What's Good Comedy to You

[anotherbob]

Ok, that was pretty funny.

what's funny is if you play either of those guys at half speed. Conan sounds like a grumpy gay man who is drunk and bill Burr sounds like the guy who is about to fall off of his chair but even after he has he will still lecture you about how the world really works. Trust me it's funny.

 

[warren]

Shelly Berman and Ernie Kovacs I forgot. Kovacs was obviously wired different than anyone I've ever seen. Homer and Jethro takeoffs on popular songs. And, Spike Jones!

Steve Allen could ad lib, see original "Man on the Street" stuff, better and faster than anyone.

I think I'm done.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Ok. Emo Phillips? Not for everyone, he was always kind of an oddball, but pretty funny. One of my favorite jokes he did:

 

[jpmcwjr]

Can’t get good comedy anymore, PC has ruined it.

Maybe on Network TV, but search a bit and you'll find plenty of non-PC.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I forgot Steven Wright. Dry and drier. Be in the right mood and it's golden.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Rodney Dangerfield, I, like him don’t get any respect no respect at all

 

[jeff540]

All great suggestions thus far!

Wife and I just finished Happy! on Netflix. It's rather dark and serious 80% of the time, but there were also many knee slapping moments that came totally unexpected.

 

[olkofri]

I'd have to turn to cartoons. I never cared much for the comedy genre of movies/shows.

 

[LOREN]

Monty Python
Fawlty Towers
Larry David
Dave Chappel
George Carlin
Lewis Black
Rodney Dangerfield

 

[mortonbriar]

I watch quite a bit of Marx Brothers with my young daughters, all enjoy it.

 

[Gecko]

Speaking of Bill Burr his cartoon show F is for Family is genius and there's even some pipe smoking in it.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I love Family Guy, American Dad and South Park. You can get away with much more in a cartoon than you can a regular show.

 

[newbroom]

I like the honesty of Dave Chapelle, as well as his creativity. No women have been mentioned. That's a whole 'nuther topic.
Comedy is laughing at or with adversity. Which is it? Both? sometimes?
I have a special love for blasphemy. I try not to laugh at victimization jokes.

 

[Mr.Mike]

I love all the comedies from the 80s and 90s when things were actually funny and didn't rely on shock factor. I particularly like all the John Candy movies like Spaceballs and uncle buck. Also can't go wrong with any Chris Farley movies.

 

[workman]

Some classics are missing that I came think of. Around christmas we always watch Dean Martin and the pilot schetch and the one with the dumb blonde. And the old british 90 year birthday schetch.

 

[Gecko]

No women have been mentioned. That's a whole 'nuther topic.

Must be because of our societal patriarchal power structure ?

Actually there has been a few mentioned (Sarah Silverman, Mila Kunis etc) and several of the writers on the cartoons above are female.

Humor and comedy, making someone laugh is a great way to get laid?, therefore men have been practicing it for thousands of years as a matter of survival and are as a result on average more funny than women. Plenty of dull men and funny women on the individual level though.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Australian comedian Paul Hogan had a weekly slot over here on Channel 4 before he became famous as Crocodile Dundee. Here is a short clip of his typical style of comedy.

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[LOREN]

I saw a biography about the The Three Stooges. The president of MGM was pretty lousy (according to the biography). According to Moe: they were only allowed to do shorts. Abbott (of Abbott and Costello) would pick up The Stooges daily's from the president of MGM, and he would later see their routines in Abbott and Costello's new movies.

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Old school, Laurel and Hardy.

New school, Carlin.

After that, most of them have their moments.

Carlin. It just doesn’t get much better than that.

 

[davek]

I saw a biography about the The Three Stooges. The president of MGM was pretty lousy (according to the biography). According to Moe: they were only allowed to do shorts. Abbott (of Abbott and Costello) would pick up The Stooges daily's from the president of MGM, and he would later see their routines in Abbott and Costello's new movies.

Old gold