jimc@haddock.UUCP (05/17/85)
I've never seen this stunt before -- I thought it was pretty inventive.
Last night (Thursday, 16 May), Johnny Carson appeared on two
programs in a row -- the first was, of course, *The Tonight Show*.
The second was *Late Night with David Letterman*, where
he appeared as a guest. At any rate, Carson told only the
opening to a joke on *The Tonight Show* and then told only the
punch-line on *Late Night*. The joke itself wasn't so bad, and
here is how it went:
On *The Tonight Show*:
A man came to a woman's door and said to her,
"I have some terrible news for you. Your husband
just drowned in a beer vat."
The woman, stricken by grief, said, "Oh, the poor
dear. He didn't even have a chance."
On *Late Night*:
The man replied, "Well, I wouldn't be so sure, lady.
He got out to go to the bathroom three times."
Jim Campbell
...!{bbncca, harvard}!ima!haddock!jimcneal@fear.UUCP (Neal Bedard) (05/22/85)
In article <21900028@haddock.UUCP>, jimc@haddock.UUCP writes: > > I've never seen this stunt before -- I thought it was pretty inventive. > [Johnny Carson] On *The Tonight Show*: > > A man came to a woman's door and said to her, > "I have some terrible news for you. Your husband > just drowned in a beer vat." > > The woman, stricken by grief, said, "Oh, the poor > dear. He didn't even have a chance." > > [Johnny Carson, same evening] On *Late Night*: > > The man replied, "Well, I wouldn't be so sure, lady. > He got out to go to the bathroom three times." > Actually, the joke is much funnier if the `man' and `woman' are Irish, and the joke is told with a brogue. I use `Father O'Halloran' and `Mrs. O'Flarhety'. Johnny wimped out on this one. (No racism flames, please. I never met an Irishman that took offense to this joke, in fact I think one told it to me.) So much for Johnny being inventive. -Neal B.