# Where’s this joke from?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-this-joke-from/837462>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 22, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-this-joke-from/837462 "2019-07-22T16:45:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-this-joke-from/837462/1 "2019-07-22T16:45:36Z")

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I’ve been watching the latest season of Comedians in Cars getting Coffee. In one episode Ricky Gervais tell a joke, but he can’t remember the source:

A holocaust survivor dies and goes to heaven.  
When he arrives, he tells God a holocaust joke.  
God says “That’s not funny”  
The survivor replies “I guess you had to be there”

Seinfeld’s reaction was “That’s not a joke, it’s a novel!”

Any idea where it came from?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-this-joke-from/837462/2 "2019-07-22T17:29:45Z")

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[This article](https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/in-this-weeks-tls-265/) attributes it to David Baddiel.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-s-this-joke-from/837462/3 "2019-07-22T17:33:24Z")

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Wow, that was fast. Thanks.