68 Light Bulb Jokes: 2011 – The Blocky Glow

In 2011, the world was building its own reality. We were obsessively mining and crafting in Minecraft, shouting “Fus Ro Dah!” at our TVs in Skyrim, and watching a Royal Wedding that felt like a real-life fairy tale. It was the year we said goodbye to Harry Potter on the big screen and hello to Siri on our iPhones. The humor of 2011 is adventurous, viral, and heavily influenced by the rise of “nerd culture” going mainstream.

The 2011 Top 10: Royal & Digital Brilliance

1. The Minecraft Player: One, but they have to punch a tree to get a stick and find some coal before they can craft a torch to replace the bulb.
2. The Skyrim Dragonborn: “I used to be a light bulb changer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”
3. The Siri User: “Siri, change the light bulb.” Siri: “I found 14 hardware stores, but I don’t have hands, [User Name].”
4. The Royal Wedding Fan: Two. One to screw it in, and one to wear a fascinator hat so big nobody can see the light anyway.
5. The Harry Potter Fan (The End): None. “After all this time?” “Always… but the light finally went out.”
6. The Rebecca Black Fan: “Kickin’ in the front seat, sittin’ in the back seat… gotta make my mind up, which bulb should I take? It’s Friday!”
7. The Charlie Sheen Fan: “I’m winning! I don’t need a light bulb, I have tiger blood and Adonis DNA!”
8. The Game of Thrones Viewer: “Brace yourselves… darkness is coming.”
9. The Planking Enthusiast: One, but they have to lie face down on top of the ladder for a photo before they do anything.
10. The LMFAO Fan: “Party rock is in the house tonight… but everybody just have a good time in the dark!”

The Full 2011 Archive (Extended List)

11. The Adele (21) Fan: “Someone like you… who actually stays lit for more than a month.”
12. The Temple Run Player: One, but they have to keep running while they screw it in or the monkeys will get them.
13. The Nyan Cat: None. It just flies through the room leaving a rainbow trail of light and humming “Nyanyanyanyanyanya!”
14. The “Bridesmaids” Fan: “I’m ready to par-tay! …Wait, I can’t see the party.”
15. The Hugo Director: One, but the bulb has to be part of a giant, complex clockwork machine.
16. The Captain America Fan: “I can do this all day… or at least until the bulb pops.”
17. The Thor Fan: One, but he just hits the socket with Mjolnir and blows the whole fuse box.
18. The Portal 2 Player: “The light bulb is a lie. Also, I’m a potato.”
19. The Batman: Arkham City Player: One, but they have to find 400 Riddler trophies before the light comes back on.
20. The Drive (Movie) Driver: He just stands in the dark for five minutes, wearing a scorpion jacket, and says nothing.
21. The Pinterest User: One, but they’ll spend six hours “pinning” pictures of DIY light fixtures made out of mason jars first.
22. The Snapchat User: One, but the light only lasts for 10 seconds and then disappears forever.
23. The Scientist: “We’ve found a particle that might be faster than light, but I still can’t find my keys in this room.”
24. The Librarian: “Quiet! The darkness is the most peaceful chapter of the day.”
25. The Gym Teacher: “If you can’t reach the bulb, give me 50 burpees! The sweat will make you glow!”
26. The Chef: “I’ll change it, but it needs to be seasoned with Himalayan pink salt.”
27. The Optimist: “At least now I have an excuse for why I’m wearing mismatched socks.”
28. The Pessimist: “The bulb’s death is just a preview of the sun’s eventual burnout.”
29. The Pro-Wrestler: One, but they have to hit the old bulb with a ‘Pipe Bomb’ promo first.
30. The Detective: “The filament was snapped. This was no accident; this was a blackout.”
31. The Tourist: “Is this the room where they filmed the ‘Friday’ music video?”
32. The Reality Producer: “Can we get the ladder to cry in the confessional about its fear of heights?”
33. The Bodybuilder: “I’m not changing the bulb, I’m ‘testing the structural integrity’ of the ceiling.”
34. The Sailor: “A dark room is just a ship in a storm with no lighthouse.”
35. The Poet: “The glass orb is a frozen tear of a dying star.”
36. The Bus Driver: “Step behind the white line! I can’t see, but I can still hear you texting!”
37. The Ghost: “I liked the old bulb. It had more ‘paranormal’ potential.”
38. The 2011 Legend: One, but they do it while wearing a galaxy-print t-shirt and ‘Obey’ snapback.
39. The Starbucks Fan: “I’ll have a Venti-Watt, half-caf, with a splash of lightning.”
40. The Foster The People Fan: “All the other kids with the pumped up kicks… better run, better run, outrun my darkness.”
41. The Pitbull Fan: “Mr. Worldwide! Changing bulbs in every room from Miami to London!”
42. The Maroon 5 Fan: “I’ve got the moves like Jagger… but I can’t see the dance floor.”
43. The Katy Perry Fan: “Baby, you’re a firework! …Wait, that was just the bulb exploding.”
44. The Rihanna (We Found Love) Fan: “We found love in a hopeless (and dark) place.”
45. The Lady Gaga (Born This Way) Fan: “I’m on the right track, baby, I was born to… screw this in.”
46. The Bruno Mars Fan: “I’d catch a grenade for ya… but I won’t go up that shaky ladder.”
47. The Tintin Fan: One, but they need a dog and a snowy captain to help them find it.
48. The Moneyball Guy: “We don’t need the most expensive bulb. We need the bulb that gets on base (the socket).”
49. The Super 8 Fan: One, but the whole process is seen through lens flares.
50. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes Fan: “NO!” (That’s what the ape says when you ask him to change it).
51. The Puss in Boots Fan: One, but he just looks at the socket with giant, sad eyes until someone else does it.
52. The Real Steel Fan: One, but they use a giant remote-controlled robot to screw it in.
53. The Transformers: Dark of the Moon Fan: One, but the bulb is a secret weapon hidden on the moon.
54. The Winnie the Pooh (2011) Fan: “Oh, bother. The light is gone.”
55. The Smurfs (2011) Fan: One, but they have to “Smurf” it into the “Smurf-ket.”
56. The Rango Fan: “I’m a lizard of many talents… but reaching the ceiling isn’t one of them.”
57. The Fast Five Fan: One, but they have to drag the entire vault through the dark room first.
58. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Fan: One, but the bulb is part of a dark, cold mystery from the 1960s.
59. The Melancholia Fan: They don’t change the bulb; they just sit and wait for a rogue planet to hit the house.
60. The Artist (Silent Movie) Fan: They don’t say anything, they just use expressive gestures to show the room is dark.
61. The Midnight in Paris Fan: One, but they have to wait until midnight to travel back to 1920 to find a vintage bulb.
62. The War Horse Fan: One, but the bulb has to survive the trenches of World War I.
63. The Muppets (2011) Fan: “Life’s a happy song… until the filament breaks!”
64. The Green Lantern Fan: One, but they have to use a giant green construct of a hand to screw it in.
65. The X-Men: First Class Fan: One (Magneto), but he just pulls the metal socket out of the wall.
66. The Captain America Fan: One, but he’s been frozen in the dark for 70 years.
67. The Breaking Bad (Season 4) Fan: “I am the one who knocks! …And then realizes it’s too dark to see the door.”
68. The 2011 Icon: One, but they do it while listening to Skrillex and wearing neon-colored skinny jeans.