Comedy is a serious business. (1907 hits)
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Submitted by Redskieslookfake (View user info) at 2006-01-31 06:34:10 EST
I watched an episode of the new British comedy 'Hyperspace' recently. Don't think I've had a more dismal experience. I've given it two watches and all that came to mind was that Nick Frost was better than this, and that it felt like a hashed up version of Red Dwarf that really missed the point.
I watched two episodes and after that, I have consigned it to the 'never going to watch this shit again.' Laugh? I barely smiled. Comedy should not make me scowl.
Then I watched an early Vic Reeves Big Night Out show on dvd that recently arrived courtesy of play.com. Now I'm not saying it was shit, but I've seen better, and again, I didn't laugh. Again, barely a smile at the Man with a Stick, a character who would often cause me near hysterics as a youngster.
Now Vic and Bob get mixed reactions from viewers. It took them a long time to be anything except cult in Britain, and I recall a tour they did of Canada whereupon one sketch was how Vic was suffering a run of misfortune. Thankfully, he'd found a way of alleviating this by carrying a lucky charm. A rabbit's foot? An old coin? No, he had 20 feet of lucky carpet that he carried around in a roll over his shoulder.
Vic and Bob are marching around on stage with this carpet over their shoulders singing "it's my lucky carpet - you can't have it - coz it's my lucky carpet!" while the Canadians watched in bewilderment while whispering "you can't have a carpet as a lucky charm - it's too god damn big - don't they get that?" and waited for the comedy. I almost see their point.
Then I started wondering what exactly I laugh at, and what makes me think 'damn good comedy' - coz the two are not the same.
Frasier makes me nod appreciatively at the clever word play, the puns, the expression of overblown indignity. All these things are brilliant, and I hold it up as an example of superb comedy.
Funnybones with Lee Evans is the same. It's funny, but I didn't laugh once.
Police psychologist "Have you lived here in Blackpool all your life?"
Lee Evans "not yet."
I don't laugh at it though. I just nod appreciatively at the setup and punchline.
So what makes me laugh if it's not this comedy?
Peter Sellers as Clouseau makes me laugh. It's the combination of mortification and the slapstick. However, I think the main thing about it is the excruciating pain I feel as he tries to retain his authority in the face of falling over a couch in front of people, and their dignified, quiet reaction to it. No one stands and starts shouting "hahahaha - you fell over you twat! Enjoy your trip did you?!!"
Now back at school, that was the very height of comedy. It's certainly something that Jeremy Beadle's big hand got a lot of joy out of.
Saying that, the first series or two of Third Rock from the Sun made me laugh when they had the baby and it was spitting on them over and over. Mashed banana and puree of plum and apple spraying across Harry, Sally and Tommy. The desperation and finally Harry's frustrated reaction of turning, grabbing some food and spitting it back on the kid. That caused me real physical pain. John Lithgow was very like John Cleese in his mannerisms in this, but then I never found Monty Python funny. Really when you look at it, there's the odd clever line, but it's too much public school boys chortling about the Carthaginians.
David Firth doesn't make me laugh. The League of Gentlemen doesn't make me laugh. I like the catchphrases, but the only laughs I've heard associated with them are when people have repeated them to one another - not when they're watching it. Too damn creepy, too damn surreal.
Never Mind The Buzzcocks makes me cringe and snort with laughter - but never a belly laugh. Watching Mark Lamarr act in a way worryingly reminiscent of Caulincourt (i.e. biting wit and the frank ability to hone in on the one thing that no one else would dare comment on. The art of being a cunt.{that's a compliment Caul})
So I come to this stage with no real conclusions. Physical comedy makes me laugh, but Whose Been Framed with that fat tart Lisa Riley makes me curl up with revulsion at the shitness that people sink to. I don't think I laugh enough in an open honest way. Sneering at some bastard getting their comeuppance, yes - but it's not a laugh of joy. It's a laugh of "a-ha suck it long and hard you shit."
http://www.vicandbob.net/
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All the while reading this... I can't get one naggling thing out of my mind...
