i love how chris's delivery is less that of a person performing a comedy routine and more of a mad prophet desperately trying to tell everyone in the town square about the face of god while doing unorthodox aerobic exercises
Hi, I'm male, I work at Trader Joes. I was wondering what kind of invisible bundles of crinkly mass I was stocking in the shelf every day, now I know. Also explains why half of this sh!t doesnt even scan properly at checkout 😂
@@Charlotte-zj8rqI asked an older looking employee about their fish tanks the other day and he was very confused and then later on as I was about to exit the store he approached me and told me that his oldest co-worker who had been working even longer than him remembered when trader Joe's had fish tanks.
As a paleobotanist I'm afraid I've only been to a TJ maybe three times in my life and when I was there I didn't make any breakthroughs, therefore subjecting my gender to serious inquiry
@@iluvhammys all I have are some file boxes full of ancient plants handed over by long retired professors idk you tell me. Would love to know what 3000 year old corn tastes like hardest part of the job keeping myself in check
He knows his glasses are massive and uses this opportunity to make a roundabout joke. It is doubly funny because he makes allusion to the prominence (size or thickness) of the glasses, without mentioning those qualities directly, leaving the audience to fill in the rest immediately. Thanks for reading another installment of "Andrew inadvertently kills the joke by explaining it."
A classic Chris Flemming segment: funny walks, strange foley, and something extremely fucking specific that somehow everyone understands and agrees with XD
The only thing I've ever found that a seagull rejected outright was a rice cake. Couldn't blame the guy; I was tossing them outside for somebody else to eat so I didn't have to. (Same place, saw a seagull swoop down and steal an entire STEAK off a guy's plate.)
Chris Fleming literally did a 6 minute set about "women shopping" and everyone loved it 😂 Send this to every dad, uncle, and conservative comedian who thinks you can't say any of this without getting cancelled
It hadn't even clicked in my head that this is technically a joke about "women shopping" but I guess that just goes to show that there's not really any topic that's "off-limits" (as some like to believe) as long as you're actually being funny and original and wanting your audience to have a good time instead of telling the same tired jokes from fifty years ago because you're bitter about women having equal rights.
@@sylph8005 my only thought was that it made the joke sound dated! Not cancelable or anything, lol, just made me go "OH, i know when this was written" for a split second. :)
I was at TJ's last night and I asked an employee about this baharat seasoning mix that I got there once but hadn't seen in a while. I spelled it for him and he went to look it up. Came back and said "It isn't even in the computer." They break our hearts but we keep coming back.
That was hysterical and brilliant. And correct. I work in an office filled with women who routinely discover Trader Joe food discoveries. And yes, I am their leader.
The only time I went to Trader Joe’s was after an 8 hour flight, Friday evening in New York. There was no clear layout or way to navigate, the signs said things like “crunch time!” or “let’s get spicy!” It was bright like an interrogation. I saw a woman stacking shelves who had just given up and was resting her forehead on a pile of granola bars. I left with frozen vegan enchiladas and a kind of white strawberry that was supposed to taste like pineapple. It’s one of the worst places I’ve ever been. I’m nonbinary.
I am immensely impressed by this guy's ability to do observational comedy about a thing *literally no one has every observed or thought ever*, and sell it so convincingly that you're like "haha women really do become higher dimensional beings in Trader Joe's while my finger is stuck in the syrup container, so true."
Always a strong sense of whiplash when Chris' stream of consciousness that has meandered all the way to Narnia reverts quickly back to the title topic: very strong rollercoaster vibes for the psyche, a true thrill.
i hang in the ceiling rafters of tjs watching people, using a fishing pole to acquire a bag of dried baby bananas every hour. and nobody notices because nobody thinks to look up........in a grocery store
this man's glasses reach into other dimensions, and his tank tops reach down through the roots of the universe to grasp at jokes nobody else dares to make
oh fun fact some of their salmon (like the novo smoked salmon) is from chilean farms that have to use such high amounts of antibiotics due to the fish lice problem that the salmon itself pretty much functions like amoxicillin due to bioaccumulation
Women Bring Their ancestors To Trader Joe’s We can see the ghosts of our elders between the glossy packaging My grandma eating only a small bite of the cake at a time grew up during Great Depression My mother not letting herself eat donuts I saw her weigh herself when I was little When I touch each bag of chips that excites me When I grab each box of cereal that I want I dream that all our daughters Grow up in a world where food is simply fun
This is one of the most creative bits Ive seen in awhile---Im convinced Chris Fleming is a Bob's Burgers/Adventure time character that has come to life.
