Answer: TRANSLATION IS LITERAL SO THE JOKE PROBABLY WONT MAKE SENSE
Mauricio is a dinosaur. Specifically, Mauricio is a Tyrannosaurus rex. It’s a T-Rex that speaks Spanish! Mauricio wants to be famous, but he doesn’t want to be an actor nor a musician. Mauricio wants to be a famous comedian like George Lopez or Desi Arnaz. George Lopez and Desi Arnaz are famous comedians that speak Spanish, but they are humans; they’re not dinosaurs.
Mauricio takes comedy classes. He also takes a class about the history of comedy. The teacher of these classes is a human and speaks Spanish. The teacher talks about LA a lot. She says that there’s a lot of comedy clubs in LA. And for that reason, Mauricio wants to go to LA.
One night, Mauricio goes to Comedy Central Stage. It’s a very prestigious comedy club in LA. Mauricio sees the manager of CCS. He talks with him. And says : “I want to become a famous comedian! “. The manager replies : “ Very well, here’s the microphone!” Mauricio takes the microphone.
Mauricio says : “ What are 50 chemists and 50 physicists ?” And then, Mauricio exclaimed : “CIENtíficos ( scientists )!” Fifty ( 50 ) chemists and fifty (50) physicists are a hundred (100) scientists : scientists!
Mauricio laughs a lot, but the audience doesn’t laugh. The manager says : “ Bye, Mauricio!”
Questions :
1. What does Mauricio want to be, a famous actor or a famous comedian?
2. Do they speak Spanish or German?
3. Does Mauricio take the microphone from the manager or is he too nervous?
4. In the managers opinion, is Mauricio a good comedian?
5. IN ENGLISH : Can you explain what was supposed to be funny about the joke ?
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