what does this joke mean??

OHHH I found it in Wiki:

Uncle= Right wing teabagger Fox news watcher
Aunt= Lesbian Dogcatcher who goes to musicals
Grandma= Folk Singing taxidermist wrestling fan
Cousin= Incestuous inbred Weather Channel obsessive
Stepmother= Really a sweet person

If you don’t know these things you are culturally illiterate, and have no business watching awards shows.
Man, you just don’t get it…

I kinda do, and kinda don’t, want to know what thread you thought you were posting in…

So, if I insult my cousin as an incestuous inbred weather channel obsessive, what does that make me, her cousin?

The logic of this joke fails. Moebius Fail.

Ooooh! I’m stealing that for my rapper name!

It works! :smiley:

I didn’t get it either. But then I’ve never considered Andy Samberg to be very funny. Or a comedian. Or an actor. I do consider him to be “a little funny”, as in maybe he needs professional help.

His Emmy joke doesn’t appear to be much of a joke, if that’s what is was. I assume Samberg wrote it himself.

I initially thought it was Adam Sandler horribly misspelled or auto-corrected.

You probably shouldn’t insult your own cousin as inbred. If you did it would be on you. Might as well say nothing.

What does the joke mean? It means Andy Samberg is no funnier as Emmy host than he is at Comedy Central roasts.

Adam Sandler is truly funny, or was, but he can only play the I’m-just-a-big-kid shtick for so long.

I don’t believe Andy Samberg has done, or said, anything that’s worth remembering. I wonder how much Samberg paid to get the Emmy gig? :slight_smile:

I thought it was a pretty funny line. Like others have said, everyone has that uncle that ruins thanksgiving. this is the kind of guy that would support Trump.
Other typical things attributed to this uncle:

“…and if wasn’t for those god-damned fill in ethnic group here
“they should just round 'em all up and fill in capital punishment method here

Usually, these lines are then followed by a few moments of silence were you hear nothing but silverware clinking against plates.

Has there ever been a joke that was funny once it was explained?

This joke doesn’t even need the payoff line, Donald Trump running for President is intrinsically funny, especially to a Hollywood crowd. But let’s go through the exercise.

Set up: Donald Trump is running for President (as I said, intrinsically funny)
Premise: Fans of Donald Trump are likely to be older than Andy Samberg’s demographic
Truth: Your uncle, being a sibling of one of your parents, is likely to be older than you.
Pay off: Uncles love Donald Trump.

Add in the long history of “crazy uncle” jokes (viz. every episode of Welcome Back Kotter ever) and the joke is revealed.

And I bet you still don’t think it’s funny.

I think the problem in this thread is that some of those uncles are posting in it.

If you didn’t understand it, it’s fine. It’s based on popular culture. If you don’t follow popular culture that’s fine. But it was pretty funny if you do.

And if Samberg didn’t do another thing so long as he lived, he’d be worthy of the history books for this: Jizz In My Pants - YouTube <–NSFW (language) video

I think you nailed it. I’ve never seen so many people get so rattled by a little throwaway joke.

Actually, I think you nailed it, way back in post #8.

I’m wise beyond my years.

So if I want to get the meme about crazy uncles I can rewatch kotter? That’s your best example? I’m trying to help here.

Hearing something that isn’t a joke being explained as if it was with historical references veers into tragedy/farce. But still not funny.

I look forward to your thread explaining why people who prefer mustard over ketchup are dead wrong.

So you’re saying: This analogy is to a coherent point as that line is to a joke?

Man, that joke really upset you. Can I ask why?