Wednesday, April 11, 2007

 

Setup Help

Dude and dudettes,
I have a joke that keeps getting rejected as "Not quite there" by this collegehumor thing. The joke in its original form was:

One of these porno films will never be made. Can you guess which one?
A) Backyard Babes VI
B) Cheerleader Sleepover, Pillow Fight, and Naughty-Time Jamboree
C) My Sister's Hot Mom

The dude likes the punchline, but not the setup. I changed it to: One of these is not like the other and Spot the Fake. He says they're both close. Any ideas for a better setup?

Comments:
I'm not totally sure I get it. It's the third choice that you're saying wouldn't exist, right? Cause even though it's pretty gross, that title probably still exists for real somewhere. People are into weird stuff.

I'm not sure it's the setup so much as it's that the title isn't an obvious enough fake.
 
I agree with Jake that, once I read the last one and got it (and it is a very clever punch line), I immediately thought, "but that is out there somewhere. Some sicko would make that one and some other sickos would buy it."

What about playing on that aspect of it in the set up .... something like "you know you've hit at an all time low when you make which of these porn titles" That doesn't sound funny or clever, but something like that, ya know?

That way we'd know to be looking for something way sick, but it would be funny for the fact that someone actually would make it.
 
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ok sorry about that I forgot my password.

I agree with Jake in that I'm sure some people out there would be into it. With that in mind I would probably work on the Texas or hick angle. ie which of these movies was filmed in Hollywood's Alabama office.

Also I had to read the joke a few times to realize that option B was one movie. I like the title but it's distracting from the punchline. I was criticially reading to determine if the joke was in the second option since it has so many words.
 
I like Erik's idea of the Alabama Hollywood office. Plus that give good ole west virginie a much needed break.
 
I tried reading too much into it too. Erik's angle is probably best...I almost thought that I'd heard of "My Sister's Hot Mom" before, but I can't remember where. Perhaps rather than framing it as a quiz, it should just be a list of "bad movie titles?"
 
Yeah, cause let's face it, there is no such thing as a bad porn concept. They'll pretty much film anything.

Maybe you gotta go the other way?

C) Women in Parkas Who Love Dialogue
 
I just shortened it and it was accepted. The guy who runs it has a strange sense of humor. It now simply reads: Not every porn title is a great idea--just look at Naughty America's "My Sister's Hot Mom."
 
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