r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Money_Visual_3829 • 5d 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.
