“Top Gear” host Jeremy Clarkson is all over the British media for what he now recants as a joke that he made about public sector workers who staged a strike on Wednesday.

But, wait! Aren’t jokes supposed to be funny? At least a little? It’s doubtful that this would even make it as a gag on “I Hate My Teenage Daughter,” which I had the misfortune of catching last night, like one would catch rabies.

As the public is now calling for Clarkson to be fired, maybe he can get a job as a writer for that show. I’m pretty sure they’ll think he’s God’s gift to comedy.