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Best jokes of 2022

All 45 jokes rated strength 3 (the top of the 1–3 scale) in 2022 videos, in upload order: the setup (paraphrase), then the punchline as said, the kind of joke and who tells it.

Kinds this year: Absurd 25, Self-deprecation 9, Wordplay 6, Satire 2, Callback 1, Running bit 2.

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2022-01

  • After pitching a 13-month calendar with a weird short week, Hank laments that we're stuck with 12 months. → “This is a historical screw up that we all have to live with forever.” — Absurd, Hank — Thank God We Got This Right… (2022-01-14, 00:02:09)
  • John wonders how the dentist afforded the impressionist paintings in his office. → “Was he like a billionaire who sidelighted as a dentist? Like he was a dentist for the love of the game?” — Absurd, John — My Least Relatable Story: The Parisian Dentist (2022-01-25, 00:03:24)

2022-02

2022-03

  • Hank recalls a balloon telling him to be a crab and to be good at it → “so i had to ask everybody very earnestly if i was a good crab and they seemed to agree that i was” — Running bit, Hank — The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (2022-03-04, 00:02:34)
  • A meme captions Hank's bean-stuffed corn dog as a normal corn dog → “It's a normal corn dog. This was not normal. There were beans in it.” — Absurd, Hank — The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (2022-03-04, 00:03:14)
  • People angry that the Senate unanimously passed an easy fix that improves their lives. → “I think maybe the problem isn't in the Congress, it might be in your chair.” — Satire, Hank — How to Fix Daylight Saving Time (2022-03-18, 00:01:22)
  • After weighing the evidence on permanent daylight versus standard time. → “And I have decided to do a wildly controversial thing and not care at all about which way we go.” — Self-deprecation, Hank — How to Fix Daylight Saving Time (2022-03-18, 00:02:49)

2022-04

  • Weighing The Rock as president, John admits he probably wouldn't vote for him, but notes one qualification. → “but I will say his guns would intimidate the hell out of our enemies.” — Absurd, John — Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? (2022-04-05, 00:01:56)
  • John would vote for Ryan Reynolds despite his Canadian birth. → “And yes, I know he was born in Canada, but I would amend the Constitution for him.” — Absurd, John — Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? (2022-04-05, 00:02:55)
  • Without brown sauce, Hank improvises the chip butty. → “You didn't have any brown sauce, so I put fish sauce on it.” — Absurd, John — Utter Chippy Butty Chaos (2022-04-12, 00:00:00)
  • Defending his book on ball pits, John generalizes wildly and jokingly credits the thought to a famous songwriter. → “I think there's pee in almost everything. I think that's a Leonard Cohen lyric.” — Self-deprecation, John — An Amazing Day (2022-04-26, 00:02:12)

2022-05

  • Asking whether one thinks of Cincinnati when one thinks of wanderlust, John weighs where the canvas would work. → “I just think maybe the wanderlust canvas plays in southern France, but does it play in southern Ohio?” — Absurd, John — An Attempt at Exhausting an Artwork in Cincinnati (2022-05-10, 00:01:27)
  • Asked for his own favourite Beatle and colour, John answers with his own name → “Mine are John and green.” — Wordplay, John — Hello! Meet Daisy! (2022-05-24, 00:00:29)
  • Cree thanks John for letting her be in the movie, and he takes the credit → “As the person who is in complete control of every aspect of this production” — Self-deprecation, John — Hello! Meet Daisy! (2022-05-24, 00:03:24)
  • John explains why a nickname is better than a given name, using his '19' → “You're the 19th most important member of this cast” — Self-deprecation, John — A Casting Announcement (2022-05-31, 00:02:09)

2022-06

  • Isabela says she is not normally herself on camera → “Funny you should mention that because I'm not normally someone else.” — Absurd, John — Hello! Meet Aza! (2022-06-07, 00:00:00)
  • John describes how he reacts when his kids talk about feelings → “I have dad who's been in therapy since the age of 13, energy.” — Self-deprecation, John — Hello! Meet Aza! (2022-06-07, 00:02:59)
  • John cites his years of reviewing boxing books as a qualification, with a jab at administrators who banned his books → “reading about something makes you both want to do it and good at it” — Satire, John — Should Hank and I ... box each other?? (2022-06-14, 00:00:58)
  • John says he does not want either brother to feel bad about losing → “I don’t want you to feel bad when I TKO you into the second round,” — Absurd, John — Should Hank and I ... box each other?? (2022-06-14, 00:01:56)