He would make a FANTASTIC guest star on Bob's Burgers. He wouldn't be able to guest star on Adventure Time proper, since it's technically over, but I'm sure he'll fit right into the world in a spinoff, like Fionna and Cake.
Thank you for the laughs Chris. I have not been able to laugh much since the Genocide in Gaza started, but this gave me a short break. Also #FREEPALESTINE ❤🇵🇸
I'm sitting in Taco Bell parking lot in my altima. As soon as that last cinnabon delight slumped down my gullet, I just knew. I knew you had posted a new standup video. I opened my youtube and lo and behold. Thanks Chris!
I’m just watching his mic cord work, that thing did not wrap around him once, when all of us would be spools of yarn if we did the same running around lol
its true... when i go to trader joes with a guy I suddenly cant find whatever snack i was looking for, and when i go to trader joes with a girl i find snacks I never even knew existed...
I'll think about this sketch next time I get a pack of *dark chocolate covered candied ginger pistachio and thai mandarin cardamom artesian fig crisps* at TJs that only I can see...
I'm unfamiliar with this guy but I genuinely love how long it takes for him to get to the actual joke/anecdote. feels like talking to that one friend who wont stop taking detours and getting distracted while trying to make a point.
I am not a woman but I am one of those “AFABs” and I recently brought my dad to Trader Joe’s and introduced him to the microwaveable Indian food, he was so enthralled that apparently he went home and stockpiled the freezer with them. God bless TJs.
Transitioning is when the Trader Joe’s snacks become as unreachable as that frequency you can no longer hear after turning 25 Chris if you bioessential what my body would do in a Trader Joe’s ever again, I will come to one of your shows, get up, and give myself a slow, increasingly awful haircut in front of you, without any means of egress from it for both of us. I can’t see shit in there Chris
Seconded-the implication of using the term AFAB is that you're talking about a group of people who are not exclusively women and that undermines the joke. My relationship with womanhood is probably closer to Chris lmao
I had a teacher that did his doctorate on a type of lichen that grows on caribou dung. For short, and semi-correctly, he called it "moose mess moss." True story. Wilbur Peterson. Canada.
Surprised to hear Fleming of all people lumping women and AFABs together. As a transgender man, I am a man, and in no way am I making paleobotanical discoveries in Trader Joe's.
@@feelsreel yeah I'm sure that was the intention. It includes non-binary AFABs, which is nice. But in the process it excludes trans women and falsely includes trans men. It was a nice try, but missed the mark.
@@MaxwellTrias This bothered me as well. I know he meant well (just knowing who he is), but it felt like either the wrong choice of term, or that he simply misspoke and used certain terms interchangeably that are not interchangeable. Our trans sisters I'm sure are equally in-tune with the paleobotany of TJ's, and I'm certain there are some nonbinary siblings out there who can pick up on that magic, too!
First time I’m seeing this guy. I love the exaggerated alternate reality observational story telling form of comedy. Reminds me of Woody Allen’s original stand up routines but a little more manic. Well done.
This comedian and my five year old son have the same energy except my five year olds rants are about the animatronics in five nights at Freddy’s. Things he has not personally seen but knows his mom has, much like snacks at Trader Joe’s.
@@elvingearmasterirma7241It’s a prevalent idea lately that even mentioning amab/afab is transphobic. It’s usually from people deep in online discourse that need to go outside
You have That Thing for sure, a True Performer 🔥 I laughed SO fn hard, so many times, well done. Donkeys are bi, crustpunk, freegan 😂 so many great lines
i love how chris's delivery is less that of a person performing a comedy routine and more of a mad prophet desperately trying to tell everyone in the town square about the face of god while doing unorthodox aerobic exercises
Chris is our oracle of Delphi
Nailed it!
