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In July 2024, Australian comedian Reuben Solo auditioned forAmericas Got Talentand was booed offstage.
He used a loud voice-over track to drown out whatever they said with prerecorded compliments.
(Im still waiting for it to start, a bewildered Sofia Vergara said.)
Disgraced, the comedian returned home to Australia a failure.
And the bit doesnt even end there.
One of the specials most traditional jokes unexpectedly leads to its best and most unhinged routine.
I think the definition of insanity is a severely disordered state of the mind.
Hes trying it again.
Having brought the audience onboard with this new meta layer, he attempts the joke athirdtime and receives applause.
Thats fascinating, he says.
Weve actually told the joke three times now, and we got kind of a different result every time.
Still underwhelmed by the audience reaction, Solo opts to tell the joke afourthtime.
Its not getting any funnier.
It wasnt funny the first time!
Theres a version of this bit that could conceivably play well onAGT.
But asPlease Clapdemonstrates, thats not who Solo is as a performer.
To even try it there, some might say, would be the definition of insanity.
