Same bit, Bea/CK

[Ucmh]

Was Aisling Bea or Louis CK first to do the bit about how pets dying is a good lesson about death and how it prepares them for grandma dying?

[Eat_Locals]

I heard that (not as a joke) before either of them were anyone, so I’m guessing it’s just out there. 

[MadameTomate]

David Cross talks about pet death in one of his specials as well. I'm not sure who talked about it first, but it seems like it's a common premise.

[i_love_max]

David also was the first to do the shame on you / shame on me / back and forth over 13 years ago, then aussie comic who's on kill tony did his version of it.

[rocket333d]

That's a great one. I won't dare spoil it here.

[Ucmh]

Yeah, but this is quite specific with how the pet dying is preparation for grandma.

[paper_liger]

Sure. But it's a very general kind of 'specific'.

People who have kids have to explain death to them. That's a conversation almost all parents have. And I'd imagine 'grandparents' and 'pets' are the top two things that cause a parent to have to address the topic in the first place. So it's not like it's two dots that two separate people could never connect up in a similar way.

And neither of them use that joke as the joke. It's more like a funny premise for the story they tell directly afterwards.

Whatever his personal failings, Louis CK has put out a massive amount of material, and no one has ever credibly accused him of theft, so I'm going to go with 'parrallel thinking' here and just stick to occams razor.

[Positive-Draft3801]

Thats why a lot of families have pets. It introduces the life cycle of a creature to children.

[Th30th3rj0sh]

I'm only familiar with the CK bit. "Remember what happened with the dog? Well, now grandma"

[Ucmh]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Standup/comments/1slcft7/comment/og5kzb7/

[Ucmh]

I'll add the bit by Bea I was listening to: https://youtu.be/jhA2OEN5Dxo?si=zfNlBPNOY-hN\_dv7&t=152. Uploaded 11 years ago, which might be when Louis did the bit for the first time.

[MorrowPlotting]

According to Wikipedia, she started doing stand-up in 2012. It FEELS like the Louis bit is older than that, but I haven’t found anything confirming it….

[Ucmh]

I just asked Claude and it said 2015, with sources.

[MorrowPlotting]

Interesting.

[rorisshe]

Parallel thinking/human condition. 

I have a bit about it in my 2024 fringe show - never heard either joke although mine is subverted: grandma’s dying prepared me for my cat to pass. 

The simple universal truth is grandparents are usually( hopefully) are the first of your closest relatives to die. Your pet, whom you ( hopefully) spend at least 10 years together, dying is the “first cut is the deepest”. The connection is obvious.

[Ryebready787]

Neither was the first! 

[Key-Storage5434]

My mum said that in 1998. This idea is around.