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"Supermodels are so skinny, and I hate them. They must not eat, amiright?"
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Rich Vos will be at Magooby's Joke House in Baltimore from the 29th through the 31st.
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 11:59 |
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FBIASSMAN69 posted:i just flew into this thread and BOY ARE MY ARMS TIRED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHO1a1kvZGo&t=17s
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 12:14 |
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Comedians who's entire act is racist characterizations of their own race. I'm not talking about people like Chris Rock who do sometimes-disparaging jokes about black people or black neighbourhoods. I'm talking about people like Gina Yashere, who's entire shtick on panel shows is "Nigerians are violent and confused". Every single time she comments on a story it's a variation on "Imagine if <event> happened <in Nigeria|to Nigerians|to her mum, who is Nigerian>? *in exaggerated Nigerian accent* WHAT IS THIS?! I WILL BEAT YOU!" *laughter from overwhelmingly white audience*.
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 13:19 |
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Agreed, lame poo poo sucking up to whiteys. Haha, I get it, child abuse.
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 15:07 |
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In Australia at the moment there's quite a few comedians whose whole act is "I'm gay". Adam Richard, Rhys Nicholson, Joel Creasey etc etc all do this shtick that goes "ohh my mum wanted me to be straight but look what happened! OOOhh! Cock!" and so on. SomethingAwful can get over using "I'm gay" as a punchline but Australia can't? Come on mateys
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 15:48 |
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Race comics "My grandmother used to be like this *accent* DON DO THAT" and WHITE PEOPLE BE LIKE "guy" humor WOMEN SUCK AMIRITE GUYS ?! I JUST WANT TO DRINK BEER AND WATCH SPORTS AND THEYRE LIKE BLAH BLAH RELATIONSHIPS THE NOTEBOOK Women comedians that are "I AM SUCH A SLUT LOL" I may be mixing comedians I just don't like with overused tropes but I drive a lot and listen to the comedy channels on XM to help pass the time.
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 15:57 |
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NO gently caress YOU DAD posted:Comedians who's entire act is racist characterizations of their own race. I'm not talking about people like Chris Rock who do sometimes-disparaging jokes about black people or black neighbourhoods. I'm talking about people like Gina Yashere, who's entire shtick on panel shows is "Nigerians are violent and confused". Every single time she comments on a story it's a variation on "Imagine if <event> happened <in Nigeria|to Nigerians|to her mum, who is Nigerian>? *in exaggerated Nigerian accent* WHAT IS THIS?! I WILL BEAT YOU!" *laughter from overwhelmingly white audience*. Even better example is Dat Phan, who for all I know may never have made it past 2004
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 17:56 |
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I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. Every single hack comedian (and even some good ones) would use this dumb product as the punchline to a joke. It was barely funny the first time, and it's painful every time someone tries to use it again. Even Stephen Colbert used it in his otherwise hilarious correspondent's dinner stand up. http://youtu.be/U7FTF4Oz4dI?t=4m36s It is bad and lazy
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 19:59 |
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Dr Christmas posted:Hey guys, what if, heh, what if we called M Night Shyamalan...snicker...SHAMALAMADINGDONG? Ugh, as soon as there's any mention of anything to do with Shyamalan, you just know this 'joke' is coming and you cringe and its always bad and not funny.
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 23:11 |
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Yeah comedy songs are a trope I could really stand losing. Also folks who think they are Louis CK and tell long droning stories about their children but throw a poo poo ot gently caress in there to sound "EDGY" Full disclosure, I still do "how is everyone doing?" every now and again.
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# ? Jan 18, 2015 23:32 |
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I've noticed a lot of comedians who learned the wrong lessons from otherwise wonderful comedians. For example, George Carlin and Richard Pryor were more than just guys who told jokes -- they were philosophers. Their jokes could get people to stop and examine their own prejudices and misconceptions, to question their ignorance and learn something about themselves and the cultures that surrounded them. They told the truth couched within laughter, a bitter pill with a candy-sweet shell. They made people laugh, and they brought about awareness. Then you have some assholes who saw Carlin and Pryor and thought, "Hey, I can bitch about things and make the word 'friend of the family' my entire act and I, too, shall be famous!'"