That you are a complete pussy, yes... that's it.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-03-22 14:28:42 EDT (#)
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Ross Noble is hilarious, total belly laugh if you can keep track of his randomness and for the panel shows, Mock the Week wins it every time.
Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2006-05-09 10:26:05 EDT (#)
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Hahaha what a man.
Another quote from Untouchables:
"Just like a wop. Bringsh a knife to a gun fight!" just before getting mawled by a tommy gun and getting his shoelaces tied together.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-05-09 10:21:18 EDT (#)
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Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell: Now, are you sure you want to have a fight? Because I'm only gonna use my thumb.
Bully in Bar: Thumb?
Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell: My right thumb. Left one's too powerful for you.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-05-09 10:20:17 EDT (#)
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In The Presidio he beats a man up just using his thumb. He calls him 'shonny' as well before he does it. It is the best thing ever.
Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2006-05-09 10:17:44 EDT (#)
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Haha yeah I was talking to someone about that exact problem yesterday. Somehow I still respect him. When his ex-wife told the press he'd hit her, he told them "That'sh a lot of bullshit". Haha.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-05-09 10:04:19 EDT (#)
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In Highlander (a film set largely in Scotland) Old Sean plays a Spaniard who lived in Egypt for years - before marrying a wife in Japan. He, of course, plays this role with a thick Scottish accent.
In The Hunt For Red October (a film set largely in the Atlantic Ocean), Sean plays a Lithuanian who is often mistaken for a Russian who hates Tim Curry. He, of course, plays this role with a thick Scottish accent.
In James Bond he plays an Englishman, with a Scottish accent.
Really he should be more versatile.
Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2006-05-09 09:59:33 EDT (#)
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I'll tell you a film that makes me piss my pants watching it:
The Untouchables.
That is one of the funniest films I've ever seen in my life. They must have known it was gonna be hilarious when they made it. I mean, having Sean Connery speak in his usual thick, lispy scottish accent, and then have someone recognise him as being Irish? Genius! Everything about that film is class-A comedy.
"Nice house. Ah *said*, nice house"
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:44:21 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:42:53 (#)
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She is a soapdodgin' weedgie like. What time you hitting the sauce old bean?
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probs about 5.10 by the time I've walked out of here - scowling at all and sundry
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:42:53 EST (#)
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She is a soapdodgin' weedgie like. What time you hitting the sauce old bean?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:40:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:39:15 (#)
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I reckon she could kick your arse like. Dunno who I'd bet on though.
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I've got the reach on her - but I reckon she knows more dirty fighting techniques. There was a certain 'I'll givee a taste oh ma forheid ya wee scunner' glint in her eye
But that may just be me.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:39:15 EST (#)
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I reckon she could kick your arse like. Dunno who I'd bet on though.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:37:14 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:35:38 (#)
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Touche. Though a pity it had to be your father, a regular servicer of young boys, who put it there. Tell him I'll see him in court, if not for dignity, then at least money.
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You gave up on dignity when you admitted you were shagging a Scottish bird.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:35:38 EST (#)
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Touche. Though a pity it had to be your father, a regular servicer of young boys, who put it there. Tell him I'll see him in court, if not for dignity, then at least money.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:33:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:33:34 (#)
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Battered and filled with egg and pork?
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It'll match your arsehole then.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:33:34 EST (#)
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Battered and filled with egg and pork?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:30:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:28:32 (#)
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Registered there mate. Plus now that I put my penis in a Scottish lass regularly, it's sort of rubbed off. My balls are going tartan!
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Sex offenders register? Like Brian Peppers? http://thebrianpeppersong.ytmnd.com/
You should get your balls Scotched like eggs.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:28:32 EST (#)
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Registered there mate. Plus now that I put my penis in a Scottish lass regularly, it's sort of rubbed off. My balls are going tartan!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:26:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:25:16 (#)
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At the end of the day, to be honest, I don't give a toss about the Magpies. I support a club that's won something in recent memory. Ladies and gentlemen, doff your hats for the footballing might of Kilmarnock FC! Thank you please.