Yeah, I always have thought that Chris would be a favorite of Dionysius.
Really does the Susie Izzard routine and I'm so here for it
@@RubyBlueUwUIf the oracle of delphi was Gene Simmons 😆
Hi, I'm male, I work at Trader Joes. I was wondering what kind of invisible bundles of crinkly mass I was stocking in the shelf every day, now I know.
Also explains why half of this sh!t doesnt even scan properly at checkout 😂
Omg do they pay in karma points or something? How does it work? Ask your female coworkers.
I was looking for chocolate covered potato chips I had bought there before. I asked a guy and he had ZERO clue what I was talking about avout
@@Charlotte-zj8rqI asked an older looking employee about their fish tanks the other day and he was very confused and then later on as I was about to exit the store he approached me and told me that his oldest co-worker who had been working even longer than him remembered when trader Joe's had fish tanks.
@@Charlotte-zj8rq those are so good! Totally worth presenting offerings to your local coven if you happen to lack The Sight of Womanhood
@@Charlotte-zj8rqpotato chips? I’ve only ever heard of the chocolate covered plantain chips
Your comedy is an ancient door, beautifully unhinged.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA
gave me a GoT flashback just now.
As a paleobotanist I'm afraid I've only been to a TJ maybe three times in my life and when I was there I didn't make any breakthroughs, therefore subjecting my gender to serious inquiry
ARE YOU EVEN ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN THE SNACK GAMES :O
@@iluvhammys all I have are some file boxes full of ancient plants handed over by long retired professors idk you tell me. Would love to know what 3000 year old corn tastes like hardest part of the job keeping myself in check
@@Ma_pricot oh my god you're one of the ones who could actually help us make the forbidden sandwich of archaeology
@@Ma_pricot have you tried crook necked watermellon yet?
Fleming has the loosest knees and hips of anyone I've seen
I have ehlers danlos aka so flexible it’s a medical condition and I have to agree 😂😂😂
@@Who-en2vo Lol, came here to say he probs has eds 😂
Welp looks like I found my bendy peeps 😂🦓♥️
@@Who-en2vo hello fellow bendy person
He could be a champion cakewalker if he set his mind to it.
'Look me in the glasses' is now forever seared into my lexicon thanks
It’s like something a cartoon character says (affectionate)
I'm gonna start saying "now, you look me in the contacts and tell me-"
And the digital meeting app alternative: "look me in the camera"
It helps that he has the bulkiest clear frames I've ever seen
He knows his glasses are massive and uses this opportunity to make a roundabout joke. It is doubly funny because he makes allusion to the prominence (size or thickness) of the glasses, without mentioning those qualities directly, leaving the audience to fill in the rest immediately. Thanks for reading another installment of "Andrew inadvertently kills the joke by explaining it."
the way he dances around the stage, deftly avoiding stepping on the mic wire... mesmerizing
He’s like if a gazelle were a woman that was a man
A classic Chris Flemming segment: funny walks, strange foley, and something extremely fucking specific that somehow everyone understands and agrees with XD
"Everything the Seagull Didn't Want" killed me 🤣🤣🤣
The only thing I've ever found that a seagull rejected outright was a rice cake. Couldn't blame the guy; I was tossing them outside for somebody else to eat so I didn't have to. (Same place, saw a seagull swoop down and steal an entire STEAK off a guy's plate.)
Me too
The way he effortlessy nailed the alien clicking sound from Arrival has me convinced he worked in the audio department on that film.
Chris Fleming literally did a 6 minute set about "women shopping" and everyone loved it 😂 Send this to every dad, uncle, and conservative comedian who thinks you can't say any of this without getting cancelled
Yeah!
It hadn't even clicked in my head that this is technically a joke about "women shopping" but I guess that just goes to show that there's not really any topic that's "off-limits" (as some like to believe) as long as you're actually being funny and original and wanting your audience to have a good time instead of telling the same tired jokes from fifty years ago because you're bitter about women having equal rights.
