The First Joke I Ever Sold...

I recently was paid a lot of money for a joke I wrote by a rather famous stand-up Los Angeles based comic. He has his own show and everything.

I'm not sure when it will become a standard part of his act, but here's the joke in case you should see him perform it:

"One of the greatest things about being a father is having a son. Because you know, deep inside, that you can train him to be the professional athlete that you always wanted to be.

So, from the age of 2, you give him a basketball. And you teach hiim to dribble with both hands. And you put up a goal, and you encourage him to drive the lane against you.

And he's only 2, so you are rejecting every shot in his face. But you keep on encouraging him. And soon, he ages. He gets bigger and he can start scoring against you. He can block your shots. He can step back and drain the three. He's got game.

And he goes to high-school, and he's all-state. But you keep working with him on his game. And his team wins the Championship. And he goes to one of those big Basketball Colleges like Indiana or Kentucky with 3 million students and 800,000 people in the arena for each game.

And he wins the final four by himself. He's drafted #1 by the L.A. Lakers. He wins the NBA Finals. He's the leading scorer. He breaks several of Michael Jordan's records. And right when he is presented with the NBA MVP Trophy and a new contract worth $75 zillion a year, he looks to the camera and he says:

'Hi Mom!'

AAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH! She never spent hours in the driveway with the ungrateful son of a bitch!"

I expect it to air on Comedy Central soon. Fingers crossed!

posted by Jack M. at 04:56 PM

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