Set 2 · Episode 767
Tom Frank
Bucket PullSmall Joke Book
Career avg·2.00 bits/set·6.00 beats/set·0.45 punch density·0.29 tag density·1 set
This set·2 bits·6 beats·0.45 punch density·0.29 tag density·Small Joke Book
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[Bit 1]
My name is, I'm a gypsy.
Yeah, that just means I have a hard time answering simple questions like, "Where are you from?
What are you doing here?"
And, "Have you seen my dog?"
My family's from Czechoslovakia.
Yeah.
Back then, wasn't a good time to be Jewish, so it turns out gypsy is just a Jew that lost
their documents.
Still sucked.
A lot of people like to remind me, "Hey, that's not a country."
Like, thanks for reminding me I don't have a home, right?
Yeah.
We should have been clever and named it something that will stick, like Israel.
Then it would still be around in real today, right?
But I'm a little suspicious, you know?
I think, like, Greenland is an iceberg.
Turkey is full of cats.
And then whenever the immigrants come to the border, Hungary is like, "Sorry, we're full."
[Bit 2]
But it was easy growing up with immigrant parents, actually.
They were clever, you know?
They knew enough kids at school were calling me a fat retard.
Why would they pay money for me to hear
that from a professional?
I used to be fat, but still stupid.
So the school system is broken.
But fat shaming works.
Bit 1 · Beat 1
Beat Details
Beat Premise
“Asking a gypsy where they are from implies curiosity, but reveals theft suspicion.”
Joke Type
misdirectLines
setupMy name is, I'm a gypsy.
setupYeah, that just means I have a hard time answering simple questions like, "Where are you from?
setupWhat are you doing here?"
punchlineAnd, "Have you seen my dog?"