{"id":7574,"date":"2010-07-06T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T11:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/blog\/?p=7574"},"modified":"2010-07-06T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T11:27:04","slug":"bp-and-oil-spill-jokes-from-david-letterman-jay-leno-jimmy-fallon-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/bp-and-oil-spill-jokes-from-david-letterman-jay-leno-jimmy-fallon-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"BP and Oil Spill Jokes from David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some of the best BP and oil spill jokes (so far) from David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Bill Maher, and other leading comedians.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

With big news comes big jokes, even when the news is completely depressing and disheartening. Or perhaps because<\/em> the news is such and we need a way to lighten up in the face of it.<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of top BP and oil spill jokes<\/a> compiled by Daniel Kurtzman of About.com (with my favorites in bold<\/strong>):<\/p>\n

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“The BP president said yesterday that the company would survive. That’s like someone running over your dog and saying, ‘Don’t worry, my car is fine.’<\/strong>” \u2014Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“A congressman actually apologized to BP’s CEO for the way the company has been treated. How stupid are you when the CEO of BP is in the room and people think you’re the moron?<\/strong>” \u2013Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“Today, President Obama finally met with BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, but the meeting was only scheduled 20 minutes. Call me crazy, but I think it should take more time to discuss an oil spill than it does to get your oil checked.” \u2014Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“Now, I know Obama was trying to take the long view, but talking about solar energy in the middle of the oil spill is like watching your house engulfed in flames and saying, ‘We really should change the curtains.'” \u2014Craig Ferguson<\/p>\n

“The president met with BP CEO Tony Hayward, and Obama was demanding that BP clean up the Gulf. And I’m thinking, good luck. They can’t even clean up their gas station restrooms.<\/strong>” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

“How about that oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. And you know, the oil slick is going everywhere. So the next time somebody lands on the Hudson, it won’t be that big a deal.” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

“BP CEO Tony Hayward said recently, ‘No one wants this thing over more than I do. I’d like my life back.’ Tony, I’m so sorry you had your summer disrupted. I’d buy you a drink, but you’d probably spill that too … and make me clean it up.” \u2014Craig Ferguson<\/p>\n

“Here’s a little bit of good news. The Coast Guard says that BP is now catching up to 630,000 gallons of oil a day. The bad news is that they’re capturing it with ducks.” \u2014Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“This Tony Haywire guy, whatever his name is, he told the BBC on Sunday that he believes the new oil cap that they’ve installed will eventually capture the vast majority of oil spewing from the well. You know, if they could capture half the BS spewing from Tony Hayward, people would be thrilled.” \u2014Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“BP CEO Tony Hayward said he would just like to get his life back. He wants to get his life back. You know, I say give him life plus 20.<\/strong>” \u2014Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“A few days ago, Vice President Biden and Rahm Emanuel had a water gun fight during a party at Biden’s house. Meanwhile, Sasha and Malia spent the last few days trying to solve the BP oil crisis.” \u2014Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company. In response, Twitter wants BP to shut down the oil leak that’s ruining the ocean.<\/strong>” \u2014Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“The oil spill is getting bad. There is so much oil and tar now in the Gulf of Mexico, Cubans can now walk to Miami.” \u2013David Letterman<\/p>\n

“A new poll found that 43 percent of Americans think President Obama is doing a good job at handling the BP oil spill. Of course, the same poll found that 43 percent of Americans hate pelicans.” \u2013Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“And today at a press conference, Obama said that the government does not have better technology than BP. That’s a nice thing to announce to the world, that our government has fewer resources than a company that tried to plug a hole with a ‘top hat.’<\/strong>” \u2013Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“Well, folks, here’s the latest update. I guess this is good news. BP officials say the ‘top kill’ plan is working. The bad news \u2014 BP officials are a bunch of lying weasels.<\/strong>” \u2013Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“In a new interview, BP’s CEO said that the Gulf Coast oil spill is relatively tiny compared to the ‘very big ocean.’ That’s like telling someone who’s just been shot not to worry about the bullet because they’re really, really fat.<\/strong>” \u2013Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

“Scientists say they have developed a car that can run on water. The only catch is, the water has to come from the Gulf of Mexico.<\/strong>” -Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“I love this. On the news today, the CEO of British Petroleum says he believes the overall environmental impact of this oil spill will be very, very modest. Yeah. If you live in England!<\/strong>” \u2013Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“BP has inserted a siphon tube into the well to suck up all the oil from the spill. And they’ve had a lot of experience in this area, by the way. This is the same tube they’ve been using to suck the money out of our wallets for the past 50 years.<\/strong>” \u2013Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“What they’re going to do is they’re going to suck all of that oil that’s leaking into the gulf and pump it up into a tanker. Now the bad news is the tanker is the Exxon Valdez.” \u2013David Letterman<\/p>\n

“In Louisiana, BP claims that it’s making progress with the leaking oil in the Gulf. They’re working on a plan to heat the Gulf up to 600 degrees and use it to fry chicken.” \u2013Jimmy Kimmel<\/p>\n

“Have you been following the big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Or as we call it now, the Dead Sea.” \u2013David Letterman<\/p>\n

“There is so much oil now in the Gulf of Mexico, and you can thank the folks of British Petroleum for this, so much oil in the Gulf, you can now park on it.” \u2013David Letterman<\/p>\n

“And tar is washing up onto the beaches \u2014 big globs of tar. And people are saying, ‘Is that going to ruin our summer at the beach?’ No, of course not. You take the big blobs of tar and you use them to hold down your blanket.” \u2013David Letterman<\/p>\n

“This oil spill in the Gulf is affecting everybody. In fact, when I went to lunch this weekend and ordered the sea bass, they asked if I wanted it regular or unleaded.<\/strong>” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

“British Petroleum said today that if this spill gets worse, they may soon have to start drilling for water.<\/strong>” \u2014Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“Dick Cheney’s pals at Halliburton … say they’re going to do the underwater cement job to plug the hole. I thought, wait a minute, this is a mistake. Underwater cement? You call the mafia. Am I right?” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

“The oil company said it was the rig company’s fault. The rig company said it was Halliburton. And somehow, each time they passed the blame, Goldman Sachs made a hundred million dollars.<\/strong>” \u2014Bill Maher<\/p>\n

“We’re still dropping things on it. This is like if your toilet overflowed and you tried to fix it by smashing it with a brick. Their next idea is to get the old lady from Titanic and she’s going to throw her jewelry at it.<\/strong>” \u2014Bill Maher, on the oil spill in the Gulf<\/p>\n

“You folks been following the big British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? I’m telling you, British Petroleum has put more birds in oil than Colonel Sanders.” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

“On Monday, British Petroleum promised to pay all necessary cleanup costs for this oil spill. And they said they will do it, no matter how much they have to raise gas prices.” \u2014Jay Leno<\/p>\n

“They say the oil spill has the potential to kill more wildlife than a Sarah Palin hunting trip.<\/strong>” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

“This is the worst thing to happen to beaches since the Speedo.” \u2014Bill Maher, on the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico<\/p>\n

“The plan is to contain the oil slick with fire-retardant beams, and then set fire to the oil that pools on the surface. They say if it works there in the Gulf, they’re going to try it on the cast of Jersey Shore.” \u2014Bill Maher<\/p>\n

“By the way, Sarah Palin, if you’re watching, how is that offshore drilling working out for ya?<\/strong>” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

“Bad news, it’s going to be a huge environmental disaster, the oil rig down there in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is they think now that the oil spill will be diluted by the melting ice caps.<\/strong>” \u2014David Letterman<\/p>\n

Image Credits: bernie.levine via flickr<\/a> and bernie.levine via flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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