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Terin
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:52 pm    Post subject: Comedy (such a tragedy)

Comedy, as of late, in my view, has become stale and boring. I think it might be due to everyone tacking "your mom blah blah blah" onto everything could be killing it. It could also be that the classic way to tell a joke is dead. "what do you get when..." I don't think I've laughed at a pun in a long time either. So basically a joke has to either be really smart, politically wrong, or shocking (the latter two often finding themselves together) for me to crack a smile. Am I losing my sense of humor, have I evolved into a higher level of comedy?
-T

PS - stating that my mom is stale and boring won't be funny. I don't care what smiley you put after it. It's old. It was old when I saw it on Napoleon Dynamite, it was old in third grade. How the hell did that become mainstream?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:45 pm    Post subject:

Your mom is mainstream.

Hehehe Now you will hurt me. And it will feel OH SO GOOD!

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:19 pm    Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu2NqfISm9k

How about all three and throw in a little irony as well?

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Akanari
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:51 pm    Post subject:

I do believe you're just looking in the wrong places Terin, though I will agree that the majority of comedy is degenerating into idiotic banter. My poison of choice, satire, isn't terribly hard to find, but is becoming strangely less frequent.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:00 am    Post subject:

Do you have problems with the quanity of satire or the quality of it?

One of the drawbacks to everyone having a public voice is that everyone has a public voice...

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Terin
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:10 am    Post subject:

the weird part is, I don't even know what catagory of comedy I fall into, or which I prefer. I guess I'm just becoming a tough audience that expects more. I'm gonna FOR REALS start carrying around a notepad and whenever I think of something/say something funny, I'll jot it down.
-T

-ps - Doot you're SO cruisin for a bruisin lol. I put up with those jokes(sorry, THAT joke) all day at work, and the junior roomies say it constantly.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:39 am    Post subject:

Terin wrote:

-ps - Doot you're SO cruisin for a bruisin lol. I put up with those jokes(sorry, THAT joke) all day at work, and the junior roomies say it constantly.
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Akanari
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:45 am    Post subject:

Ultrawolf wrote:
Terin wrote:

-ps - Doot you're SO cruisin for a bruisin lol. I put up with those jokes(sorry, THAT joke) all day at work, and the junior roomies say it constantly.
-T

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:25 am    Post subject:

Akanari wrote:
I love you guys. :]


That's what she said!

Seriously though...comedy isn't that funny right now. I mean, all you have to do is watch so called "funny" shows on TV and you'll see how un-funny most of it is.

Oh yeah, and most people who think they're funny really aren't. So don't worry, you're not the only one who's noticed.

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SirGunslinger
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:29 am    Post subject:

If you want to watch a funny sitcom, I recommend Two and a Half Men (Charlie Sheen is the main star), and I know on G4 soon Spaceballs the Animated Series is coming out and that will be comedy gold (it's Mel Brooks doing animation)!

Of course I'm laid back enough that I can find the humor in alot of things... which tend to lead to awkward situations when I laugh for no obvious reason.

Oh, and watch that video it is Mel Brooks doing an 80s hip hop song about Hitler. It is equally parts funny and disturbing.

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