Yeah, I get all that but I don't think most people would ever consider this "comedy bit" true or wise? I think when we start over analyzing fiction for fact, it takes some of the fun out of it, don't you?
I sorta agree. "The best standup performers have the ability to point out the things we all know but are either afraid to admit or have never realized we knew." The problem I have is that there are a lot of modern myths. Things like 'the jews built the pyramids in Giza' or 'sugar makes you hyper' or 'you need to drink 8 glasses of water a day.' People have been found to believe things more when they hear them more often. http://sitemaker.umich.edu/norbert.schwarz/files/lewandowsky... So I think it's important to point out its factual inaccuracy. More importantly, I think it's fine for him to say it, but also fine for me to point out he's mostly wrong on all accounts. I wouldn't be so quick to discount performances like this as perpetuating these myths. As some of them he got from entertainers himself. For instance I'm pretty sure if Louis CK thinks hard about where he got the idea that ancient Jews built the pyramids it will look something like this...