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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don’t mean that the joke just isn’t funny, I want to know a joke that almost makes you want to fast-forward through the scene.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Because that shit was actually funny 35 to 40 years ago. It just didn’t age well.

Tastes change.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

His stand-up was bad back then too

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

40 years ago in the UK it was shown at 8am as a filler program when nobody was watching, because it was so painfully contrived

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

No I watched it back then as a kid and though maybe you need to be 35 to like this.

Recently age 35 not my thing still.