2024-11-26

Set 4 · Episode 693

Ben Koshaba

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Career avg·5.00 bits/set·5.00 beats/set·0.62 punch density·1.60 tag density·1 set

This set·5 bits·5 beats·0.62 punch density·1.60 tag density·Large Joke Book

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[Bit 1]

-Alright, guys, my name's actually Ben Keshaba,

or Hoshiba, if you stand in the original Aramaic dialect.

In English, "Keshaba" just means "Sunday."

In Spanish, it's pronounced "dejo."

My boys on the boxing taught me that.

They're always like, "Hey, Ben Dejo, hurry up."

[Bit 2]

They're nice guys. One of them's like,

"Hey, so you're not Mexican. Like, what are you?

Where are you from?" I'm like, "I'm a Syrian."

He's like, "Oh, so from, like, Syria."

Like, no, no, no, Syrians are from Syria.

I'm a Syrian.

He's like, "Oh, yeah, yeah.

I'm a Mexican."

Hey, but check it out.

Once I get married and the paperwork goes through,

I'll be a American.

[Bit 3]

I know I'm doing a lot of Mexican jokes,

but it's only because Mexican jokes

are like Mexican people.

They always work.

Unlike my black jokes...

[Bit 4]

The Arab jokes kill.

Some of the more extreme ones bomb.

The World War II Japanese pilot jokes never land.

[Bit 5]

So me and my girlfriend were arguing the other day,

and she just kept going on and on.

I'm like, "Baby, relax. I love you.

We can negotiate."

She's like, "I don't negotiate with terrorists."

Super fucking racist, but super fucking funny.

I started laughing.

Bit 1 · Beat 1

Beat Details

Beat Premise

“"Ben Dejo" sounds like "pendejo", and "pendejo" fits because it's an insult.”

Joke Type

phonetic-match

Lines

setup-Alright, guys, my name's actually Ben Keshaba,

setupor Hoshiba, if you stand in the original Aramaic dialect.

setupIn English, "Keshaba" just means "Sunday."

setupIn Spanish, it's pronounced "dejo."

setupMy boys on the boxing taught me that.

punchlineThey're always like, "Hey, Ben Dejo, hurry up."