38 Celebrity Jokes: The 2015 “Is It Blue or Gold?” Edition

In 2015, the world divided into two camps because of a single dress, Adele made us all call our exes from a flip phone, and Star Wars returned to prove that Han Solo still had “it.” It was the year Drake danced in a turtleneck, and we all tried to figure out why the “Left Shark” was so confused.

The 2015 Top 10: The “Dress & Hello” Classics

1. The Dress (Blue/Black vs. White/Gold): Why was 2015 the end of logic? Because one dress made half of humanity stop trusting their own eyes, and friendships ended faster than a phone battery on a cold day.
2. Adele (Hello): Why did phone bills go up 300% in 2015? Because Adele released “Hello” and suddenly everyone felt the need to call someone they hadn’t seen since 2007 just to apologize for “everything.”
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Why were grown men crying in December 2015? Because Han Solo and Chewbacca stepped onto the Millennium Falcon and said, “Chewie, we’re home,” and we all felt like 1977 never ended.
4. Drake (Hotline Bling): Why did Drake dance like your dad at a wedding? Because in 2015, he proved that if you have enough confidence and a warm turtleneck, your “awkward moves” will become the most memed video in history.
5. Steve Harvey (Miss Universe): Why was 2015 the shortest reign in history? Because Steve Harvey announced the wrong Miss Universe, proving that reading from an envelope is harder than hosting a game show for 20 years.
6. The Martian (Matt Damon): Why did Matt Damon get stuck in space again? Because in 2015, Hollywood decided that spending billions of dollars to rescue him from Mars was the best way to promote extreme potato farming.
7. Left Shark (Super Bowl): Why did the shark to the left of Katy Perry become an icon? Because in 2015, we all related to someone who clearly didn’t know the choreography but was still giving 100% in front of 100 million people.
8. Justin Bieber (Purpose): Why did everyone suddenly become a “Belieber” in 2015? Because Justin released “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean,” and we realized that adulthood suited him—and those beats were just too good to ignore.
9. Mad Max: Fury Road: Why was this movie so loud? Because George Miller decided that in 2015, plot was just a distraction between explosions and a guy playing a flame-throwing guitar on top of a truck.
10. Apple Watch Launch: Why did everyone start staring at their wrists in 2015? Because Apple decided that taking a phone out of your pocket was too much work and we needed a smaller screen to tell us to stand up.

The Full 2015 Celebrity Jokes Archive

11. Jurassic World: Why was Chris Pratt training raptors? Because in 2015, running away from dinosaurs in high heels (looking at you, Bryce Dallas Howard) required professional backup.
12. Amy Schumer: Why was 2015 her year? Because she proved that being a “Trainwreck” was a state of mind that sold millions of tickets and made everyone feel better about their own failures.
13. The Weeknd (Can’t Feel My Face): Why couldn’t he feel his face? Because in 2015, his hair was so legendary it was probably cutting off his oxygen, but the song was too catchy to care.
14. Inside Out: Why were we crying over a pink cotton candy elephant? Because Pixar decided to remind us that our emotions have emotions and that Bing Bong deserved better.
15. Leonardo DiCaprio & The Bear: Why was everyone talking about a bear? Because in 2015, Leo decided the only way to get an Oscar was to survive a grizzly attack and sleep inside a horse.
16. Caitlyn Jenner (Vanity Fair): Why did the internet stand still? Because “Call me Caitlyn” was the bravest debut on a magazine cover in 2015, changing the conversation in Hollywood forever.
17. Fifty Shades of Grey: Why was there a shortage of cable ties in February 2015? Because Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan made reading the instruction manual for knots a national pastime.
18. Fetty Wap (Trap Queen): Why was everyone singing “Hey, what’s up, hello”? Because in 2015, Fetty Wap proved that cooking in the kitchen with your “Trap Queen” was the height of romance.
19. Minions (The Movie): Why was everything yellow in 2015? Because Minions got their own movie and suddenly became the face of everything from bananas to life insurance.
20. One Direction (The Hiatus): Why did teenagers worldwide go into mourning? Because Zayn left the band in 2015, and the rest of the boys decided it was time for a “hiatus” that is still going on.
21. Hamilton (Broadway): Why was everyone rapping about the Founding Fathers? Because Lin-Manuel Miranda made history cooler than the latest Kanye West album.
22. Shia LaBeouf (Just Do It): Why was Shia screaming at us in front of a green screen? Because in 2015, we needed the most aggressive motivation in human history just to wash the dishes.
23. The Revenant: Why did this movie feel so long? Because in 2015, watching Leonardo DiCaprio freeze for two and a half hours was the price we had to pay for the Academy to finally give him that statue.
24. Sia (Elastic Heart): Why was Shia LaBeouf fighting a little girl in a cage? Because in 2015, Sia’s music videos were so “artistic” that nobody understood them, but everyone pretended they were deep.
25. Donald Trump: Why did he ride down a golden escalator? Because in 2015, he decided being a reality star wasn’t enough and it was time to turn the White House into the next season of The Apprentice.
26. Wiz Khalifa (See You Again): Why did every man have something in his eye in 2015? Because saying goodbye to Paul Walker in Furious 7 was the most emotional moment in the history of movies about driving cars through skyscrapers.
27. Mark Zuckerberg: Why did Mark take a break? Because he became a dad in 2015 and proved that even if you own the world’s data, changing a diaper is still a high-stakes operation.
28. Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge: Why were teenagers putting their mouths in glasses? Because in 2015, Kylie Jenner’s lips became a more important topic of discussion than climate change.
29. Empire (TV Show): Why was Cookie Lyon the queen? Because in 2015, Taraji P. Henson showed that furs, sass, and throwing a phone was the only way to run a music empire.
30. Carly Rae Jepsen (E•MO•TION): Why did critics suddenly love her? Because she proved she wasn’t just the “Call Me Maybe” girl, but the queen of saxophone intros and synth-pop.
31. The Hateful Eight: Why did Tarantino lock everyone in a cabin? Because in 2015, he decided 70mm film was best spent watching eight people hate each other over coffee.
32. Billie Eilish (Ocean Eyes): Why was 2015 the start of a new era? Because a 13-year-old girl uploaded a song to SoundCloud and became the voice of Generation Z before anyone could blink.
33. James Bond (Spectre): Why was Sam Smith singing so high? Because in 2015, “Writing’s on the Wall” had to be so dramatic that Daniel Craig had to drink martinis in slow motion for the entire film.
34. Amy (Documentary): Why were we crying again? Because the 2015 documentary reminded us that talent is sometimes too heavy a burden to carry in the spotlight.
35. The Peanuts Movie: Why was Snoopy back? Because in 2015, we needed a little innocence and Charlie Brown to forget that our phones knew everything about us.
36. Taylor Swift (Bad Blood): Why were there so many models? Because in 2015, Taylor proved that if you have a problem with one person, you hire an entire “Squad” of assassins to sing about it.
37. Marie Kondo: Why was everyone throwing away their clothes? Because in 2015, we learned that if a sock doesn’t “spark joy,” it doesn’t deserve a place in our lives.
38. The Year 2015: Why did it end? Because Adele finally stopped calling, the dress finally became just a dress, and we were ready for whatever 2016 had in store.