Ike Gazzarian

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Career avg·5.00 bits/set·5.00 beats/set·0.38 punch density·0.20 tag density·1 set

This set·5 bits·5 beats·0.38 punch density·0.20 tag density·Large Joke Book

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Skips to 12:17 in the episode

[Bit 1]

- I was born in Soviet Union.

Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop.

My family moved to United States from Russia in 1998.

And out of all the cities in US,

my homophobic father picked San Francisco.

[Bit 2]

There are only three types of people

that live in San Francisco.

It's gays, Asians, and gay Asians.

[Bit 3]

My family moved here in '98,

but in 2010 I moved back to Russia

to do stand-up comedy there.

Moving from United States to Russia to do comedy

is a lot like moving from Canada to Afghanistan

to play hockey.

It's a fucking terrible idea.

[Bit 4]

But I gotta tell you,

Russian comics are as tough as Russian soldiers.

They prefer bombing.

[Bit 5]

American comedy and Russian comedy are very different,

but we do have one thing in common.

No one likes female comics.

Bit 1 · Beat 1

Beat Details

Beat Premise

“A homophobic father picking an American city implies cultural caution, but reveals San Francisco.”

Joke Type

misdirect

Lines

setup- I was born in Soviet Union.

setupMy family moved to United States from Russia in 1998.

setupAnd out of all the cities in US,

punchlinemy homophobic father picked San Francisco.