# Why is this Joke funny? (The Big Bang Theory) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029 "2012-08-29T13:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/21 "2012-08-30T00:13:45Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Captain America needing a gardener? Har-de-har. Why not an accountant? Why not a motorcycle mechanic? Oh, that’s right, because there is much more humour to be found in the stereotype that Mexicans are more apt to be employed in a menial labour setting. I also concede this to you. Um because it is easier to work undocumented as a gardener? They are more likely to work there because lack of documented status is barrier in other jobs. How do you become a CPA with no identity documents? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/22 "2012-08-30T00:19:01Z")
> [@grude](#): > > How do you become a CPA with no identity documents? [By doin’ it in da hood, yo!](http://www.theonion.com/articles/tha-autobiography-of-herbert-k,16457/) CPA-ONE: Miss ya till I’m with ya. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/23 "2012-08-30T01:18:56Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > To be fair, **Dr\_Doom** ’s comment \*is \*pretty funny if you read it in Sheldon’s voice. I had the same thought reading this thread just now. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/24 "2012-08-30T01:38:04Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Captain America needing a gardener? Har-de-har. Why not an accountant? Why not a motorcycle mechanic? Oh, that’s right, because there is much more humour to be found in the stereotype that Mexicans are more apt to be employed in a menial labour setting. . . But that’s not why it isn’t funny. It isn’t funny because it’s overly contrived–the usual reason for lame sit-com jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/25 "2012-08-30T12:10:31Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I don’t think the invulnerability applies here. Her skin is impenetrable, but she probably still has nerve endings and pain receptors, and I imagine that pulling out hairs will cause those to react. (Unless her follicles are invulnerable and make her hair un-pluckable? But generally, yanking on hair is painful even when it’s unsuccessful.) Although imagine it. Really strong waxer…absolutely invulnerable follicles…She-Hulk pulled across the room by her muff? That, my friends, is comedy gold. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/26 "2012-08-30T12:19:00Z")
I have heard that if you roam around in the seedier districts of cyberspace you will find remarkably realistic 3D models of She-Hulk doing absurd things well beyond your prior imaginings. Poser is pretty awesome. Or so I have heard. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/27 "2012-08-30T13:11:14Z")
I don’t think the She-Hulk joke has anything to do with any pain she might feel from the waxing; I think the source of the humor comes from the bravery the waxer must possess to witness up close and first hand what’s going on… down there. It can’t be pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/28 "2012-08-30T13:15:50Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > _Anything_ can be funny if you have a laugh track. ::canned laughter:: > [@pancakes3](#): > > I laughed. As did I. Good lord, I hate laugh tracks. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/29 "2012-08-30T13:17:38Z")
wait…I read a bit of Marvel Civil war, I thought that Captain Amercan was against registration and sutch ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/30 "2012-08-30T13:18:59Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The writers of the show probably never read Captain America comics, but ASSUMED (wrongly) that Cap is a super-patriotic, ultra-nationalistic vigilante who would hate Mexicans and personally grab all illegal aliens and throw them back over the Rio Grande. But, where over the Rio Grande? It starts in southern Colorado, no? Over Macho Grande? ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/31 "2012-08-30T14:13:22Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Over Macho Grande? I’ll never be over Macho Grande. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/32 "2012-08-30T14:34:46Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > As did I. Good lord, I hate laugh tracks. I’m just going to pre-empt the inevitable “BBT doesn’t have a laugh track - here’s a photo of their live studio audience!” post, and mention that you can manipulate the audio from a live studio audience any way you want, as well as direct them when to laugh, how long to laugh, and how loud to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/33 "2012-08-30T14:40:57Z")
Of course we all know that Steve Rogers (a/k/a Captain America) lives in a Manhattan walk-up, and has no garden. I hope someone got fired for _that_ blunder. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/34 "2012-11-01T17:35:39Z")
As long s the subject of She-Hulk as been broached, who is she when she calms down? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/35 "2012-11-01T17:41:39Z")
Bruce’s cousin, Jennifer. She got his powers due to a blood transfusion and she can switch between forms at will. She doesn’t have to hulk out like Bruce does. Also, neither joke is funny. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/36 "2012-11-01T17:59:43Z")
I can see She-Hulk getting bikini-waxed (and threatening to pull the waxer’s ears off) in the Byrne run of _Sensational She-Hulk_. That just seems like something that would have happened in that book… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/37 "2012-11-01T18:07:25Z")
I think that with the She-Hulk joke, they were actually thinking about Bruce’s reaction if it was happening to him. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/38 "2012-11-01T18:48:54Z")
Not all the jokes work on Big Bang Theory. These didn’t (tho the idea of bikini-waxing She-Hulk is funny). But many of their jokes & situations make me laugh out loud. They may have a laugh track but they also have a studio audience. Lots of the laughs are real. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/39 "2012-11-01T18:55:47Z")
I don’t know anything about Captain America, but… why would CA have an undocumented _anything_ in the first place? 😕 I mean the joke doesn’t even make _sense_. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029/40 "2012-11-01T20:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Bruce’s cousin, Jennifer. She got his powers due to a blood transfusion and she can switch between forms at will. She doesn’t have to hulk out like Bruce does. Although, she actually prefers to be in her Hulk form, since it helps her deal with a lack of assertiveness and self-esteem in her mortal form. In at least some runs, she’s tried court cases while big, green, and ugly (her day job is as a lawyer). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-joke-funny-the-big-bang-theory/633029.md?page=3)