The Multi-Talented Jack Effel Speaks
"A man comes home from a poker game and his wife is angry. 'Where have you been?' she says. 'At the poker game,' says the husband. 'I lost you in a hand, you have to leave.' 'How did you do that?' said the wife. 'It wasn't easy,' replied the husband, 'I had to fold a royal flush.'"
Except for a couple of muted boos, silence reigned.
Then to media doyen Nolan Dalla:
"Nolan, you've got to write better material than this."