Humor Me
October 7, 2008The guys gave me an Eddie Murphy DVD, “Delirious”, for my birthday. There’s this one point in which he explains that people try to re-enact his shows and jokes and they always fuck ‘em up while doing this. And he’s absolutely right. Ask yourself, dear reader, “have I done this?”. The answer is most likely yes. Hell, I’ve done it several times. And probably ruined brilliant pieces of cabaret for other peoples by trying to “get the voice right”.
I only nailed one thing, while re-enacting, and that is the German part from Hans Teeuwen’s last stand-up show. It seriously gave people chills down their spines. That’s a good thing. Probably.
But Eddie has the solution. He gave the audience one joke that people can tell their friends. One simple joke, everyone can tell, without messing up a good piece of comedy for the rest of the world. So, to humor you, here it goes:
A bear and a rabbit are taking a shit in the forest. Says the bear to the rabbit:
“Do you have problems with shit in your fur?”
“No.”, says the rabbit.
“Good.”, says the bear and he wipes his ass with the rabbit.
Hm. The joke is probably better when spoken. Shit. Did I just ruin a joke that can’t be ruined?