I feel like the AFAB line *might* get him canceled but we’ll see how it plays out
@sylph8005 as an afab, it was hilarious, he really do be seeing us fall to our knees 😂
@@sylph8005 my only thought was that it made the joke sound dated! Not cancelable or anything, lol, just made me go "OH, i know when this was written" for a split second. :)
chris is absolutely the guard doing rounds on the outskirts of the coven who only walks in a circular pattern so you can sneak past him using stealth
I was at TJ's last night and I asked an employee about this baharat seasoning mix that I got there once but hadn't seen in a while. I spelled it for him and he went to look it up. Came back and said "It isn't even in the computer."
They break our hearts but we keep coming back.
Chris just. Gets it. I feel understood when he speaks; ive never forgotten the he-niece of lucifer
Exactly like I’m not sure what it is he gets…but he gets it and I feel seen.
"kicking the bell with their Merrells..." I lost it.
‘lichen grown on a Caribou’s cooter’ made me snort 😂
That was hysterical and brilliant. And correct. I work in an office filled with women who routinely discover Trader Joe food discoveries. And yes, I am their leader.
The only time I went to Trader Joe’s was after an 8 hour flight, Friday evening in New York. There was no clear layout or way to navigate, the signs said things like “crunch time!” or “let’s get spicy!” It was bright like an interrogation. I saw a woman stacking shelves who had just given up and was resting her forehead on a pile of granola bars. I left with frozen vegan enchiladas and a kind of white strawberry that was supposed to taste like pineapple. It’s one of the worst places I’ve ever been. I’m nonbinary.
That truly does sound like Limbo
This reads reads like a classic Tumblr reblog, help, I am crying 😂😂
thank you for sharing your story
😭🤩😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing your story, brave soul
humongous sideshow bob energy but like if he was happy and also kind of a girl
I have never heard or read a more accurate description of Chris
I'm entranced by this combination of words, thank you.
I am immensely impressed by this guy's ability to do observational comedy about a thing *literally no one has every observed or thought ever*, and sell it so convincingly that you're like "haha women really do become higher dimensional beings in Trader Joe's while my finger is stuck in the syrup container, so true."
Always a strong sense of whiplash when Chris' stream of consciousness that has meandered all the way to Narnia reverts quickly back to the title topic: very strong rollercoaster vibes for the psyche, a true thrill.
i hang in the ceiling rafters of tjs watching people, using a fishing pole to acquire a bag of dried baby bananas every hour. and nobody notices because nobody thinks to look up........in a grocery store
Those freekin baby bananas
It's comments like these that make digging through the comments worthwhile.
Now I'm just imagining an entire comedy special about Whole Foods
this man's glasses reach into other dimensions, and his tank tops reach down through the roots of the universe to grasp at jokes nobody else dares to make
2:34 lol I genuinely thought this was some vintage standup clip from the 70s that someone dug up, until this moment where he references Arrival XD
absolutely same
This should be an advertisement for Trader Joe’s
how do u know it isnt
showed this to my own tj employee (you can buy them at auctions) and watched them laugh their ass off
oh fun fact some of their salmon (like the novo smoked salmon) is from chilean farms that have to use such high amounts of antibiotics due to the fish lice problem that the salmon itself pretty much functions like amoxicillin due to bioaccumulation
victory!
the salmon jerky is the one and only bad thing that i have ever had at TJs LOL
The pure artistry of not tripping over the mic cord
everything the seagull didn't want can do WONDERS to avocado you thought had had its last day
Lmaooo
I was there and I missed so much of this from laughing so hard 😂
This was the most accurate depiction of what it's like to be a woman that I've ever seen😂
Women
Bring
Their ancestors
To Trader Joe’s
We can see the ghosts of our elders between the glossy packaging
My grandma
eating only a small bite of the cake at a time grew up during Great Depression
My mother
not letting herself eat donuts
I saw her weigh herself when I was little
When I touch each bag of chips that excites me
When I grab each box of cereal that I want
I dream that all our daughters
Grow up in a world where food is simply fun
This is one of the most creative bits Ive seen in awhile---Im convinced Chris Fleming is a Bob's Burgers/Adventure time character that has come to life.
I've never even watched either of those shows, but I just had a powerful vision of Cartoon Chris
He would make a FANTASTIC guest star on Bob's Burgers. He wouldn't be able to guest star on Adventure Time proper, since it's technically over, but I'm sure he'll fit right into the world in a spinoff, like Fionna and Cake.
