Must I repeat... how captive this audience is? You know bad jokes make people want to leave. [And by people, he generally means Papyrus. And the captive audience beyond just himself is more captive than usual, given the way people trying to leave are being kept in here. For their safety, the radio's drone insists, but...]

...But, maybe some of the people around here... could use a distraction. Even if it's a terrible one. [He says this reluctantly. Not the 'terrible' label, he's sticking to that with regard to the skeleton jokes so old they're yellowing with declared mercy. But the idea of splitting up to go encouraging people, when they've only just realized the other is here... Well, it sits uneasily.]