Photos: Conan O'Brien's Top Sixteen Colorado Marijuana Jokes

After Colorado voters approved 2012's Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, comedians nationwide began making pot jokes about the state. And they haven't stopped. As evidence, we offer gags accessible at TeamCoco.com, the official website of Conan O'Brien. The site's joke archive is searchable, and when we typed...

By Michael Roberts

March 27, 2015

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After Colorado voters approved 2012's Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, comedians nationwide began making pot jokes about the state.

And they haven't stopped.

As evidence, we offer gags accessible at TeamCoco.com, the official website of Conan O'Brien.

The site's joke archive is searchable, and when we typed in either "Colorado" or "Denver," we were hit with a slew of one-liners — and while some of them were about different topics (the Broncos' suckage in the 2014 Super Bowl, for instance), the majority were sticky-icky.

Does the material qualify as comedy of a high order? Judge for yourself. Here are sixteen examples, arranged in chronological order.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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