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 00:57 |
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"my parents and grandparents beat me with an extension cord -- isn't that hilarious? "
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 01:26 |
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"WHY YOU CRYIN'?!!!!!" Because you're not funny, sir, and your stories of your childhood are depressing as gently caress. Thank you for misrepresenting the entire Latino community with your dogwhistle antics.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 01:30 |
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Screaming Idiot posted:I've noticed a lot of comedians who learned the wrong lessons from otherwise wonderful comedians. For example, George Carlin and Richard Pryor were more than just guys who told jokes -- they were philosophers. Their jokes could get people to stop and examine their own prejudices and misconceptions, to question their ignorance and learn something about themselves and the cultures that surrounded them. They told the truth couched within laughter, a bitter pill with a candy-sweet shell. They made people laugh, and they brought about awareness. Part of the significance of Carlin too was how many boundaries he pushed and that back then you pretty much couldn't say the poo poo he said. Nowadays it's easy to talk about weed, say gently caress, be an atheist, etc on stage.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 01:48 |
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Chrpno posted:SomethingAwful can get over using "I'm gay" as a punchline We did? When?
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 05:48 |
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Animal-Mother posted:We did? When? GBS banned the phrase, at least for a little while.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 06:17 |
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This is more of a thing in general, and not exclusive to comedy, but I get really really sick of catchphrases that people repeat ad nauseam. Jeff Foxworthy, Carlos Mencia, Jeff Dunham, every rear end in a top hat with a popular catchphrase can burn in hell.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 08:59 |
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Optimist with doubt posted:Yeah comedy songs are a trope I could really stand losing. Also folks who think they are Louis CK and tell long droning stories about their children but throw a poo poo ot gently caress in there to sound "EDGY" I hope you're excluding Garfunkel and Oates on that one. Weird Al should stop, though. Also, Lonely Island.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 09:36 |
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Yea Weird Al should definitely stop on the heels of his first #1 album. Also Lonely Island is better than Garfunkel and Oates but that's not saying much either way.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 09:42 |
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Animal-Mother posted:We did? When? Honestly, if you go over there to GBS, make a thread this week, it's entirely possible that someone won't post "I'm gay" in it. Strange but true.
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Spoeank posted:Yea Weird Al should definitely stop on the heels of his first #1 album. Lonely Island has some fantastic stuff. Spring Break Anthem is the most funny and clever comedy song I've ever heard short of Tim Minchin.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 10:56 |
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Anyone who tries a parody of the Abbott and Costello "Who's on First" routine. Unless you are 110% perfect and can nail it just as often you shouldn't even bother.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 11:02 |
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Mildly Amusing posted:This is more of a thing in general, and not exclusive to comedy, but I get really really sick of catchphrases that people repeat ad nauseam. Haaaaamburger!
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 12:18 |
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Mildly Amusing posted:This is more of a thing in general, and not exclusive to comedy, but I get really really sick of catchphrases that people repeat ad nauseam. A stand-up comedy catchphrase is as close as you can get to selling out without straight-up shilling for Canyonero in the middle of your act.
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 14:26 |
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Dr Christmas posted:Hey guys, what if, heh, what if we called M Night Shyamalan...snicker...SHAMALAMADINGDONG? The worst part is that "Night" isn't his given name. It's a self-applied nickname, and if people weren't so focused on his surname, Shyamalan could be mocked for trying to get people to call him that. But people go to the surname and he gets away with people calling him "Night".
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 17:31 |
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Tyler Perry I have never seen a single one of his movies, but I get the feeling they're all insufferable
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# ? Jan 19, 2015 22:14 |
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Comedy music acts are more forgivable, weird al and garfunkel and oates are good exceptions. Likewise with people like Jonathan Coulton, all of them would likely list themselves as musicians who use humor not comedians who use music. The big offenders are those who do a standard act and then throw in a "hilarious" song at the end.
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 01:06 |
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Optimist with doubt posted:Comedy music acts are more forgivable, weird al and garfunkel and oates are good exceptions. Likewise with people like Jonathan Coulton, all of them would likely list themselves as musicians who use humor not comedians who use music. The big offenders are those who do a standard act and then throw in a "hilarious" song at the end. So Adam Sandler before he started making horrid movies?
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 01:08 |
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Bo Burnham is the worst
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# ? Jan 20, 2015 01:21 |
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Drug induced hallucinations always involve dragons.
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# ? Jan 21, 2015 00:48 |
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Feslyn posted:Drug induced hallucinations always involve dragons. This isn't the PYF Scientific Fact thread, buster.
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# ? Jan 21, 2015 01:24 |
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zVxTeflon posted:Bo Burnham is the worst The first time I heard of him, I hoped he would never make it. To an extent, he hasn't, so we are generally safe.
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# ? Jan 21, 2015 02:16 |
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I don't like when a comic keeps making references to "this side of the room." Like, "Oh, I see this side of the room is extra sensitive, you may not want to stick around for the second half of my act" or other similar poo poo.
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# ? Jan 21, 2015 03:13 |
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observations
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