Was there more to it than a pun on the name "Robert Klein"?
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Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Jon B. - Feb 06, 2011 4:59:08 am PST #3568 of 8624
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DavidS - Feb 06, 2011 6:12:36 am PST #3569 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No, I think that's it.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 06, 2011 7:42:22 am PST #3570 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I thought the whole joke was based on the fact that the rabbit's leg kept moving.
Tom Scola - Feb 06, 2011 7:50:01 am PST #3571 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Didn't see Archer, but is it a reference to this? [link]
DavidS - Feb 06, 2011 7:55:40 am PST #3572 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I thought the whole joke was based on the fact that the rabbit's leg kept moving.
Didn't see Archer, but is it a reference to this?
Okay, yep, that's even funnier and more obscure.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 06, 2011 8:08:24 am PST #3573 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Okay, yep, that's even funnier and more obscure.
I mean SERIOUSLY - I cackled with glee at the reference because it was so obscure.
ETA he has done some version of that at the end of every single HBO special he's done, and he's done a lot of them.
-t - Feb 06, 2011 8:16:14 am PST #3574 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I admit, I had to google.
That was a helluva well-constructed joke, with the set-up to expect "Thumper" and the follow-up "that's funnier/you can have it".
Laga - Feb 06, 2011 8:32:23 am PST #3575 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
thank-you! D & I went around and around on that one. I'm all, "I know who Robert Klein is but why is it funny?"
Sophia Brooks - Feb 06, 2011 12:58:13 pm PST #3576 of 8624
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am REALLY out of the comedy loop, because not only do I not get it, I know Robert Klein from Sisters.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 06, 2011 5:33:51 pm PST #3577 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I am REALLY out of the comedy loop, because not only do I not get it, I know Robert Klein from Sisters.
Well, especially since that SNL clip Tom linked to is from the 70s. Wasn't Klein THE first host of SNL back in the day?
ETA no Carlin was the first SNL host, but Klein did host twice in the 70s. He did have the first HBO comedy special ever though, which is where I first saw him. Yikes! I feel really old now.