" with her merrils" .lmao
the multidimensional arrival rant had me crying, so stupidly funny
Thank you for the laughs Chris. I have not been able to laugh much since the Genocide in Gaza started, but this gave me a short break. Also #FREEPALESTINE ❤🇵🇸
if only the economy was as strong as chris' lifelong hyperfixation on a grocery store chain
I don't understand 90% of Chris' standup jokes, yet they somehow are always so funny to me.
This is the first time for me, As I watched I was thinking it SHOULD be funny to me…. Now reading the comments I get that it’s brilliant
I feel like if I had a conversation with Chris Fleming it would heal my mind in unspeakable ways
I've now willingly watched this on three different platforms because there has never been such perfect comedy
You’re slowly morphing into Charles Nelson Reilly
1:57 I fucking lost it when he hit us with the Stromboli from Pinocchio
The circumference DANCE!!!
the url for this contains XX and fig and I don't know who to tell
nothing is a coincidence
If Shrek taught us anything, its that Donkeys are charismatic freaks who absolutely get down.
I'm sitting in Taco Bell parking lot in my altima. As soon as that last cinnabon delight slumped down my gullet, I just knew. I knew you had posted a new standup video. I opened my youtube and lo and behold. Thanks Chris!
My Forever Icon
As a Trader Joe’s employee I can confirm we have a reverend mother and are all trained in the weirding way.
everything the seagull didn't want 😭
This phrase has immediately grooved a sound loop in my ADD brain.
I’m just watching his mic cord work, that thing did not wrap around him once, when all of us would be spools of yarn if we did the same running around lol
what u miss most after transitioning is being able to see the Trader Joes snacks
its true... when i go to trader joes with a guy I suddenly cant find whatever snack i was looking for, and when i go to trader joes with a girl i find snacks I never even knew existed...
Maybe I’ve been under a rock but I haven’t heard anyone utter the word freegan since 2008. Nice to hear it again.
Same!!!
You need to meet more random donkeys.
Idk who this is. But thanks to my fore mothers and unborn, un conceived child, I have been guided to my new favorite bit of comedy.
[heads immediately to TJ's in search of Caribou Cooter Moss]
My god, there is no one like Chris Fleming. It is a perfect performance
Trader Joe’s is its own ridiculous universe. My stomach hurts from laughing. Bravo!
I'll think about this sketch next time I get a pack of *dark chocolate covered candied ginger pistachio and thai mandarin cardamom artesian fig crisps* at TJs that only I can see...
😂😂😂😂😂 I hope he pins your comment 📌💯
Chocolate covered peanut butter pretzels from Trader Joes are life itself
obsessed with them
I'm unfamiliar with this guy but I genuinely love how long it takes for him to get to the actual joke/anecdote. feels like talking to that one friend who wont stop taking detours and getting distracted while trying to make a point.
I LOVE this dude’s energy
Excellent set 👏🏼
Every time I go into a TJ’s I feel like a frightened little mouse
Hearing how hard everyone was laughing was a delight. Wonderful physical comedy, such great energy. Afab is not synonymous with woman ❤️
I’ve been in a Trader Joe’s once and I felt like an 18th century British explorer cutting through the jungle with a machete
"Its true.... women be shoppin'" 😂
This is why my college offered a physical theater program. In pursuit of this art and also acrobatics.
Dude the AA line at 1:08 is such a high iq joke I’m rolling
He's so fun :)
the combination of the title and the thumbnail looking like he fell to his knees at a revelation was perfect. now i’m stuck binging his videos
I am not a woman but I am one of those “AFABs” and I recently brought my dad to Trader Joe’s and introduced him to the microwaveable Indian food, he was so enthralled that apparently he went home and stockpiled the freezer with them. God bless TJs.
I did not know the meanings 80% of his words, and I still found this hilarious.