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Are you still pretending to be Scottish? For Christ's sake Hurty.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:25:16 EST (#)
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At the end of the day, to be honest, I don't give a toss about the Magpies. I support a club that's won something in recent memory. Ladies and gentlemen, doff your hats for the footballing might of Kilmarnock FC! Thank you please.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:22:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:20:12 (#)
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I like that on the beeb they wrote, 'he left at 1420, having spent the morning rubbing himself on Michael Owen, the only jewel in a dismal 16 months'.
Still, he did get fucked by injuries.
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Cry me a river, liberal.
He still could have done better. Bellamy was a cunt - but he should have been forced to do his best. Robert was a wonderful talent who needed to be guided - fucked over. And then he goes and signs Boumsong? Fuck off. For 8m you could buy 3 defenders from italy or spain all of whom would be superior. We got butt fucked hard and rotten there
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:20:12 EST (#)
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I like that on the beeb they wrote, 'he left at 1420, having spent the morning rubbing himself on Michael Owen, the only jewel in a dismal 16 months'.
Still, he did get fucked by injuries.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:19:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:14:03 (#)
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If he wasn't working tonight I would tell him that and he would probably slap you silly. Ha! Dude, it looks like we claimed your post!
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The Big S knows where his goodies come from. I'm glad Souness has finally fucked off.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:14:03 EST (#)
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If he wasn't working tonight I would tell him that and he would probably slap you silly. Ha! Dude, it looks like we claimed your post!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:13:03 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:11:13 (#)
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Don't joke. That almost happened to me! I bought the German equivalent of the Big Issue off him and he was appeased. After he raped our friend Big S in the mouth. Tragic really.
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The Big S would love that. In fact, he'd probably donate double.
erm...
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:11:13 EST (#)
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Don't joke. That almost happened to me! I bought the German equivalent of the Big Issue off him and he was appeased. After he raped our friend Big S in the mouth. Tragic really.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:06:04 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:04:17 (#)
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HURTY? GODDAMNIT!!!
Currently I am trying to accumulate enough drunken shit to put into a lot of posts. Considering I've been punishing the old liver for a good 5 or 6 years now with various toxins I'm good to go.
French and Saunders? One off couple of shows called Velvet Cabaret? Smack the Pony?
Oh, and I KNOWS you still get up early to watch Keenan and Kel on a Saturday, cuz you loves the Orange Soda. And cock. You like that too.
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French and Saunders = Utter wank.
Keenan and Kel? I'd sooner be sodomised by a german tramp.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:04:17 EST (#)
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HURTY? GODDAMNIT!!!
Currently I am trying to accumulate enough drunken shit to put into a lot of posts. Considering I've been punishing the old liver for a good 5 or 6 years now with various toxins I'm good to go.
French and Saunders? One off couple of shows called Velvet Cabaret? Smack the Pony?
Oh, and I KNOWS you still get up early to watch Keenan and Kel on a Saturday, cuz you loves the Orange Soda. And cock. You like that too.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 11:02:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by ToastEatingBastard (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:59:54 (#)
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The mighty boosch is good. I also can't get enough of Benny Hill's fast motion. Monty Pyhton was good too, but I'm American, so that's where the british comedy ends for me.
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Benny Hill is just camp as far as I can see. Python has its moments.
The Office is about the only top class world beating comedy to come out of Britain in the last 10 years- and that's shameful
Submitted by ToastEatingBastard (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:59:54 EST (#)
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The mighty boosch is good. I also can't get enough of Benny Hill's fast motion. Monty Pyhton was good too, but I'm American, so that's where the british comedy ends for me.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:59:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:55:31 (#)
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*mentions Blackadder*
*leaves*
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Blackadder was ages ago though. It's such a shame.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:55:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:54:09 (#)
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Unfortunately, mine is a RHCP misquote which I've lumbered myself with for 'mystique', or some shit.
Canny, see you, fatlad.
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You should post more often Hurty. I'm sure we'd all love to hear more stories about your escapades.
And as for mystique.... HAHAHAHAAHA
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:55:31 EST (#)
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*mentions Blackadder*
*leaves*
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:54:09 EST (#)
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Unfortunately, mine is a RHCP misquote which I've lumbered myself with for 'mystique', or some shit.
