>The world seems to be running out of humour, much as it is new tunes (ROBBIE WILLIAMS), please inform and delight me with witty and intelligent comments, or alternatively have a discussion.
>Rock on, Rock out, But Don't Rock the Boat
>
All humour is based upon an unexpected event occuring under a familiar set of circumstances, confounding your expectations. So the question is, have all possible situations had every possible unusual occurence explored, occurences that are above the level of reasonable expectation, making them funny?
I would suspect, although I can't be certain, that this is no.
So don't despair.
A more specific question is whether or not the current accepted genres of comedy (sitcom, satire, etc.), being such well explored situations, contain any more unforeseen happenings. I believe this to be a more serious problem.
The failure to remember events has also go to be taken into account. I imagine those with very short memories must find jokes funnier than others who remember their first outing. This is probably the reason behind the Corpses idea of the comedy clock being reset in the mid-nineties - a forced amnesia to make jokes funny again.
This has got a little out of hand.
wow
The best joke in the world (if you are overly childish, as I am):
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Poo!
[now fall about laughing]
The best joke in the world (if you are overly childish, as I am):
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Poo!
[now fall about laughing]
I double clicked, sorry.
Another great thing to do:
Go up to friend/person and say "guess what?"
When they say "what?", reply simply "Craig David" in a very matter of fact voice.
This will/should then develop into a fun game, where if someone says "guess what?" then you hae to say "Craig David" NOT "what?", or they will surely say "Craig David" and you will lose.
Fun for all, that is.
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
I Dun up.
I Dun up who?
Eerrr, you done a poo!
I'm so, so sorry....
My drama lecturer always used to point out to me that no joke or funny situation is new, it's been done zillions of times in zillions of ways. "No comedy is new young Bean" he would say, fingering his goatie and smoothing the creases from his cardigan.
He was right.
Ben Elton pointed out that the first recorded toilet humour comes from the Ancient Greeks who did jokes about getting rent boys to bugger them if they got constipated.
He was right.
No comedy is new, it's just been made to look that way.
Sigh.
Sadly comedy these days is generally unfunny. Or nicked from this Forum.
It was better on the Grecian urn.
What's a Grecian urn? About a dracma an hour...
For as long as the world changhes there will always be new situations for comedy. 'Sitcom'is such a broad genre it can never die out. When people attack, they have in mind only certain hackneyed formulas - domestic/office-based ones, etc. But there have been, and can be, many more.
Nice to see some optimism Jon.
However lingering doubt leads me to believe it was sarcasm.
Oh well, roll on christmas cracker jokes...
Further to Jon's posting, saying sitcom's dead is akin to saying poetry's dead because there have been a few bad poems recently.
Oh, lighten up, the lot of you. The best thing to do is to realise that *everything* in life is funny. Honest. Everything!
Comedy's just one big joke to you, isn't it Ewar?
She is the Joe Pasquale of comedy.
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Chris Morris is the Scott Walker of comedy.
>Chris Morris is the Scott Walker of comedy.
We've been here before, and we couldn't quite get it to work. Did we ever come up with a Morris "Stretch" or "We Had It All"?
And yet again, as you lot moan about there being no good comedy, I return from another night out where I laughed myself raw at live, local comedy.
What is happening over there??
Poke somebody with a stick to razz them up a bit.
I think we should a whip-round to pay for Janet's first UK tour.
[clink] I've put the first 10p in... you next...
Clink. The shiny new 50p piece my Gran gave me.
[Pushes Heater Kid to the floor, puts foot on head]: Give us yer dinner money!
You huuuuurt me!
Mum!
[Rustle]
Can I get some change from that?
The campaign to destroy Irritating Heater kid is on.
Go on hit 'im in the stomach Jon!
I'm hoping Radiator Head Child was being playing along, not being a retard.
That didn't make sense, really, but you get my point.
[Clattering noise] Now I've dropped the bloody collecting tin! Oh well, I'll post her a fiver... what's your address, Janet?
> what's your address, Janet?
Don't tell him, 110b James St!!!
<cue mass audience hysteria, endless repeats>
Not being retarded Jake. Promise.
c/- Prince Patrick Hotel, Collingwood
With the current exchange rates a fiver should just about do it. (Our dollar is lower than a lizard's stomach)
BTW I've just heard Simon Munnery is over here for a visit. Hoorah!
(I know certain folk on this forum aren't Munnery fans, but I love 'im).
I like Munnery, but reminds me of camp evil villain in panto.
LOL - I'll tell him that
Since it's mostly uninhabited desert, I'll just write "Janet, Australia", and that's bound to get through.
Better to write "Janet - not the one with the two cats, the other one, Australia". That cat woman gets all my mail.
Why doesn't a wealthy philanthropist put up the money for Janet to really do a UK tour?
Just an idea.
It's 'Janet and John' again.
See the ball, John.