I think so too, but not recognition of anything in particular. It just implies someone has a secret, or doesn’t know about one. Let’s pretend the show was actually about events in the 1950s, at that time Radar might have thought Hawkeye was talking about being a communist.
Yeah, that works too.
FWIW, the same gag was used with one of the Germans in ’Allo, 'Allo (the pilot episode, I think). It was clear there that homosexuality was implied.
Oh, it was a standard WW2 joke. The way my dad, a WW2 veteran, told it back in the 50s (with his best Tough Guy voice), the hardened drill sergeant yells “Atten-SHUN! Count off by fours!”
ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! one. TWO! THREE! FOUR!..
“Wait, wait. STOP COUNTING! Who was that? Are you ‘One’?”
“Why, yesss… are you one too?”
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eta: Because apparently, back then gays were hilarious, and all effeminate.
Well if it really was about being gay I had no idea. And in that case I think it needs explanation.
I think it works with anything a person might feel is a ‘guilty secret’ though. In the form digs provided there is the additional weak call out of ‘one’ which is supposed to indicate homosexuality that was part of the joke.
Here’s the clip
- I think Hawkeye’s posture suggests that communism was not the issue.
Yes, he’s making his meaning quite clear. But it’s not something you can tell just from wording.
Yep. That’s why I wasn’t sure until I checked the clip (and why your idea was plausible).
There’s a Full House episode from the early 90s where Uncle Joey buys a surprisingly good condition used car from a literal “Old lady who only drove it on Sundays to Church” only to find out the car was actually stolen after she takes his money and he stupidly didn’t get the registration for it because it was such a deal.
Would anyone get the Lorena Bobbitt jokes anymore?
I remember the same plot being used with Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show.
This sounds more snarky than I intended. I mean to say that I agree with you completely that with just the wording it could be any secret, and I thank you for pointing that out. I probably unconsciously remembered the visual cues but I’m glad your comment led me to finding the clip so that you and others could see the context.
Or Jeffrey Dahmer jokes?
Or combination Lorena Bobbit and Jeffrey Dahmer jokes!
What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Lorena Bobbit?
“Excuse me, you gonna eat that?”
Yeah, that’s the one I was thinking of.
I Slacked that one to my ex-wife (Russian) a few months ago. She had to Google both of them before expressing her distaste.
I see what you did here.
What did they find at Jeffrey Dahmer’s autopsy?
Jimmy Hoffa.