Canny, see you, fatlad.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:52:05 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:49:28 (#)
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I reckon i can pretend to be working as hard as you aren't until about 5. 20 mins to get down.
If Shearer fucks it I reckon we're gonna have some olde timey lynching fun!
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I reckon my screen name is as emo as yours. And I shall see you there. I shall even buy you a pint.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:49:28 EST (#)
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I reckon i can pretend to be working as hard as you aren't until about 5. 20 mins to get down.
If Shearer fucks it I reckon we're gonna have some olde timey lynching fun!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:42:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:38:25 (#)
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Wasn't me dude, I passed out merrily on my bed watching Idioterme.
Not metal, Triff, legend of folky punk, is playing. Then a bunch of faggots called 'The Peril', who we can beat. I'll be in at 6 if you're game, pubeless wonder that you are.
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Sounds good actually. I may have to arrive earlier than that though. And you KNOW how I hate being in a pub with noone but the ex-students to stare at while I rub my jub jub on the fireplace.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:38:25 EST (#)
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Wasn't me dude, I passed out merrily on my bed watching Idioterme.
Not metal, Triff, legend of folky punk, is playing. Then a bunch of faggots called 'The Peril', who we can beat. I'll be in at 6 if you're game, pubeless wonder that you are.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-02 08:56:08 EST (#)
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Submitted by Wazza (user info) at 2006-02-02 06:42:03 (#)
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Here mate , i'll "underdepress" you , ha ha ha ha , really ?,do you let things depress you so easily.?
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Question marks. Great. And we thought Wazza could do some damage armed only with commas.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 08:36:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 07:00:55 (#)
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It smells like a homeless man slept in my office last night, I must leave.
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Was it you?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-02 08:35:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 07:00:55 (#)
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Leather Pants is the only Friends worth watching just about.
Dude, 'Big Lebowski'. If you don't laugh at least once you're out of your element and probably about to enter a world of pain. Fucking nihilists.
It smells like a homeless man slept in my office last night, I must leave.
Oh, good gig on the night in the Tit n Carrot if you're up for it?
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metal or what?
I did laugh at the big lebowski - but i enjoy repeating the catchphrases more
Nobody fucks with the Jesus.
Also SOUNESS OUT +2s FOR ALL
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-02-02 07:00:55 EST (#)
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Leather Pants is the only Friends worth watching just about.
Dude, 'Big Lebowski'. If you don't laugh at least once you're out of your element and probably about to enter a world of pain. Fucking nihilists.
It smells like a homeless man slept in my office last night, I must leave.
Oh, good gig on the night in the Tit n Carrot if you're up for it?
Submitted by Wazza (user info) at 2006-02-02 06:42:03 EST (#)
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Here mate , i'll "underdepress" you , ha ha ha ha , really ?,do you let things depress you so easily.?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-01 05:27:11 EST (#)
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I confess I laughed at Friends this morning. It was the one where Ross had leather pants - and he was smearing cream on his legs to try and pull them up. I actually went 'ah ha. ah ha. ah ha ha ha'
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-01 05:24:13 EST (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-01 05:19:10 (#)
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*Googles "non sequieters"*
*grumbles at spelling mistake*
I agree
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sorry re spelling. I woke up and the curry I had last night (which the waiter warned me about - but wasn't that hot at the time) - came back with a vengence. I am still wincing and this explains why my latin is well shit.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-01 05:19:10 EST (#)
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*Googles "non sequieters"*
*grumbles at spelling mistake*
I agree.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-01 05:08:21 EST (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-01-31 21:28:40 (#)
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What about the Marx Brothers?
>>Genius non sequieters.
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-01-31 16:30:31 (#)
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I'm more of a fan of 'The Likely Lads'.
>>I hate you.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-01-31 21:28:40 EST (#)
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What about the Marx Brothers?
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-01-31 16:30:31 EST (#)
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I'm more of a fan of 'The Likely Lads'.
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2006-01-31 13:01:11 EST (#)
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Run a google video search for Don Hertzfeldt's "Rejected".
