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Post by oh oooh on Aug 22, 2023 19:25:06 GMT
We've tried to talk about humour before but I think it's an elusive thing. It's difficult to describe what makes you laugh without sounding a bit David Brent - 'ooh I like it a bit surreal!'. So instead of pushing people to talk about that, I was thinking of posting some rubbish ideas - jokes or cartoons - and seeing if they raise a smile at all. Or, maybe, if they're the sort of thing that makes you chuckle. How about this?
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Aug 22, 2023 19:26:53 GMT
Post by oh oooh on Aug 22, 2023 19:26:53 GMT
I saw some Tommy Cooper thing today too and it was absolute cobblers, just desperately unfunny. But people laugh until they keel over at some of that shit. If I can find it I'll post it.
Add your own ideas, needless to say. I mean - generic jokes.
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Aug 22, 2023 19:28:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2023 19:28:52 GMT
Today's SNL.
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 22, 2023 19:33:32 GMT
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Aug 22, 2023 19:35:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2023 19:35:50 GMT
I don't mind that joke.
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Aug 22, 2023 19:49:19 GMT
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Post by tory on Aug 22, 2023 19:49:19 GMT
Jerry Sadowitz
"How do you crucify a spastic?"
"On a swastika"
I have to admit I roared with laughter when I heard that. Yes, I'm going to hell aren't I.
Laughter is contextual- there's a lot of Twitter chat about the best joke at the Fringe this year, which I imagine if you heard it in situ you'd laugh, but often in print it's a bit sterile.
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Aug 22, 2023 19:57:02 GMT
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 22, 2023 19:57:02 GMT
Oh, those 'best jokes we've heard at the Fringe' lists are always tragic.
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Aug 22, 2023 20:02:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2023 20:02:28 GMT
Did you read this years?
"I used to date a zookeeper, but I found out he was a cheetah".
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Aug 22, 2023 20:08:02 GMT
I read someone theorizing that they chose that particular "joke" in order to keep people talking about the Fringe. If the joke had been universally funny, then folks would've simply laughed at it and forgotten it. Everyone loves a good conspiracy!
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Aug 23, 2023 6:15:16 GMT
Post by oh oooh on Aug 23, 2023 6:15:16 GMT
Frank Skinner is a master. I was surprised how good he was when I saw him here a couple of weeks ago because I'd been used to seeing him doing so-so TV shows where he just sits down and smiles and nods and talks about art and shit. That stuff about 'crafting' a joke? I know, it's a bit corny, but he referred to it himself jokingly, miming being a blacksmith and hammering away at a piece of iron. But the jokes had been worked on, the way they were built and the way they were delivered - he was careful. He'd get one laugh, and then quite often a pause followed by another, bigger laugh as the audience caught on to something else. And then sometimes even ANOTHER laugh when he added a little comment - often something subtle. He used his voice well, he was quiet sometimes, he'd pause for a while, pacing about the stage. But of course most of this stuff occurs to you later 'cos at the time you're just enjoying the show. If you contrast him with Frankie Boyle, who has particular 'joke templates' which are used - many ad nauseam - it's clear where there's talent and where not. With Boyle, you get that thing of characterising a person he dislikes as something slightly - here it is again! - SURREAL. So Boris Johnson is a pannacotta injected with sperm. Something like that. If he's worried that the joke won't get a big laugh, he'll SHOUT IT. Stewart Lee says Boyle has a big team of writers. Lee writes his own stuff. I know this because he told us. More than once.
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Aug 23, 2023 6:24:44 GMT
Post by tory on Aug 23, 2023 6:24:44 GMT
I love this guy. Great delivery.
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Aug 23, 2023 9:50:40 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2023 9:50:40 GMT
But surely even some of Lee's heros had some writers behind them. Most comedians copy jokes, or get given them or worse, nick them.
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Aug 23, 2023 10:08:47 GMT
Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 23, 2023 10:08:47 GMT
I love this guy. Great delivery. Looked at the first two minutes and I didn't even smile. Do you like him more for his politics?
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 23, 2023 10:11:13 GMT
I struggle with most stand ups to be honest, although I'm sure I would have enjoyed the Skinner gig. He's just naturally very funny.
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Aug 23, 2023 10:39:55 GMT
Post by tory on Aug 23, 2023 10:39:55 GMT
I love this guy. Great delivery. Looked at the first two minutes and I didn't even smile. Do you like him more for his politics? Well, as a massive lefty I'm not surprised! He's against the grain politically for sure. And if you're more progressively orientated, then you'd probably hate him. But we live, as you know, in a time where people are censored for saying things that are actually true and he makes me laugh for saying outrageous things that have a kernel of truth to them. This section on abortion and Nazis is terrific. It's awkward, thought-provoking and outrageous.
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