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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

History The Funny Fax

Posted by on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Before introducing Sinead O'Connor at the 1989 Grammy's (she performs one of the strangest pop tunes of the 80s, "Mandinka"), Billy Crystal cracks a joke that has no comic-value (or direct comic-value) outside of its exact place in history:

We laugh at the joke about faxing Grammy awards not because it is funny in itself, but because we find it funny that people once found a joke about the technology (which is now dying) funny.

 

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If by "perform" you mean "lip sync" while the CD plays in the background, sure.
Posted by tiktok on May 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM

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