"My spoon is too big"
Gets me every time.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 13:00:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-01-31 11:28:07 (#)
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Why thank you.
I don't know if I'm being a cunt but I know people should definitly speak their mind instead of sucking up each others.
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Sounds scary. Brain sucking. Not funny.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 11:41:58 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:47:13 (#)
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I thought he was happily married.
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Second wife. A fiancé inbetween
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-01-31 11:28:07 EST (#)
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Why thank you.
I don't know if I'm being a cunt but I know people should definitly speak their mind instead of sucking up each others.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:47:13 EST (#)
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I thought he was happily married.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:36:24 EST (#)
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For a short time in 2000 she was engaged to Vic Reeves whom she met when they were both starring in "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)" (2000).
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Apologies - his fiance
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:34:31 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:33:33 (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:22:08 (#)
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Did you know Vic Reeves (Jim Moire) was obsessed with Ulrika Johnson? The images are disturbing.
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I did not know that. Did he pork her?
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Left his wife over her. And his wife was that bird from Randal and Hopkirk (deceased).
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:33:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:29:04 (#)
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Submitted by Mr_T (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:50:42 (#)
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Ain't nothing funnier than me throwing Murdoch through a window. Damn I can throw helluva far!
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This guy is nuts.
I love to laugh. :)
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The A Team does rock. I love to laugh too - but there aren't enough things that make me laugh these days. Smile, yeah. But outloud laughing? Rare.
Outside of Uber ofcourse.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:33:33 EST (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:22:08 (#)
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Did you know Vic Reeves (Jim Moire) was obsessed with Ulrika Johnson? The images are disturbing.
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I did not know that. Did he pork her?
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:29:04 EST (#)
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Submitted by Mr_T (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:50:42 (#)
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Ain't nothing funnier than me throwing Murdoch through a window. Damn I can throw helluva far!
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This guy is nuts.
I love to laugh. :)
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 10:22:08 EST (#)
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Did you know Vic Reeves (Jim Moire) was obsessed with Ulrika Johnson? The images are disturbing.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:54:17 EST (#)
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Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:43:52 (#)
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I watched this show and didn't realise it was her, probably because she said "fuck" a lot.
-Dave
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Terence did Paula Yates (Peaches Geldof's dead mum) after appearing on the word a number of times.
Strangely, the thought of Geldof catching them in bed while Paula performs fellatio and Terence sings makes me laugh.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:53:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:37:30 (#)
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Spaced. Black Books. Dylan Moran. To a lesser extent, The Mighty Boosch.
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I agree with the first three.
Dylan Moran is a God.
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:43:52 EST (#)
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I watched this show and didn't realise it was her, probably because she said "fuck" a lot.
-Dave
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:30:54 EST (#)
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Josie D'Arby
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as in Terence's sister? Who did kids tv?
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:24:32 EST (#)
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Yeah. I think it was on a Friday night 10pm after "Rock School".
Kinda 30something couples based comedy.
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/spoons/
-Dave
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:19:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:14:25 (#)
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Too much recent comedy seems to be catchphrase driven. (Little Britain, Fast Show, Catherine Tate).
I quite enjoyed "Spoons" but hated the bit everyone else seemed to love, the "I want a fucking baby" bit.
-Dave
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Spoons?
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 08:14:25 EST (#)
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Too much recent comedy seems to be catchphrase driven. (Little Britain, Fast Show, Catherine Tate).
I quite enjoyed "Spoons" but hated the bit everyone else seemed to love, the "I want a fucking baby" bit.
-Dave
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:52:13 EST (#)
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Submitted by Mr_T (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:50:42 (#)
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Ain't nothing funnier than me throwing Murdoch through a window. Damn I can throw helluva far!
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He has a point.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:51:52 EST (#)
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The Fast Show is only good for the catchphrases - when I shout 'this week, I have been mostly eating students.'
