FAQ 1

Q: What is "Hello, Cleveland!" a reference to?

A: It's from Spinal Tap. It's also an album by Fighting Gravity, though I don't know why I'm admitting I know that. I haven't heard it. Really.



Q: What is lazy comedy?

A: "Lazy comedy" is a term for lame, obvious jokes that people who are not funny use to ineffectively make themselves seem funny, but in the process only reinforce their own lack of humor. There are many examples of lazy comedy, most of which you can find by watching CBS' hit comedy, "Two and a Half Men." Here are two obvious ones:

1) Brokeback Mountain jokes. These jokes were beaten to death about a week after they started, but that doesn't stop people from using "Brokeback" interchangeably with "gay."

2) Kwanzaa jokes. You've made them, too, it's OK. We've all told a Kwanzaa joke. Or 80. Ok, 87. But these are in many ways worse than Brokeback jokes, because they've been around a lot longer. Unfortunately, they start showing up every year around the holidays, and are favorites of people who you don't talk to very much except to exchange random happy holidays BS. These jokes are especially easy because almost no one takes Kwanzaa seriously as a holiday, and most people don't know anyone who "celebrates" it, so people aren't afraid to make fun of it. Unfortunately, easy jokes are generally bad jokes, and Kwanzaa jokes are both easy and bad, in addition to being old.

However, I should note that there has been one known effective usage of Kwanzaa for comedic purposes. On "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" on December 29, 2006, a George W. Bush character voiced by Robert Smigel was asked about the holiday season, and he responded by acknowledging Hanukkah as "Jewish Christmas" and Kwanzaa as "Black Hanukkah." Thus they executed the first and only effective Kwanzaa joke, though it should be pointed out that the punchline didn't actually use the word Kwanzaa.

Q: What's the best championship team music video?

A: "Red Hot," the Calgary Flames 1987 Stanley Cup Championship video. And it's really not even close. The Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle is more famous, but it suffers from the fact that the players actually sang the song. Additionally, hockey players, especially those with huge mustaches, are far more likable than football players, even fat ones.



Q: What did Yankees legend and native Oklahoman Mickey Mantle love most?

A: Hookers.