You know, a lot of people come to me and they say, 'Steve, how can you be so fucking funny?' There's a secret to it, it's no big deal. Before I go out, I put a slice of bologna in each of my shoes. So when I'm on stage, I feel funny.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker gives a ridiculous secret to being funny: putting bologna in shoes to feel funny.
- In plain terms
- To be funny I put bologna in my shoes so I feel funny on stage.
- What can you take from it?
- Puns rely on wordplay to create humor and logic.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you create humor?
- What makes a joke work?
Another view
The joke is entirely dependent on the pun and may not work for all audiences.
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