"Jesus was Jewish" HAHAAH
"Jesus was Jewish" HAHAAH
#1"Jesus was Jewish" HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 4:40pm
I never got this joke. I saw the show a couple of times in Las Vegas and I've heard the recording hundreds of times, but I've never gotten this joke.
Please explain.
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#2'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 4:56pmNot really sure what show you're referring to but if the joke is in fact, "Jesus was Jewish" it's not a joke, he was, and his birth name was Joseph.
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#3'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 5:03pm
Gary and Kate are arguing if Jesus' race was white or black. Princeton says that Jesus' race was Jewish.
BLACK MAN:
WHITE MAN:
JEWISH MAN:
Updated On: 2/28/10 at 05:03 PM
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#4'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 5:05pmActually Gary and Kate argue about it. Princeton makes the joke.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#5'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 5:20pmI think the assumption is that Princeton is Jewish. The point of the joke is that it comes after Gary and Kate argue about whether or not Jesus is black.
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#6'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 5:57pmI always just assumed it was, like, an anti semitic joke...
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#8'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 6:24pmExplaining jokes pretty much kills them.
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#9'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 6:42pmKate and Gary argue whether Jesus was white or black, so Princeton says, "Jesus was Jewish" to put him into a stereotype where they can make racist/antisemitic jokes. "Everyone's a little bit racist", of course, so they laugh about him being Jewish.
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#10'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 7:19pmI've never really found it to be anti-semitic joke, since Jesus as a person was Jewish. That's why I've always found the whole whether Jesus is black or white argument hilarious because he would have been Middle Eastern.
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#11'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 8:55pmUh. The white person says Jesus is white. The black person says Jesus was black. (and although Princeton is a DAMN odd name for a Jew) The Jewish person points out he's Jewish. They all laugh at their prejudices.
#12'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 8:57pmWait, people actually still think Jesus (as an actual person) was white? Seriously?
#13'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 9:05pmI thought I read somewhere how Elton John also thinks Jesus was Jewish.
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#14'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 9:06pmWell Elton John is a homo and what do homos know about anything?
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#15'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 9:19pmyou guys, Jesus was definitely white. my grandma had a portrait of him in her house forever and you could even see he had blue eyes to go with his sandy brown hair.
#16'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 9:26pm
"Uh. The white person says Jesus is white. The black person says Jesus was black. (and although Princeton is a DAMN odd name for a Jew) The Jewish person points out he's Jewish. They all laugh at their prejudices."
It's more like the monster thinks Jesus is white, the black guy thinks Jesus is black, when someone points out that Jesus was Jewish, the other two think that's absurd and laugh.
There's no textual support for Princeton being Jewish, anyway.
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#17'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 9:43pmPer Avenue Jew, he is a Jewish American Princeton.
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#18'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 10:55pmGeorge Carlin used to do a bit about if Christ had be called Bllom,all Christians would be called Bloomers.
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#19'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 11:25pm
"I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems..." Sir Elton's words.
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#20'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 2/28/10 at 11:45pm
You had to be there at the particular moment to be funny.
And for the record, here is the dialogue.
Princeton:
Oh, Christ do I feel good.
Gary Coleman:
Now there was a fine upstanding black man!
Princeton:
Who?
Gary Coleman:
Jesus Christ.
Kate Monster:
But, Gary, Jesus was white.
Gary Coleman:
No, Jesus was black.
Kate Monster:
No, Jesus was white.
Gary Coleman:
No, I'm pretty sure that Jesus was black-
Princeton:
Guys, guys...Jesus was Jewish!
* Nowhere was is said or intimated that Princeton is Jewish.
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#21'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 3/1/10 at 12:03amBrian's the Jewish character, as evidenced by the characters wearing yarmulkas during the wedding. So he comes out as soon as Princeton says "Jesus was Jewish" since he's the next race being made fun of.
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#22'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 3/1/10 at 12:25am
Hasn't anyone seen the bumper sticker that reads, "My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter."?
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#23'Jesus was Jewish' HAHAAH
Posted: 3/1/10 at 2:00am
Jews have alot to be made fun of.
**spoken from a jew**
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