America’s first true anti-woke comedian went viral on social media Tuesday for an epic bit about a masker in his audience.
Comedian Ben Bankas looked like any other average American man in the short clip shared to social media Tuesday. He was wearing a black shirt, blue eyes and an expression of total exhaustion from keeping up with the stupidity of the modern world. But behind his everyman uniform, Bankas was hiding such sharp wit he should have registered it as a dangerous weapon. (RELATED: ‘Actually A Pretty Good Michael Jackson Impersonator’: Comic Brings Down The House In NYC With Risky Jordan Neely Joke)
“Are you sick ma’am,” Bankas asked an audience member wearing a big black facemask, despite the fact it’s 2024. Instead of answering, the woman burst into laughter. She knew what was coming next.
.@BenBankas: “Are you wearing that for safety? Or just to let everybody know who you’re voting for?” 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/BalGtx09cQ
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) January 10, 2024
“Are you wearing that for safety or just to let everybody know who you’re voting for?” Bankas continued.
“I think she’s laughing, I can’t tell,” he said to the audience.
Returning his attention to the masker, he said, “Thank you for coming despite your … you know … everything about you.”
Oh man.
Y’all ain’t ready for a new generation of anti-woke comedy.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 9, 2024
It turns out Bankas is building his career on being smart and funny. In another clip shared on social channels, he noted how the country was falling apart and that woke people always say, “this country was built on racism.” To which he said, “maybe we should do more of that … maybe that was working? You guys like the railroad. It wasn’t built by the LGBTs, I’ll tell ya that!”
I am extremely excited to see what Bankas has in store for us in 2024. Of course, that’s only if we actually survive 2024.