Rodney Dangerfield is definitely underrated with the kids today.
Plankton
09-15-2021 10:32 AM
Yessir. This is a brilliant observation posted in the comments:
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Norm once mentioned in some interview that the beauty of Dangerfield's delivery is the flash of pain in his eyes after each joke.
DianneW
09-15-2021 02:30 PM
DianneW
09-15-2021 02:36 PM
not the latest but still very British Humour....
DianneW
09-15-2021 02:43 PM
innerspaceboy
09-15-2021 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DianneW
(Post 2185222)
I adore Stephen Fry, and his comparison of American and British comedy are among my favorite of his remarks. I have autographed first edition hardcovers of Mythos and Heroes, the Quite Interesting home game and travel game, the first ten series of QI on my server, and other various Fry treasures about my home.
The kinetic typographical animation of Fry's thoughts on Language is my all-time favorite video on YouTube.
Fry also recalls an amusing anecdote about JK Rowling during Fry's recording of the audiobooks for the Harry Potter series.
And for anyone making a first-venture into the hilarity of QI, Series B episode 05, "Bears" is my pick for the all-time best episode.
And the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast hosted by the QI elves is delightful as well for anyone craving more QI goodness.
Thanks for sharing the classic clip!
jwb
10-11-2021 12:49 AM
Watching new Chappelle special rn **** is funny bro...
Frownland
10-11-2021 03:31 AM
Relocation time:
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Originally Posted by jwb
(Post 2187854)
So then with jokes.. by definition there's no such thing as a funny racist/sexist/transphobic joke?
That's a trend, not a rule, and not even what I was getting at. A well-structured joke can be funny no matter the content, but jokes based in bigotry aren't light-hearted. Even in cases where it's effectively approached light-heartedly, the impact of the humour often comes from the shock of reframing a heavy subject in such a way. Chapelle's barely in the category of quality anything humour, though his voice (and face!) are damn funny stuff when he's into it.
