My friends want to show me films of their baby's birth. No, thank you. But I'll look at a video of the conception, if you've got one.

Shandling’s joke pivots on a social taboo: friends’ eagerness to share intimate, bodily “miracle of life” footage that others may find uncomfortable. By rejecting the birth video but claiming interest in the conception, he flips conventional propriety—conception is typically more private than birth—creating shock-based incongruity. The line also satirizes oversharing and the assumption that personal milestones are universally compelling. In classic Shandling fashion, the humor is dry and observational, exposing how politeness strains under unwanted intimacy and how curiosity can be performative rather than sincere.