Tucson, AZ — The comedy world was shaken to the core last Tuesday, when stand-up comic Stedman Glen did a bit linking the fast-food chain Taco Bell to excessive flatulence at the Laugh House in Tucson. This groundbreaking piece of subversive artistry makes us question the very nature of free speech, and its role in society.
“You ever notice how Taco Bell gives you the farts?” Glen asked an audience, and ultimately a nation. “They should call that place Toxic Smell,” the philosopher-comedian went on, fearlessly exposing a taboo truth, deemed too sacred a cow to be spoken about in polite society.
Gasps were heard throughout the club, and at least two people fainted. As many patrons looked around in stunned disbelief, as if silently questioning each other as to whether it was okay to acknowledge this brilliant observation. Eventually, however, one patron after another rose from their chair in support of Glen, many of them proclaiming, “I stand with you.”
Many are calling Glen a modern-day Socrates, and expect this set to have a similar resounding effect as when Hannibal Buress called out Bill Cosby.
“There has never been any proven correlation between our food, and excessive gassiness,” claimed a representative from the fast-food giant. “Is Stedman Glen a brilliant comedian? Sure. I mean he turned the word ‘Bell’ into ‘smell’. No one can deny such genius. But he is not a scientist, and should not be taken as anything more than a incredibly talented, and original satirist.”
Taco Bell announced later that day that it had filed for bankruptcy, and will likely be out of business by the beginning of 2021.
By Mike Moran.
The Bringer 