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Remedial Comedy-Writing for T-Shirt Companies

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am

Methinks some people in the t-shirt business misunderstand the basic idea of funniness.
For example, I just got a little ad on Facebook, which claims this is “the funniest Star Trek t-shirt ever … !”

Well, um … no. That’s not especially funny. Sure, “Make it so” was Captain Picard’s catchphrase. But there’s nothing funny about […]

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Tags: Culture · Comedy · TV · Science Fiction · Star Trek · Advertising · Facebook