Submitted by Mr_T (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:50:42 EST (#)
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Ain't nothing funnier than me throwing Murdoch through a window. Damn I can throw helluva far!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:42:11 EST (#)
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Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps was originally a song by 'Splodgenessabounds'. The song gets more and more irate as it goes on. Saw the show once, fuckin' shite. On decent comedy, Chewin' the Fat, Still Game, The Bronx Bunny Show, The Fast Show... come on now.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
I'll have two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
I'll have some pickled onions,
And a little bit of cheese, please.
Thank you.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Eh. Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
And I've got all the right money
And all that, please.
Thank you.
Oi! Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Ay! Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
I've been here half hour
And I'm getting very thirsty!
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Over here!
Oi! Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Why won't you serve me?
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please.
Two pints of lager—
Listen, I'm getting impatient, John!
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps.
Two pints of lager and a packet of fucking crisps.
Two pints of lager and a packet of
(Time, gentlemen, please!)
And a packet of crisps.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:39:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jo (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:34:49 (#)
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What about the classic comedy like the carry on films or Monty Python? I have seen them hundreds of times but I still laugh.
If you asked me for my definition of comedy it would have to be Monty Python and the search for the holy grail or Carry on up the Kyber.
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Carry On always seemed like a succession of knob jokes. The odd good bit. Too camp for me anyway.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail was pretty good - certainly better than the series.
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:38:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by burt_mianus (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:20:09 (#)
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fairly sure its youve been framed but then again what would i know im just a noob.
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No Red was right.
You've = You Have.
-Dave
Submitted by Jo (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:34:49 EST (#)
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What about the classic comedy like the carry on films or Monty Python? I have seen them hundreds of times but I still laugh.
If you asked me for my definition of comedy it would have to be Monty Python and the search for the holy grail or Carry on up the Kyber.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:31:39 EST (#)
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poor syntax, grammar, spelling, structure and content though
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I'm working on it.
Submitted by burt_mianus (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:20:09 EST (#)
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fairly sure its youve been framed but then again what would i know im just a noob.
good article though.
poor syntax, grammar, spelling, structure and content though
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:05:49 EST (#)
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I really have nothing to say.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 07:00:59 EST (#)
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Harry Hill's live stuff? THE BADGER PARADE. You like the lining? Mother knows best. Oh Mr Harry, you so funny.
I don't laugh though Harry. I just smile at your twinkly eyed routines.
And what the merry fuck is that Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:59:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:57:53 (#)
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I've given this kind of thing a lot of thought, and I have come to the conclusion that the people who they hire to be on the laugh tracks must be completely insane. The tiny little scattered laughs at the small jokes, where we just kind of half-smile? That means that one or two people were actually amused enough to laugh out loud.
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they probably record the audience of you've been framed while they throw chairs at Lisa Riley. That would make me laugh.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:58:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:56:04 (#)
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Eddie Izzard attempting to do an impression of Sean Connery doing an impression of James Mason is legendary.
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Absolutely. I do a shit Sean Connery impersonation, but I will continue to do it. Izzard is nothing but observation, expression than absurdity. And I love him for it. Though have you seen his more recent stuff? Same jokes, poorer delivery in my opinion.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:57:53 EST (#)
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I've given this kind of thing a lot of thought, and I have come to the conclusion that the people who they hire to be on the laugh tracks must be completely insane. The tiny little scattered laughs at the small jokes, where we just kind of half-smile? That means that one or two people were actually amused enough to laugh out loud.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:57:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:54:51 (#)
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Mr. Bean.
Fawlty Towers.
Seinfeld.
Anything done by the Chaser, which you won't get unless you're Australian.
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Mr Bean never made me laugh. In fact I quite loathed the bloke. I get incredibly frustrated when someone can't do something right.
Fawlty Towers - physical comedy between Manuel and Basil followed by increasing mania to be met at the end by huge embarrassment and a one liner. Pretty good - but other than Manuel limping off clutching his head, I don't think I laughed. I can't understand why I'm only rendered helpless with laughter by the most simple of comedy, while I still think Frasier is better!
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:56:04 EST (#)
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Eddie Izzard attempting to do an impression of Sean Connery doing an impression of James Mason is legendary.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:54:51 EST (#)
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Mr. Bean.
Fawlty Towers.
Seinfeld.
