?

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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/44 "2026-05-24T15:31:20Z")

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Didn’t he repeat the same intro on both?

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