This joke is funny because the name "Carrie Oakey" is phonetically similar to "karaoke" (non-professional singing into a microphone with a backing track). Fun fact: Karaoke is a compound of the Japanese words kara (空 "empty") and ōkesutora (オーケストラ "orchestra"). #Karaoke https://t.co/rpDaPQtFUg
— Explainer of Jokes (@JokesExplainer) Sep 25, 2022