@@greyfells2829 ive listened to it 4 times, and while I have no doubt he thinks he tied it together like you said its so weak its basically just him saying the words american revolution, then he expects you to just brainstorm random things about it lol
It's so weird because all his jokes are maybe 85-90% normal setup but then they take a WILD, veering left turn at the last minute and arrive at a punchline that no other human being would use. You'd think he would land a joke once or twice by sheer accident but he NEVER does.
You know how pop/rap producers will sometimes bring in a guy who specializes in writing a hook for a song that's like 80% complete but needs a catchy chorus or riff to tie it together? Tom needs someone like that for his jokes. He sometimes actually comes up with decent foundational premises for jokes, but they just never land because his punchlines make no fucking sense. If he hired a writing partner to fix his punchlines he might actually deliver some decent material.
Liaten to the first 2 minutes of a Tom Myers vs the World podcast. He does something like a late-night talk show monologue, and the setup is there, but most of the jokes make zero sense
When he said that line I had this vision of Tom doing standup in front of a half-dozen homeless people in the parking lot of some abandoned Kmart in Bumblefuck, Ohio because the guys made up a fake comedy festival there and booked Tom as the headliner.
your wife just had a life-saving operation, so you’re all flustered running to the closest store to buy her anything that might make her feel better and when you get to the checkout your mind is racing and you’re embarrassed at what a poor job you did of picking out food so as you half-heartedly explain what’s happening you catch both barrels to the face and are blasted with the hardest dunk of all time
Adam trying to sound smart by bringing up the myth of Sisyphus and Stav trying to sound greek by correcting him even though he has no idea what he's talking about is perfectly on brand lol
@@pocketgrim4942 It's not really as much "knowing" it's applying the lessons to presumably a modern situation in a way that isn't forced, WHILE being funny. Still, it's not Albert Einstein stuff, but I bet if you asked 10 people who sisyphus was, at most like 4 would say yes. Nobody gives a shit about that stuff after 7th grade, and really nobody should unless you're like, a teacher.
I’ve watched and listened to the bong hit transplant bit so many times, my favorite part is the tiny exhale after the punchline, followed by silent applause
@mrscruffles801 It's not even really a "drug" at this point. It's legal (or basically legal) in like half the US now. Smoking weed is not a countercultural thing anymore, it's mainstream.
I literally discovered Tom Myer's today but he has immediately becomes an all time comedic great for me. The guy genuinely needs to be celebrated, it's a minor tragedy that Tom Myers isn't beloved the same way Tommy Wiseau is. The thing with Tom, as with all great comedians, is that the more analysis and context that can be provided for the jokes the funnier they become. Once you begin to appreciate his manic, schizophrenic rationale and philosophy of humour you see that there is very real method to his madness. Despite all cursory indications he is NOT bombing on stage and just flapping his gums to make up time because he's so overwhelmed by the moment. Tom Myers is a SERIOUS comic, and JUST like ANY Firefighter rescuing people from burning buildings he too is a master of his, most vital and socially important, calling. Just ask him!
The most interesting thing to me is the subtle respect Nick gives to Tom as a comedian to at least attempt to do the jokes the way Tom performs them, with the cadence and timing, I think on some level Nick really does consider him a friend or long-time acquaintance
@@janberkemeier7406Because in written form you can imagine it being delivered in a funny way. When Tom says it you have no choice but to hear Tom's delivery.
I literally had Tom Meyers deliver my food on DoorDash today. Mind you, this is in Bel air MD. I asked him why he was dashing and he said it was “for insurance purposes” lol. Also I’m gay
"It's like getting pulled over by Sam's club" hearing that just now, me currently almost through my shift at Sam's Club, nearly put me in cardiac arrest
Walked past Tom in the wild two days ago and will forever be bummed I didn’t stop him for a picture. He was wearing a COVID mask so I couldn’t be sure it was him, but messaged him on Instagram later and he confirmed it was.
My mind is so filled with gay thoughts that I only just realized the hillary clinton joke is insinuating that he wants to eat out hillary clinton in the oval office which I'm not at all surprised by
Tom Myers is one of those compulsive liars who thinks people believe what he's saying, but really it's just that the stories he makes up are so boring and pointless that no one even cares enough to bother questioning them.
This guy straight up tried to make a bill hicks set, he does certain tones and delivery that is DIRECTLY lifted from hicks. But he's not funny or clever.
@@Verbose-ir7sfthen he didnt commit to the bit, you cant make the room but half good, thats just a terrible film, what makes shit like the room good is that its unaware of why its bad, but informed enough to make every wrong decision, car accidents happen every day and go unoticed by most of the world, a building falls over and its written about in the history books
@coreygolpheneee Yeah, The Room is fascinating not just because it's poorly-made, but because of all the bizzare choices Tommy Wiseau made throughout the production, like: every character exclusively referring to Lisa as Johnny's "future wife" instead of just using the word "fiancee" like normal people do; having a random scene where the guys play football in tuxedos for no reason; building a fake rooftop set and greenscreening a city skyline background instead of just shooting on an actual rooftop, etc. Every scene in the film is filled with strange and unnecessary details like this make you constantly wonder what Wiseau was thinking when he decided to do it that way.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Tom Myers. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical listener’s head. There's also Tom’s schizophrenic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Bill Hicks’s stand-up, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Tom Myers truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Tom’s existential catchphrase “Bong-Hit Transplant” which itself is a cryptic reference to the American Pot Revolution. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Tom Myers’s genius wit unfolds itself on their streaming platforms. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Tom Myers tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.
The tombstone story is actually a lot darker than Tom realizes. Tom thinks his dad pre-purchasing his gravestone and burial plot is simply his dad being weird. He doesn't realize that his dad did this because he knows Tom will never have a wife or kids, so when Tom eventually dies there won't be any next of kin around to handle his funeral arrangements. So his parents are making those arrangements now, while they're still alive, in preparation for the inevitable future in which their son dies alone with no one to bury him. The gravestone story is painfully tragic and depressing in a way Tom doesn't even understand.
13:40, literally one of the latest episodes of tafs, Nick, as a 35 year old man, complained about how a little bit of pee gets into his pants after pissing.
What exactly is the payoff of Tom’s “intern in Hillary’s White House” joke supposed to be? That he wants her to be president so that he could be her intern, so that she can molest him with a cigar to get back at Bill? I really want to know- what part did he intend to be funny?
So I'll admit, I wasn't really paying attention to this until they played the clip of Tom at the show. I didn't pick up on the sarcasm, so I thought they were just talking up some friend of theirs... But once I actually heard the man himself... Holy fuck, dude. I have never cringelaughed harder in my gay, small-penised life.
lmaoooooooo i did a few mics & shows with him in DC and one time he made a joke about the host then tried to riff a punchline about his mom's tits when the host couldn't have been a nicer jovial dude 😅fuckin madams organ dude
His revolutionary war pot thing bit is clearly trying to do a Bill Hicks type thing the writing, timing and stage presence are just off, Bill could take that premise and make it work.
