Thank You Ted, That Was The Joke

A phrase used when a person explains the punchline to a joke. A quip first used in Family Guy. While cards, Peter says that aces "go both way", prompting Ted Turner to say "Just like a bisexual!" Michael Eisner responds with "Thank you Ted, that was the joke."

Bob: How do you confuse a blond?
James: I don't know, how?
Bob: Put her in a circular room and tell her to find the corner.
James: Hahah! There isn't a corner in a circular room!
Bob:Thank you Ted, that was the joke.

by tendollarlameo July 4, 2011

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step on the joke

To 'step on a joke' is a term in comedy writing. It means to ruin a decent joke by by following it too quickly with a riff or another punchline in an attempt to draw more laughs. Stepping on a joke is a fatal flaw of bad sitcoms and improv groups, where several actors may step on each other's jokes in attempts to one-up each other.

Joke-stepping is particularly noticeable in certain comics, where attempts to cram several related punchlines into a short space such as a final panel are more obvious than in filmed media.

In some usage, to step on a joke means to ruin it by deflating it or explaining it. This is more accurately called 'killing the joke' which can be a deliberate form of anti-humor. Stepping on the joke usually isn't.

To use the phrase:

Did you see that Jay Leno monologue? Making all those lame comments after his punchline? He stepped on that joke so hard he practically curb-stomped it.

To step on the joke:

It was like he was going, "Kiss the curb, you joke!" Heh. Hmm. Yeah. Whoo.

*Applause sign flickers*

by Joe Rappin' Pesci July 24, 2010

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Sucking the Joke

Taking a joke too seriously, being offended from an indirect joke.

Man: Feminists should just take a dick in their ass before they hate it.
Women: You know what? You're a misogynist patriarchy pig!
Man: Stop, you're just Sucking the Joke.

by 8 inches soft September 27, 2017

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@you.missed.the.joke

On tiktok, If someone obviously missed something in the video like a joke or sarcasm, people tag "@you.missed.the.joke". However, a comment can be a joke and if someone replies with,"@you.missed.the.joke", people tag,"@no.you.missed.the.joke", thinking that sarcasm is literal or jokes are the opposite of whomever commented that actually means.

Alternates:
@you.missed.the.joke.dumbass
@youmissedthejoke
@no.shit.sherlock
@congrats.you.missed.the.joke
@noshit
@really.sherlock
@you.missed.the.joke.idiot

User1: "Actually, the sun is 1 Astronomical Unit away from Earth.
User2: "@you.missed.the.joke"
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User1: "No, I live in Uranus, I breathe wall, and I have 6 legs"
User2: "@you.missed.the.joke.dumbass"
User3: "@no.you.missed.the.joke

by Dictontony November 4, 2022

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that was the joke Ted

You say this when somebody blatantly states the meaning of a joke that everybody got.

It comes from the episode of Family Guy when Peter becomes friends with Lois's father.

Carter: "Ace high or low"
Peter: "It goes both ways."
*everybody laughs*
Ted Turner: "like a bisexual"
Peter: "That was the joke Ted."

by McNooget April 16, 2010

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Ross the joke

Making a funny joke not funny

Guy 1: What idiot called it erectile dysfunction and not ballzhiemers?
Guy 2: Actually, erectile dysfunction has nothing to do with the balls.
Guy 1: Why do you have to Ross the joke because you just made the joke not funny?

by Ainsleysommers December 21, 2018

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