Brick Joke/Recorded and Stand Up Comedy: Difference between revisions

* In the classic [[Firesign Theatre]] bit "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye", Nick receives a call from a guy who thinks he's called a pizza place, and says "I want a pizza to go, and no anchovies," to which Nick replies, "Sorry, you've got the wrong number. I spell my name 'Danger'," and hangs up, causing the caller to say, "Wha?" On their next album, "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers", the main character, George Tirebiter, calls to order a pizza, saying, "I want a pizza to go, and no anchovies," and then, after a brief pause, he says, "Wha?"

* In his stand-up special "I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy", Gabriel Iglesias related a story about how it was before he became more renowned, getting treated rudely after coming to his hotel at 1 AM due to a missed flight. The lady (who he imitated using a sassy black voice - think Wanda Sykes), finally asked him what his name was.

'''"Woman"''': ...you spell that with a "I"? Then you should have said I-glesias, not Ee-glesias! }}

** Then, in the closing segment of the special, he talked about how his car was stolen from an IHOP parking lot, calling OnStar after being reminded that they can track his car by his friend.

'''Kim''': [[Bilingual Backfire|I speak Spanish too, motherfucker!]] }}

** In another special, "Hot and Fluffy", he got a ''double'' brick joke. In part of a larger bit about how if you ''know'' you're going to jail you might as well take the opportunity to make a few jokes, he noted early on that he once made a cop laugh so hard he almost pissed himself, and then imitated the cop's voice admitting as much--your standard Southern state trooper drawl for a quick chuckle. Shortly after, he related a story about how he turned the wrong way out of a Krispy Kreme, got pulled over, and offered the officer in question some of his donuts. Then, at the end of the show, he told a story about how his getting recognized--and his sense of humor--got him out of a traffic ticket once. The voice of the state trooper was the same as he used earlier... and then the state trooper reveals that he almost pissed himself at Gabriel's antics. The trooper ''then'' adds, "This will go down in history as one of the funniest traffic stops of all time--the only one better'n this one is a buddy of mine in California pulled over some fat guy who gave him donuts." The close of the routine also includes what is effectively a brick joke extended from a regular joke from ''another one of his shows''.

* [[Brian Regan]] likes to end his shows by revisiting something mentioned earlier. For example:

** In one of his early shows:

'''BRIAN:''' {{spoiler|Well, my uncle doesn't grow corn.}} }}

** And in ''All By Myself:''

 

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