Looking for stand up comedy bit that ended with: Let the boys play, ref!
March 2, 2024 12:04 PM Subscribe
Somewhere around 4-10 years ago I heard a great set on the podcast Put Your Hands Together. The episode was hosted by comedian River Butcher under his previous name.
A male comedian did a well-received set, the highlight was a long bit with some of the following: [paraphrased elements inside]
- when you're a kid it's so easy to make friends
- your life was so good that eating was an annoyance to you (something like "is dinner over yet so I can get back to my amazing life??")
- when you're an adult you don't know how to hang out like that, so you just ask friends if they want to eat dinner
- the closest you get to that kid freedom is going to a game to watch other people play
- that's why spectators get so mad at the refs, they are harkening back to their childhood and they want the ref to "let the boys play"
Any idea who this comedian was? Or how I can find the bit?
Thanks!
- when you're a kid it's so easy to make friends
- your life was so good that eating was an annoyance to you (something like "is dinner over yet so I can get back to my amazing life??")
- when you're an adult you don't know how to hang out like that, so you just ask friends if they want to eat dinner
- the closest you get to that kid freedom is going to a game to watch other people play
- that's why spectators get so mad at the refs, they are harkening back to their childhood and they want the ref to "let the boys play"
Any idea who this comedian was? Or how I can find the bit?
Thanks!
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(I miss that show a lot.)
posted by rabbitbookworm at 1:19 PM on March 2 [5 favorites]