Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 456

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?

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.

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.

innerSpaceman · 07-10-2009, 04:45 PM

Oh my ... Fawlty Towers is simply The.Funniest.SitCom.EVER.Made.

Sigh.

And yeah, Alex has a sense of humor.

He just plays a curmudgeon on the internet.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-10-2009, 04:52 PM

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Oh my ... Fawlty Towers is simply The.Funniest.SitCom.EVER.Made.

I saw a bit of an interview with John Cleese. He talked about a "fan" of Fawlty Towers that described Jen's reaction to it perfectly. She couldn't sit down and watch it. It made her so uncomfortable that she'd stand at the doorway of the room, ready to bolt. But she'd still watch the whole show.

I get a bit of that feeling watching it too, it makes me cringe and want to turn away. But I just end up finding it hillarious. Jen falls more on the side of wanting to bolt from the room, yet still finding it funny.

innerSpaceman · 07-10-2009, 05:03 PM

I didn't think it was funny at first. Watched like four episodes before a switch flipped inside of me.

Same thing with Ab Fab.

That's why I'll always give comedy a second or third chance if I can. Some of the stuff I was totally "huh?" about went on to beome hillariously funny for me.

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.

Strangler Lewis · 07-10-2009, 05:10 PM

Two types of humor I'm not much on:

1) the Chaplainy/Monsieur Huloty gentle soul moving through wry situations;
2) the Ryan Reynolds genre--Waiting, Van Wilder--where someone is admired for being the biggest asshole possible.

But you can make an endless loop for me of the concussed Basil Fawlty with his finger on his upper lip goosestepping around the German tourists, and I'd be a happy man.

innerSpaceman · 07-10-2009, 05:17 PM

Yep, Best.Episode of Best.SitCom.Ever.Made.

Gemini Cricket · 07-10-2009, 05:20 PM

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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?

No.

Films I find really funny:
Young Frankenstein
Some Like It Hot
The Birdcage
Superbad
Bringing Up Baby
Borat
Blazing Saddles
The Nutty Professor (dinner table scene)
Friday (the first 5 min especially)
Dr. Strangelove
Harold & Maude
Duck Soup
Holy Grail
Fish Called Wanda
The Thin Man
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
9 to 5
Victor/Victoria
Auntie Mame
Arsenic and Old Lace
to name a few...

As for TV shows:
South Park
Ab Fab
Little Britain
Flowery Twats

to name a few...

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh my ... Fawlty Towers is simply The.Funniest.SitCom.EVER.Made. Sigh. And yeah, Alex has a sense of humor. He just plays a curmudgeon on the internet.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I didn't think it was funny at first. Watched like four episodes before a switch flipped inside of me. Same thing with Ab Fab. That's why I'll always give comedy a second or third chance if I can. Some of the stuff I was totally "huh?" about went on to beome hillariously funny for me.
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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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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yep, Best.Episode of Best.SitCom.Ever.Made.
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