I'm Rico Gagliano. And I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and this is the best of the dinner party

download 2009. Shoot off the party poppers and pour the champagne. We have put together our favorite

segments from the year, but first up is our icebreaker joke. And unfortunately, it's not about

a talking sausage. And it's not about light bulbs and Dr. Freud.

Or a ventriloquist hamster.

These were all jokes we liked.

But no, this was the one that you, dear listeners, said was your favorite.

And it comes from songwriter and geek bard, Jonathan Colton.

Okay, here's your joke.

Sam Clam and Larry Lobster are good friends.

Larry Lobster dies.

He ascends to heaven.

He is given a harp and a pair of wings and a halo because of course he is an angel now.

And he says to St. Peter, look, I have a very good friend. We were just in the process

of opening a new undersea disco and it was going to be great and it's opening night.

I would love if I could just go back down for one more night.

And St. Peter says, yes, I will allow it. But you cannot lose any of these angel things, the halo and the harp and the wings. Do not misplace them.

There is a blinding flash of light. He is alive again. There is a tearful reunion with his friend Sam the Klam.

They opened the disco. Larry Lobster ascends to heaven again. St. Peter saysful reunion with his friend Sam the Klam. They opened the disco. Larry

Lobster ascends to heaven again. St. Peter says, now, do you have your wings? And Larry

Lobster says yes. Do you have your halo? And Larry Lobster says yes. Do you have your harp?

And Larry Lobster's like, oh no. I left my harp in Sam Claims disco.

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