“It was so cold that I saw a Greyhound bus drive by and the dog was on the inside”
A Greyhound bus usually has an illustration of a greyhound dog on the outside. “I didn’t know it was this cold in Cleveland. I saw a Greyhound bus, the dog was on the inside,” Cedric the Entertainer was quoted in January 2007. “It’s so cold outside, I went by a Greyhound bus and the dog was on the inside looking out at me,” he was quoted in a February 2007 newspaper.
The joke has been printed in many “It’s so cold that…” joke collections, usually without credit to Cedric the Entertainer (who possibly did not say it first).
Wikipedia: Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc., usually shortened to Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier serving over 3,800 destinations across North America. The company’s first route began in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1914, and the company adopted the name The Greyhound Corporation in 1929. Since October 2007, Greyhound has been a subsidiary of British transportation company FirstGroup, but continues to be based in Dallas, Texas, where it has been headquartered since 1987. Greyhound and sister companies in FirstGroup America are the largest motorcoach operators in the United States and Canada.
Wikipedia: Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name, Cedric the Entertainer, is an American actor, comedian, and game show host. He was originally the host on It’s Showtime at the Apollo. He also hosted BET’s ComicView during the 1993–1994 season and Def Comedy Jam in 1995. He is best known for co-starring with Steve Harvey on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show one of The Original Kings of Comedy and starring as Eddie Walker in Barbershop.
29 January 2007, Newhouse News Service (Washington, DC), “Jesters skewer ‘The King’ (LeBron James)” by Michael K. McIntyre:
Cedric the Entertainer launched into (...) “Did you enjoy your poached salmon and cupcake for dinner? For a thousand dollars? I didn’t know it was this cold in Cleveland. I saw a greyhound bus, the dog was on the inside.”
Black Voice News
Cedric The Entertainer Does Foxwoods
February 3, 2007 Paulette Brown-Hinds
By Earl Heath
MASHANTUCKET, CT
It was one of those nights when Cedric was being himself. Cedric ‘The Entertainer’ was doing one of his comic shows at Foxwoods Resort Casino located in Connecticut. Just off the recent release of his latest movie “Code Name: The Cleaner’, one of America’s funniest comedians took the stage in front of two sell out crowds at the Fox Theater.
New England in January is one of the coldest places anywhere. “It’s so cold outside,” said Cedric. “I went by a Greyhound bus and the dog was on the inside looking out at me.” That along with many other lines kept the crowd laughing out of their seats.
12 December 2008, Montreal (Quebec) Community Contact, “Politics, Peace and Goodwill to All” by Bob White, pg. 20:
“I arrived at the voting station on a cold Monday, at 11:30am only the workers were there, all white. It was so cold on voting day, on the way to the voting station I saw on a Greyhound Bus, it was so cold, the dog was running on the inside.”
(Said by an Old Timer.—ed.)
Twitter
Drea
@AJS2604
RT Brrr…Lmao @yungdeveloper: it’s so fucking cold outside…that i just saw a greyhound bus and the dog logo was on the inside of the bus!
10:25 AM - 2 Oct 2010
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Uncle O
@UncleO
Its so cold outside I seen a Greyhound bus and the dog was on the inside!!
7:56 PM - 29 Nov 2010
5 April 2012, Montreal (Quebec) Community Contact, “While Blacks Watch TV, Life Goes On” by Bob White, pg. 26:
Then Bobby White walked into the shop. Two steps into the shop he said, “It was so cold the other day, 1 saw a Greyhound bus and the dog was running on the inside!”
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1590 KLIV
@1590KLIV
It was so cold…..that “I saw a greyhound bus and the dog was riding on the inside.” ...mcleod #KLIV
9:51 AM - 8 Jan 2014
10 December 2014, Des Moines (IA) Register, “Sure it was cold, but just how cold was it, Eb?” by Arvid Huisman, pg. 2:
“That’s nothing,” Eb (Ebenezer Griper—ed.) said, “it was so cold one day in 1949 I saw a Greyhound bus go through town and the dog was riding on the inside,”
1420 WBSM (New Bedford, MA)
THE BEST ‘IT’S SO COLD…’ JOKES 2016
KASEY SILVIA February 10, 2016
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I saw a greyhound bus and the dog was riding on the inside.
Reddit—Jokes
It is so cold outside
submitted January 4, 2018 by julianuz
That I saw a politician with his hands in his own pockets
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BabyDogg
It’s so cold, I saw a Greyhound Bus drive by and the dog was on the INSIDE