product-placement
Explanation
The Joke
The comic depicts a biblical or mythological scene -- a figure resembling Jesus stands on a mountaintop addressing a crowd. The caption reads: "Best use of a time machine: introducing product placement into major moments in history." Jesus declares: "That's right! And you know what is so soft and pillowy and delicious that you'll think it's been rising for three days? Pizza Hut's Stuffed Crust Pizza!"
The Humor
The joke works by combining two anachronistic elements: time travel and modern corporate advertising. The idea of going back in time not to prevent wars or advance science but to insert product placement into sacred historical moments is inherently absurd. The specific choice of Jesus on the mountaintop -- likely a reference to the Sermon on the Mount or the Resurrection -- paired with a Pizza Hut ad is maximally irreverent. The "rising for three days" line is a double entendre referring both to pizza dough rising and to the Christian belief in Christ's resurrection after three days, making the product placement feel almost seamless in its blasphemy.