# Are Crotch Shots Really Funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118 "2020-12-03T15:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/21 "2020-12-03T20:52:48Z")
And then there was Ed Ames’ appearance on _The Tonight Show_: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0L5QC9ZJkM8/hqdefault.jpg "Ed Ames Teaches Johnny Carson to Throw a Tomahawk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/22 "2020-12-04T00:58:46Z")
I was thinking about that too. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/23 "2020-12-04T02:45:50Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Bill as Hank regains consciousness: “You. Have. Been. Kicked. In. The. Testicles!” I was mobile earlier but here’s the clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qFrrjz1-xBY/maxresdefault.jpg "KOTH Bobby goes nuts episode compilation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrrjz1-xBY&t=172) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/24 "2020-12-04T02:54:55Z")
True, and I don’t find people falling down funny by itself either. Turner Classic Movies shows old comedies all the time, starring people like Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle, and the latter in particular’s shtick consisted of repeatedly falling down in a certain way. To me, that got old really fast. MTV had a short-lived series in the 1990s where this or that performer would choose their favorite videos, usually with a theme, often “Funniest Videos”, and there was one episode that I shut off pretty quickly because this person obviously had a thing for people falling off their skateboards. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/25 "2020-12-04T09:38:55Z")
Okay, here’s a crotch shot that works well. Eddie Valiant kills most of the weasels with laughter, [but one weasel he finishes off this way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwGX-zkenzo) . . . Relevant action at 2:55 through about 3:15 – [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qwGX-zkenzo/hqdefault.jpg "Roger Rabbit Killing Weasels With Laughter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwGX-zkenzo) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/26 "2020-12-04T14:28:27Z")
[https://youtu.be/kuFJtR60q0I](https://youtu.be/kuFJtR60q0I) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/27 "2020-12-04T14:41:47Z")
It’s funny when it’s unexpected and the victim kind of deserves it (if you don’t know anything about _Jackass_, they all pretty much deserve it): [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTeogcwvoBQ) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/28 "2020-12-04T14:52:11Z")
More than 25 years ago I was tossing the football around with some friends of mine in the front yard. One of my friends threw the ball in my direction, but for whatever reason I was looking in another direction and failed to notice it until it hit me square in the balls. We’re talking grand slam here as he got both the boys in one shot. There I was, doubled over in the front yard thinking I was going to puke while simultaneously laughing at my own misfortune. Crotch shots are funny as hell. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/29 "2020-12-04T16:36:16Z")
[Rules? In a knife fight? No rules!](https://youtu.be/w9KBOhPXhds?t=105) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/30 "2020-12-04T23:07:53Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > It’s funny when it’s unexpected … This is what I find: it’s funny when it’s unexpected, and you cannot imagine it will happen. For example, the golfer who sets up to hit the ball, then mishits the ball, the ball bounces off a tree, and hits the golfer (or another golfer) in the crotch. You couldn’t see or anticipate what was going to happen, which (IMHO) makes it funny. But if it’s a possibility, or even obvious, it’s not as funny. For example, the five-year-old trying to hit a baseball off a tee (think tee-ball), with his father standing ten feet in front of him. You can easily see what’s going to happen, and it’s not very funny. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/31 "2020-12-05T00:02:23Z")
Interesting that the mother seems completely unfazed by the same strength groin strike that made Hank lose consciousness from the pain! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/32 "2020-12-05T20:01:00Z")
There are a lot of variations on the tape measure trick like this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v67ndDEXlLE/hqdefault.jpg "Funny Tape Measure Trick to measure your privates") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v67ndDEXlLE) Nut shots transcend species. Here’s a bear getting one: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8kjY9sKdHlY/hqdefault.jpg "INSTANT KARMA bear gets hit in the nuts for messing with my water tank") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kjY9sKdHlY) And a tortoise biting a dog (potentially NSFW, dog sack is exposed …and bitten): [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkUNucUuzqo) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/33 "2020-12-06T01:22:24Z")
That turtle sure did know how to defend itself! ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/34 "2020-12-06T01:39:28Z")
No they explain it, they clearly show Bobby losing his shoe and then kicking her in the groin with his sock. Plus it looked like a bad kick, so he was hitting her without anywhere near the force he had previously. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/35 "2020-12-06T04:29:47Z")
surprised nobody mentioned the Carson skit where a guy threw a hatchet at a target and landed on the crotch. Carson said I did not know you were Jewish! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/36 "2020-12-06T06:16:33Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > surprised nobody mentioned the Carson skit where a guy threw a hatchet at a target and landed on the crotch. Post #20. Is there a name for the fact that, in any longish thread, whenever someone says “I’m surprised nobody mentioned…” it’ll be something that somebody has, in fact, mentioned? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/37 "2020-12-06T15:19:23Z")
I propose we call it “ **Boink** ’s Law”. Either that or the “ **Drains** effect” if you’d like to be just a little bit mean. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/38 "2020-12-06T20:08:59Z")
I searched for Carson which I figured would be in the post but it was not. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/39 "2020-12-07T03:19:11Z")
I find films of the Borat or DumbDumber genre to be embarrassingly unfunny. When I hear somebody mention one, I ask myself how I ever even got involved in a conversation with this person. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118/40 "2020-12-08T03:36:53Z")
I don’t find Jim Carrey’s rubber-face shtick funny either. However, so far he’s done a good job lampooning Joe Biden on SNL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-crotch-shots-really-funny/927118.md?page=1)