Thank you for shedding light on the female esoteric secrets of Trader Joe's Chris
This was one of the most hilarious sets I’ve ever seen 😆✨
Transitioning is when the Trader Joe’s snacks become as unreachable as that frequency you can no longer hear after turning 25
Chris if you bioessential what my body would do in a Trader Joe’s ever again, I will come to one of your shows, get up, and give myself a slow, increasingly awful haircut in front of you, without any means of egress from it for both of us. I can’t see shit in there Chris
Seconded-the implication of using the term AFAB is that you're talking about a group of people who are not exclusively women and that undermines the joke. My relationship with womanhood is probably closer to Chris lmao
"127 hours in the sizzurp" is what got me
I had a teacher that did his doctorate on a type of lichen that grows on caribou dung.
For short, and semi-correctly, he called it "moose mess moss."
True story. Wilbur Peterson. Canada.
First time seeing this gentleman. He's willing to go right through the wall. This is funny!
"Look me in the glasses"
This random Napoleon dynamite popped up on my recommended and I’m here for it
Surprised to hear Fleming of all people lumping women and AFABs together. As a transgender man, I am a man, and in no way am I making paleobotanical discoveries in Trader Joe's.
i think it more more intentioned to be inclusive- gendered language is in a weird spot rn
@@feelsreel yeah I'm sure that was the intention. It includes non-binary AFABs, which is nice. But in the process it excludes trans women and falsely includes trans men. It was a nice try, but missed the mark.
@@MaxwellTrias This bothered me as well. I know he meant well (just knowing who he is), but it felt like either the wrong choice of term, or that he simply misspoke and used certain terms interchangeably that are not interchangeable. Our trans sisters I'm sure are equally in-tune with the paleobotany of TJ's, and I'm certain there are some nonbinary siblings out there who can pick up on that magic, too!
If I ever had the balls to do standup, I would pace and prance around as much as Chris 😂
The "I'm on the circumference" bit when he does the little dance gives off big Hunson Abadeer vibes Lol
I've never been to TJ's but this makes me want to go
This is like jangling keys in front of a baby but for women
realest comparison.
First time I’m seeing this guy. I love the exaggerated alternate reality observational story telling form of comedy. Reminds me of Woody Allen’s original stand up routines but a little more manic. Well done.
holy shit this is the best stand up comedian ive seen in a long ass time lol
3:58 my transmasc ass does NOT have the snack vision though. why use AFAB?
I had to dig to find a comment from someone as put off by that as I was. I'm a trans woman.
This feels like a shared fever dream!
As a non-binary person assigned female at birth the “every AFAB in the building fell to their knees” sent me 😂
This comedian and my five year old son have the same energy except my five year olds rants are about the animatronics in five nights at Freddy’s. Things he has not personally seen but knows his mom has, much like snacks at Trader Joe’s.
Chris, I am so exited every time you post, you have such a way with words!! Thanks for making me laugh for many years!
This is the most original standup I've seen in a long time. Dude is brilliant.
“Kicking the bell with her Merrill’s 😂”
using "AFAB" as a synonym for woman is not a good look tbh
“Every afab in the building fell to their knees” is what he said. You’re assuming he was using it as a synonym
@@DeathnoteBBdid you. did you watch the video lmao
It would have been funnier if chris had used “she/her” that context instead honestly
@@DeathnoteBB how does it feel to be utterly brainless
@@mothboy420 Yes and did you learn critical thinking in school?
Okay, THIS is how you do comedy around typically tired subjects like "women be like". this man is a genius.
the afab mention is lowkey crazy, transphobia but make it sound woke
i know, right? i love chris fleming and that was so disappointing to hear
As someone non-binary and afab it made feel seen, sorry y’all are downers ✌️
How is it transphobic? Genuine question
@@elvingearmasterirma7241It’s a prevalent idea lately that even mentioning amab/afab is transphobic. It’s usually from people deep in online discourse that need to go outside
@@DeathnoteBB i’m a trans woman. the idea that women=afabs is transphobic. I’d think you’d agree is a non binary person
I don't think I've ever heard a crowd laugh this much at a stand up routine
the way this man moves is fascinating, it’s like he’s a marionette being jerked around
This guy has NO RIGHT being THIS FUNNY! I'm so jealous they got to see him live.
TH-cam algorithm for the win
You have That Thing for sure, a True Performer 🔥
I laughed SO fn hard, so many times, well done.
Donkeys are bi, crustpunk, freegan 😂 so many great lines