Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 447

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-10-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I going to invite you all over and make you watch Fanny and Alexander or maybe Berlin Alexanderplatz.

And these German dramas are replacements for silly comedy how exactly?

Strangler Lewis · 07-10-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

And these German dramas are replacements for silly comedy how exactly?

One Swedish, one German.

"Fanny and Alexander" is a great movie. I would happily watch it at your house any time.

That or a Bowery Boys marathon.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 07-10-2009, 03:21 PM

What Knockers!!

SzczerbiakManiac · 07-10-2009, 03:29 PM

Yes!
YeEEes!
He vas my BOYFRIEND!!!!!

Alex · 07-10-2009, 03:34 PM

The German ones are funnier?

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 07-10-2009, 03:39 PM

I wonder what the stats are on people in America born without a sense of humor?

Not Afraid · 07-10-2009, 03:42 PM

I have a great sense of humor - you just have to work a bit harder to amuse me.

Alex · 07-10-2009, 04:08 PM

And to that I ask: Does anybody here who has met me (other than as grandmaster of MouseAdventure) think I am lacking in a sense of humor?

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-10-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I have a great sense of humor - you just have to work a bit harder to amuse me.

Ha! I've seen you laugh for hours at the most base of jokes.

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Originally Posted by Alex

And to that I ask: Does anybody here who has met me (other than as grandmaster of MouseAdventure) think I am lacking in a sense of humor?

You have a great sense of humor.

This is why when people say "I'm looking for someone with a sense of humor" I feel like smacking them. It's like saying you're looking for someone who has a taste for sweets. Most everyone does. There are many types of sense of humor, and it's hard to pin down definitions for types.

Some random types of humor I enjoy, in no particular order:

Beavis and Butthead (stupidity, gross-outs)
Mel Brooks (Jewish, sex, puns, pop-culture sillyness)
30 Rock/The Office (brainy sarcasm about everyday foibles)
Wes Anderson (detached surrealism, awkward character interactions)
Weird Al (childlike, slapsticky innocent spoofs of seriousness)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job (non-linear psychadelic deja vu, slow motion vomiting for no reason)
SNL (too many things to list)

Some random types of humor I can appreciate but don't make me guffaw for some reason:

Woody Allen (wordy self-deprecation)
Cary Grant style films (zinger after zinger)
Practical jokes (making someone else feel bad eventually gets to me)
Fawlty Towers and the British Office (the ultimate in awkwardness is too much for me)

Hmm, I bet there are dozens more.

Not Afraid · 07-10-2009, 05:07 PM

30 Rock/The Office (brainy sarcasm about everyday foibles) I've been told I'd loke 30 Rock. I love Arrested Development
Wes Anderson (detached surrealism, awkward character interactions) - Love him
SNL (too many things to list) - Moments of goodnes throughout the years but not all of it does it for me.

Woody Allen (wordy self-deprecation) - ADORE Woody Allen except really early slap stick stuff (but his serious films are really more up my alley)
Cary Grant style films (zinger after zinger) Heavy, witty dialog is a fav as his black comedy. His Girl Friday a great example as is Arsenic and Old Lace. The Thin Man (not Grant) but another witty dialog fav.

I can't stand The THree Stooges. Irritation!

As for Brit humor, Black Books is one of my favorites.

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	30 Rock/The Office (brainy sarcasm about everyday foibles) I've been told I'd loke 30 Rock. I love Arrested Development Wes Anderson (detached surrealism, awkward character interactions) - Love him SNL (too many things to list) - Moments of goodnes throughout the years but not all of it does it for me. Woody Allen (wordy self-deprecation) - ADORE Woody Allen except really early slap stick stuff (but his serious films are really more up my alley) Cary Grant style films (zinger after zinger) Heavy, witty dialog is a fav as his black comedy. His Girl Friday a great example as is Arsenic and Old Lace. The Thin Man (not Grant) but another witty dialog fav. I can't stand The THree Stooges. Irritation! As for Brit humor, Black Books is one of my favorites.
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