Sunday, April 13, 2008

PUSH BUTT AND RELEASE

THE RED HERRING CHANNING MURRAY REUNION


I took a short trip into the past this weekend to see some old friends down at a coffee house in Urbana Illinois. There were people I haven't seen in more than 30 years. A lot of them were musicians, and they had a concert that started at 1:00 pm and went on until maybe 2:00 am then next morning (if you count both upstairs and downstairs performances.
I've got about three hours of video highlights. I'll try to post some edited stuff when I get some time.
Anyhow, today's post is about some jokes that do not need to be repeated. At the coffeehouse, a performance of the group called 'The Ship' incuded some commentary by Mr. Steve 'Albert' Melshenker. He was concerned about how some jokes only needed to be told one time; They are funny the first time you hear them, but then it's really not nessesary to ever tell them again. He then asked the audience if the following joke fit this category:

A man walks into a therapist's with just Saran Wrap around his waist. The therapist says, "I can clearly see you're nuts".

People in the audience laughed at this joke, but agreed that it did not have to be told again.




On the way home, I stopped to use the Mc D's facilities and was reminded of such humor that I've seen countless times in vandalized washrooms. Press Butt. Funny if you are eight years old. Then I saw BABY HANGING STATION; Ha! It was funny the first time! I get it.