The classic Saturday Night Live joke won’t make you laugh unless you already know the backstory or witness Bill Hader giggling hysterically while violating his direct and stern role on the show. To fully get the humour, you must first familiarise yourself with the setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a waste of time to offer comedy without knowing what’s going on in the background. “His success will guarantee the whole world remembers his name as Sidney Applebaum,” the commander says in Woody Allen’s classic play “Love and Death.” One of the film’s many unsubstantiated claims adds to the film’s distinctive and undeniably amusing nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While performing wonderfully on Saturday Night Live, Stefon, a talented comic, creates the tone for the audience by genuinely imagining a Halloween party.” “There was a Jewish analogue of Blackula\u2014the dark Dracula named Sidney Applebaum,” he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The emcee and the audience both broke out laughing. There appear to be two possible explanations for their laughter. They could have thought Dracula’s name was clever and humorous at first. It comes out as weak and uninteresting, and it’s presented with a mocking tone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, perhaps, the guests would have been so terrified by Dracula that they would never forget him, just way Sidney Applebaum is still known across the world. But also in hearts of millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n