Anything done by the Chaser, which you won't get unless you're Australian.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:52:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:50:11 (#)
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I've got a serious sense of foreboding. Something terrible is going to happen to me.
What about Bill Bailey?
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His live stand up is pretty good. Though I have some misgivings about musical comedy. Although Human Slaves in an Insect Nation made me laugh.
Eddie Izzard's early stuff. That made me dry heave. Fucking pears, his Bond observations.
But then, that's observational comedy.
Pointing. Out. Things. That. Annoy. Us. Is Funny. Isn't. It?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:50:11 EST (#)
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I've got a serious sense of foreboding. Something terrible is going to happen to me.
What about Bill Bailey?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:48:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:47:27 (#)
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Family Guy cracks me up, it's the sick / religious / sexist / racist comments that make me laugh out loud. I just love anything that is obviously offensive! South park!!! In fact, Cartoon comedy rules!
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Family Guy is excellent. Peter Griffin has some great one liners. South Park is clever or purile. Mr Hankey does not make me laugh or smile. The episode where the ginger folk followed Cartman into war, that just spooked me out.
Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:47:27 EST (#)
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Family Guy cracks me up, it's the sick / religious / sexist / racist comments that make me laugh out loud. I just love anything that is obviously offensive! South park!!! In fact, Cartoon comedy rules!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:46:51 EST (#)
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The old fart in an elevator. Why is that so funny? I don't disagree - I just don't get why it will causes the doubled over gasping for breath comedy that I'm looking for.
Morecombe and Wise - utter shit?
Submitted by ozzy (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:45:19 EST (#)
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I usually don't like American humour, but Wayne Brady makes "Whose Line is it Anyway" worth watching. His improv sometimes has me in hysterics.
Seasons 4 to 7 or 8 of The Simpsons are absolute gold. They were really on top of their game back then.
Jonathon Ross (I think the show is called "They think it's all over") can be funny as a fart in an elevator too.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:44:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:43:27 (#)
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I think you're just a miserable sod.
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See I chuckled there. Berty > TV
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:44:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by cat_head (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:42:05 (#)
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We seem to share similar comedy tastes - I found myself agreeing with almost everything you said.
What do you think of Alan Partridge? And also Peepshow, which is in the same vein of cringe comedy? I don't often "laugh out loud" at comedies, but those two are gold.
Last night I watched Graham Norton's new chat show and found that to be extremely funny.
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Alan Partridge made me cringe over and over. I just wanted to shake some sense into him. The Geordie bloke interaction was excellent however.
I shall watch Graham Norton then - I thought he'd lost his edge actually after getting massive contracts and multiple new shows.
That Friday Night show is quite good - but again, doesn't me guffaw. <--- gayest word ever?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:43:46 EST (#)
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In the nicest possible way, of course.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:43:27 EST (#)
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I think you're just a miserable sod.
Submitted by cat_head (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:42:05 EST (#)
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We seem to share similar comedy tastes - I found myself agreeing with almost everything you said.
What do you think of Alan Partridge? And also Peepshow, which is in the same vein of cringe comedy? I don't often "laugh out loud" at comedies, but those two are gold.
Last night I watched Graham Norton's new chat show and found that to be extremely funny.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:40:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:37:30 (#)
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Spaced. Black Books. Dylan Moran. To a lesser extent, The Mighty Boosch.
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Black Books made me smile, the odd chortle perhaps.
Spaced - never really gripped me - it's too earnest.
The Mighty Boosch I watched and it was nice enough - but didn't really shake me and say Oi Laugh!
There's something wrong when I laugh at Doom the movie more than I do at a new comedy.
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:40:17 EST (#)
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The Mark Lamaar/Caul comparison is strangely accurate.
-Dave
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:38:13 EST (#)
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Commenting on the first paragraph only.
I felt the same way about "Little Britain". I didn't find it funny, at all. I still don't. The show seemed designed to sell ringtones to wankers whose mobile phones are substitute penises.
Now to the rest.
-Dave
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-01-31 06:37:30 EST (#)
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Spaced. Black Books. Dylan Moran. To a lesser extent, The Mighty Boosch.