2022-07

  • Having called a magic show maybe the best thing he has ever seen, Hank gives its cry count → “I cried maybe 300 times” — Absurd, Hank — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes (2022-07-01, 00:01:56)
  • Hank, who hates black licorice, bites into a big hunk without his sense of smell → “Oh, absolutely fantastic. I hate black licorice. This is great.” — Absurd, Hank — Sad COVID Boy Hank Green Eats Foods He Hates but Can't Taste (2022-07-08, 00:00:57)
  • John judges Botticelli's babies. → “Botticelli, I think, saw a baby once years ago, but he's never seen a baby throw up on anyone.” — Absurd, John — Has this artist ever seen a baby? (2022-07-26, 00:00:58)
  • John judges Domenico Beccafumi, whose babies look like small adults. → “He's never even had a baby described to him. He's just seen adults and imagined that they were once smaller.” — Absurd, John — Has this artist ever seen a baby? (2022-07-26, 00:01:27)
  • A painting of a young man lovingly holding a statue, looking like he was just dumped. → “it was just nice to see a 400-year-old Michael Cera cradling a statue.” — Absurd, John — Has this artist ever seen a baby? (2022-07-26, 00:02:55)

2022-08

  • Having said 'squid' for 'squad', John compares the slip with his most famous written line. → “it's not nearly as good as the smartest car in the squid” — Wordplay, John — cars vs. covid (2022-08-16, 00:00:27)
  • Hank starts a joke answer (two potatoes and a copper wire) to someone needing a charger, then checks the tweet's time. → “I've just looked at your tweet it's from 2 27 a.m. You don't need to be on Twitter anymore.” — Absurd, Hank — I Searched for 'Science Side of Twitter' and Answered As Many Questions as I Could (2022-08-26, 00:03:24)
  • After pricing a $300 artwork at two cents a day over 50 years, John voices the objection that he just turned 45. → “You're not going to look at anything every day for the next 50 years. Thank you. Thank you for bringing that energy into the video.” — Self-deprecation, John — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (2022-08-30, 00:01:27)

2022-09

  • After his video on tuberculosis and Toulouse-Lautrec got 17 views in two months. → “so yeah i'm a really good youtuber whose success is not at all dependent upon the fact that i started in 2007” — Self-deprecation, John — A Million Things at Once (2022-09-13, 00:00:47)
  • Listing the stars of Welcome to Wrexham after Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. → “and a guy whose personal YouTube channel has 167 subscribers.” — Self-deprecation, John — A Million Things at Once (2022-09-13, 00:02:04)
  • John sniffs the Pizzamas car air freshener scented as 'new John smell'. → “It smells as much like pizza or me as you would want your car to smell.” — Absurd, John — PIZZAMAS IS UPON US (2022-09-26, 00:01:56)
  • Asked whether she would fight one Hank-sized pelican or four pelican-sized Hanks, Katherine answers at once. → “Oh, four pelican-sized hanks. For sure.” — Absurd, Hank — The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary (2022-09-27, 00:01:03)
  • John invokes 'the ancient proverb' about when to plant a tree. → “the best time to commit to a bit was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.” — Wordplay, John — COMMIT TO THE BIT (2022-09-30, 00:03:32)

2022-10

  • From beach and picnic, John says ocean and Hank says blanket; the brothers argue about how there can be a picnic in the ocean. → “What do you think being lost at sea is? It's an ocean picnic.” — Absurd, John — Hank and John Reunited at Last (2022-10-04, 00:00:29)
  • Hank shows the first AI result for 'pizza John', a devastating pizza person. → “Because AIs only have nightmares.” — Absurd, Hank — Asking an AI Image Generator for Pizza Johns (2022-10-05, 00:00:29)
  • A colored-pencil Pizza John wearing a crown has two noses. → “you want to be able to smell it twice” — Absurd, Hank — Asking an AI Image Generator for Pizza Johns (2022-10-05, 00:02:44)
  • Rating the Pizza John bento among the many Pizza John pizzas. → “But this pizza John Bento might take the pizza.” — Wordplay, John — The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over… (2022-10-06, 00:02:19)
  • After John says 'we did it' about humans making light, he adds 'Joe', and Hank calls out the habit. → “then I have to pause for three seconds and say Joe.” — Running bit, John — Planets Don't Exist (2022-10-07, 00:08:43)
  • John has long hoped Dan Quayle will be buried at Crown Hill Cemetery. → “I thought about writing him a letter saying I know you live in Arizona now, Dan, but have you considered?” — Callback, Hank — Planets Don't Exist (2022-10-07, 00:09:41)
  • Having argued that pizza doesn't exist, Hank delivers the Pizzamas plug. → “Pizza doesn't exist, but Pizzamas does.” — Wordplay, Hank — Planets Don't Exist (2022-10-07, 00:11:51)
  • Hank cannot find the opposite of angry when describing Twitter's good moments. → “But sometimes it's full of the thing that makes me happy and happy.” — Absurd, Hank — The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters (2022-10-14, 00:03:20)

2022-11

2022-12

  • A would-be tweet proposes an instant noodle soup business with a pun name → “What if we started an instant Pho company like the Vietnamese noodles, and called it UnPhogettable” — Wordplay, Hank — What I Would Have Tweeted (2022-12-16, 00:00:58)
  • The lid once said 120 degrees and a pedant complained, so they fixed it → “And so, they lowered it to an also impossible temperature!” — Absurd, Hank — This Boba Lid Lied to Me and I Don't Understand Why (2022-12-30, 00:02:55)