Melissa Esslinger

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Watch Melissa Esslinger's Kill Tony episode 129 set with a timestamped video, full transcript, and line-by-line joke breakdown. This set has 4 bits, 4 joke beats, 0.64 punch density, 0.75 tag density.

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This set·4 bits·4 beats·0.64 punch density·0.75 tag density

[Bit 1]

>> People used to ask me if I ride the short bus.

I thought they were making a size joke.

Short bus.

[Bit 2]

A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to think outside of the box,

but I'm still trying to figure out how to get in it.

[Bit 3]

I looked up normal in the dictionary.

It said, "Not abnormal."

So I looked up abnormal, and it said, "Not normal."

Fuck you, dictionary.

It's not very helpful.

Kind of put the dick in dictionary.

Is that a minute?

Oh, shit.

Fifty-three seconds.

Do you have a six-second show?

Um...

[Bit 4]

Oh, uh, yeah, I'm so sure that, like,

automatic doors don't open for me.

Bit 1 · Beat 1

Beat Details

Joke Type

double-meaning

Lines

setup>> People used to ask me if I ride the short bus.

punchlineI thought they were making a size joke.

tagShort bus.