Set 8 · Episode 671
Arpit Jain
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This set·3 bits·5 beats·0.21 punch density·0.00 tag density·Small Joke Book
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[Bit 1]
So make some noise if you grew up playing any sports.
I'm a former athlete myself.
I grew up playing the Indian National sport
of competitive spelling bees.
[Bit 2]
Yeah, actually I went to my cousin's
basketball game this weekend.
He's the athlete of the family.
It's cool, though, 'cause we got the same nicknames.
The kids call him Curry 'cause he shoots like Steph.
And the kids called me Curry 'cause they were racist.
Yeah, if I missed a shot, they'd yell out,
"There goes another tower."
Yeah, I was also in ninth grade when Harold and Kumar came out,
and for the whole year, everyone called me Kumar.
Kumar?
And I couldn't even get mad about it,
'cause that's my legal middle name.
[Bit 3]
Even though I'm Indian, I actually grew up in Africa,
but we ended up having to move
because it was really unsafe and we kept getting robbed.
And like most Indian immigrants,
my parents first started working at a 7-Eleven,
and that was really unsafe, they kept getting robbed.
So that kinda confused me, 'cause if you think about it,
we really just traded getting robbed by Africans,
getting robbed by African Americans.
Kinda seems like a lateral move.
Bit 1 · Beat 1
Beat Details
Beat Premise
“Competitive spelling bees could be India's national sport.”
Joke Type
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setupSo make some noise if you grew up playing any sports.
setupI'm a former athlete myself.
setupI grew up playing the Indian National sport
punchlineof competitive spelling bees.