Best jokes of 2020

All 26 jokes rated strength 3 (the top of the 1–3 scale) in 2020 videos, in upload order: the setup (paraphrase), then the punchline as said, the kind of joke and who tells it.

Kinds this year: Absurd 11, Self-deprecation 5, Wordplay 5, Satire 3, Visual gag 2.

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2020-01

The editorial letter, which says the book is not trash, is the good outcome. → “followed by a 22 page list of all the ways in which the book is trash. This is the success condition.” — Satire, Hank — The Thing I would Like to End (2020-01-10, 00:01:15)
After Hank signs off, John appears to point out Hank never named his book. → “Hank, you just made a whole video about your book in which you didn't say the name of the book” — Absurd, John — The Thing I would Like to End (2020-01-10, 00:03:40)
John credits Liverpool's unbeaten Premier League run to his leaving Twitter → “I'm the one who's making it happen!” — Self-deprecation, John — Foolish · Beautiful (2020-01-14, 00:03:31)
The world on a turtle his parents gave him topples as he shows it → “Oh God! Everything's fine, Mom. The world is still on the turtle.” — Visual gag, John — Gifts That Changed My Life (2020-01-21, 00:00:58)
After praising the packaging line about being unable to move the blanket → “ultimately that's the reason I had to stop using Twitter because I couldn't move it” — Wordplay, John — Gifts That Changed My Life (2020-01-21, 00:02:12)

2020-02

The astronaut looks worried as her colleague drinks SodaStream-carbonated Mars water. → “it's the face of a woman who realizes that her colleague is about to die of perchlorate poisoning” — Absurd, Hank — GET BUSY WITH THE FIZZY (2020-02-07, 00:03:24)
Hank lists the reasons to assume strangers' good faith on planes. → “And because if we cannot share the metal skybird, what can we share?” — Wordplay, Hank — Ending The Great Airplane Seat Debate (2020-02-14, 00:03:04)
A Twitter question: if both birds and sheep have flocks, are birds sheep or sheep birds? → “Sherbs!” — Wordplay, Hank — I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE (2020-02-28, 00:03:09)

2020-03

Asked whether the tree John hit as a child is bigger now, John answers → “It's not bigger, Hank. It's the biggest tree in the world.” — Absurd, John — A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video (2020-03-10, 00:00:50)
John praises Hank's novel, then explains why it seems impossible Hank wrote it → “it seems impossible that it was written by my brother, who's kind of a doofus.” — Self-deprecation, John — A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video (2020-03-10, 00:02:20)

2020-04

John says Melville said it best when he wrote of the All Star sing-a-ma-jig, adapting a Moby-Dick passage about the sea to the toy. → “For here, in this all-star singamajig, millions of mixed shades, drowned dreams, synambulisms, reveries, all that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming.” — Absurd, John — hey now (2020-04-21, 00:02:54)

2020-05

John introduces Erin's symphony and hands it to Hank. → “is all star, but it's every sing-a-ma-jig.” — Absurd, John — YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! (2020-05-05, 00:01:55)
Hank performs the eight-year-old's viral song with full sincerity. → “Oh, maybe it is dinosaurs and maybe it is monster trucks all inside your butthole.” — Absurd, Hank — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! (2020-05-08, 00:01:29)
Summer Girls promises a song about the summer they met, then its first line changes subject → “We are now talking about a man's currently somewhat racist stomach.” — Satire, Hank — The Meteor Men Beg to Differ // Judging by the Hole in the Satellite Picture (2020-05-22, 00:00:29)
Hank lists the many rhymes for 'things' Kid Rock could have used → “Did Red Bull give you wings?” — Wordplay, Hank — The Meteor Men Beg to Differ // Judging by the Hole in the Satellite Picture (2020-05-22, 00:02:51)

2020-06

Right after assuring Hank that the sewage-laced river is mostly fine if you don't swim in it, John adds his own record. → “Giardia twice.” — Self-deprecation, John — a cool place (2020-06-16, 00:00:54)

2020-07

Asked what owls are plotting, John embraces their takeover. → “Oh, I for one will welcome our new owl overlords.” — Absurd, John — Somebody Once Asked . . . (2020-07-21, 00:00:58)
April asks the title question, whether Hank could spare some change for gas money. → “Uh, absolutely. Just let me know your Venmo.” — Absurd, Hank — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? (2020-07-24, 00:01:36)
Asked his Rocky Horror role, Hank shows the photo of himself in costume. → “It was all worth it, wasn't it?” — Visual gag, Hank — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? (2020-07-24, 00:01:59)

2020-10

Inspecting his returning mustache, John wonders whether smiling helps. → “Maybe it'll be better if I smile, like... Nope. Nope, nope, that's, uh, that's, that's, that's worse.” — Self-deprecation, John — Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! (2020-10-05, 00:01:13)
After the ad's oblique line about Mr. Delicious's 'delicate surgery', Hank reacts → “Did we just hear about Mr. Delicious's vasectomy?” — Absurd, Hank — The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain (2020-10-08, 00:01:27)
Hank describes the 'grownups' Mr. Delicious's fast food for grownups was meant for → “Misogynist, unfunny, alcoholic, sad grownups who gamble too much and go to psychotherapy.” — Satire, Hank — The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain (2020-10-08, 00:02:15)

2020-12

The asking bird test: you must tell the truth because the creature can hear lies. → “The Christmas creature can hear your lies and watch you through your own dog's eyes.” — Absurd, Hank — The Christmas Creature (2020-12-04, 00:01:00)
After the ritual the stolen toy reappears in the snow. → “Mostly the same, but a little wet. And now, you're in the creature's debt.” — Absurd, Hank — The Christmas Creature (2020-12-04, 00:02:25)
Hank's pet theory for why printers doubled U rather than V. → “So using two U's all the time would use up all of their U's.” — Wordplay, Hank — The /W/orst Letter (2020-12-11, 00:02:58)
January John hoped to stop working nights and weekends; 2020 John mocks his naivety → “you adorable little child i want to pinch your cute little cheeks” — Self-deprecation, John — Looking Back at My 2020 Goals (2020-12-29, 00:01:27)