Thursday, July 18, 2019

Strained repetition

I remember two performers at a grade school assembly telling this well-worn joke:

Performer #1: Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence.  Pete fell off.  Who was left?
Performer #2: Repeat.
Performer #1: Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence...

Even at the young age I was then, I wanted to shout, "That setup is too contrived.  No one actually has the name of Repeat!"

I kept that thought to myself, though.  I didn't want to be a spoilsport.  Don't get me started on Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First," however.