# The "Why was that funny?" thread

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 8, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-that-funny-thread/670672 "2013-10-08T12:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-that-funny-thread/670672/41 "2013-10-10T14:09:10Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> That’s clever, but I’m pretty sure there’s nothing to explain here. They don’t mention the word warp, so there’s no room for a pun, and I struggle to imagine Mel Brooks making a weaving joke anyway. The plaid coloring is just a silly take on the visual effects you see when spaceships go to light speed in sci-fi movies and TV. Barf’s line just calls attention to the goofiness and I guess it’s a button on the scene, because the real jokes are the plaid color and the fact that the Spaceball 1 totally overshoots Lone Star’s ship, which never seems to happen in these movies.

OK. A simple visual joke. I guess I was just overthinking Mel’s material.

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-why-was-that-funny-thread/670672/42 "2013-10-10T14:27:05Z")

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“But I don’t wanna be a pirate!” is one of Jerry’s best-delivered lines of the whole series. It’s so immaturely stated, and yet completely understandable and justified, Jerry’s delivery is perfect.

Reminds me of a line from Breaking Bad that I can never quote/explain to people because it only works with Aaron Paul’s perfect delivery.

Jesse: Hey, what the hell man, you didn’t think maybe you should mention that your brother is a DEA agent!?

Walt: Brother-in-LAW.

Jesse: Well that eases my mind.

The line as written is just mediocre, but Aaron’s delivery is freakin’ hilarious. It’s a rapid-fire, monotone-yet-intense sarcasm that suits his character perfectly.

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