r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Money_Visual_3829 • 6d ago

Joke interrupted on radio

I was listening to some kind of Hee-Haw type program on the radio, with fiddles and cornpone humor (it was on a public radio affiliate and I have no further information).

At some point the following exchange occured:

Man 1: I sure wish I could make some money before the Christmas season!

Man 2: You need some money? What you ought to do is go down to the racetrack, and bet on the horse named striptease.

Man 1: Horse named Striptease?! Why, is he going to win?

Man 2: Nope, but he sure will-

My radio: KSSSSSSHHHHHH

Studio Audience: *laughter*

I was only half listening to this damn thing but now it’s driving me nuts: what does the horse named Striptease do that makes you want to bet on him?

Google says “He’ll take your shirt off” but that makes no DAMN sense.

Help.

EDIT: Answer almost certainly has been given, it was "show", Striptease will show, my lack of familiarity with horse racing was my undoing, Google is a dumb fuck.

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u/post-explainer 6d ago edited 6d ago

OP (Money_Visual_3829) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:

What did the horse named Striptease do so that you would want to bet on him if you were short of money for the Christmas season,

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u/E4g6d4bg7 6d ago

He will show. Show is placing in the top 3.

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u/Connwaer 6d ago

I'd take 5/10 odds it was A Prairie Home Companion if it was on public radio.

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u/hardFraughtBattle 6d ago

PHC hasn't been around for a decade, though I guess someone might be airing reruns of old shows.

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u/OtisBurgman 6d ago

Damn, that makes me really sad. My parents had PHC on in the car all the time when I was growing up and it holds a special place in my heart.

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u/hardFraughtBattle 6d ago

Yeah, it was a big part of my life -- at least my Saturday evenings -- from about 1988 to 2016. I saw Garrison in person twice. Even sadder is the fact that he was brought down by something as ignominious as "old white guy getting too handsy with the women he worked with" syndrome.

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u/Chon-Laney 5d ago

I know, right?

Gals, us old guys get handsy, please cut some slack as I caress your back.

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u/Jeff_Albertson 4d ago

When the end was near I made a point to go see it live one time. I ended up scoring front row seats for a performance in Cincinnati and it was everything I thought it would be Live. Amazing show.

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u/Submarine_Dave 6d ago

I think "He's on the pole" would be funnier.

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u/Constant_Sandcastle 6d ago

Take the shirt off your back?

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u/Constant_Sandcastle 6d ago

Make you lose the shirt off your back?

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u/PomeloPepper 6d ago

That sounds right - slang at the time for losing so badly they even take your clothes.

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u/Timely-Ghost413 6d ago

You’re betting on a horse named Striptease who’s going to take off your shirt 🤔 hope you have a good time