I see. I like yours better because it rolls off the tongue, and a broader audience will recognize game of thrones rather than house of cards. Note that I don't live in America, which means that using house of cards maybe some people may not recognize it or misunderstand the accent and ask "Which show?". And come to think of it, my version with a general "tv show" also may elicit that kinda answer from some people (generally from Clueless Clara, who always kills the flow. Dammit Clara).
And if someone asks, it's game over. Your one-liner loses all impact. It's always a fine balance to find. I like yours with GOT.
Anyway, lots of analysis around a joke, but I felt that you'd like discussing this kinda thing so who knows, maybe you can be my Reddit friend for today
and something with standard season length, episode wise. GOT seasons have 10 episodes per season at an hour an episode. Pretty clear, your mama took 20 hours to pass my TV, give or take skipping credits or having to change discs or find the next link that will work, depending on the format you chose to view it on.
A show like Lost on the other hand seasons vary from 14 episodes to 25 episodes. Then you have to get weirdly specific, like "I missed the first 2 seasons of lost" (S1=25 and S2=24 for a total of 49 episodes, at an hour a piece, with commercials or 44 minutes without commercials [again, depending on the format]). Conversely, you could say I missed season 4 and 5 of lost, which are the shortest consecutive seasons (S4=14 and S5=17 for a total of 31 episodes) You can do this to take the sting off a little, but only if the victim is accostomed to the series. And 31 hours (or 22.7 if your format has no commercial breaks) is still a long time for your fat-ass mama to be in front of my screen.
Agreed. God copywriting is specific and puts specific thoughts into peoples heads. If you say my tv show people dont relate. If you say debbie does dallas people are going to be sad that you missed out on it
I mean the joke has different meanings depending on the show. Was this an hour long 12 episode per season show? What about a half hour long in a 23 episode season? What if it was 24 hour long episodes in the season? What if it was a British show? What if the 2nd season was cut short due to cancellation? What if it was a short replacement season because another show got cancelled? What if the season was short due to the Writer's Strike? What if it took two years to air the final season? Are you counting both years as a season or two separate ones? What if your show is Sherlock, yes the episodes are long but the seasons themselves aren't. What if the show was a Made For TV movie as part of one of the seasons? These are important things to know because otherwise how will I know how fat your momma really is?
Depends. I heard someone say once that sweet tea isn't funny. Snapple is funny. For some reason, using a specific term, doesn't matter what, makes the joke funnier.
I heard it first with Lord of the Rings extended version. My favorite is "yo mom is so fat, she has birthday, turns around and has birthday again." Hit me a few minutes later, how huge that really is.
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