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Post by The Late Mitchell Warren on Dec 2, 2010 15:46:21 GMT -5
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Post by karlsie on Dec 3, 2010 15:16:30 GMT -5
I saw that... right when i was hard at work on my death of comedy article, and just had to include it in. The anti-humor league is becoming ferocious. Steve Martin isn't exactly one of my favorite comedians; but then, i don't even have a favorite among current day performers. However, i found him tolerable. He always seems to have this puzzled look in his eyes like he truly doesn't get what's going on, and that, at least, makes me feel a little sympathetic toward him.
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Post by grainnerhuad on Dec 3, 2010 16:19:33 GMT -5
Having seen Steve Martin in a non-comedy setting-He was doing his banjo gig- I find this incredibly stupid. Why would people expect him to be all funny all the time? He does so much more from music to serious lecture. I am frankly dumbfounded that people expected and got their money back.
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Post by karlsie on Dec 3, 2010 17:28:05 GMT -5
What i don't get is "standard of excellence". Why? What's excellent about potty humor, eating cockroaches for a prize or running into light poles, which is about all we're offered for humor these days. It must be a hard blow for a comedian who didn't depend on bouncing around as an exaggerated super baboon, or with personal communications with God (how many times are they going to rehash that theme, anyway?) I wouldn't list Steve Martin among the great comedians of our cinemascopic times, but at least he has an understanding of comedy.
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Post by grainnerhuad on Dec 3, 2010 18:07:01 GMT -5
The comedy standard has certainly deflated. No longer is wit important, it's all about who can smash balls, or say the crassest things that you (maybe) wish you could say.
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Post by karlsie on Dec 3, 2010 22:23:17 GMT -5
No, not even the crassest things i wish i could say. I say pretty much whatever i please, but i simply prefer not to have my mouth taste like cow dung. I would call it the crassest things i never wished to hear.
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Post by sapphiresavvy on Dec 6, 2010 11:10:56 GMT -5
He should've just told them,
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"Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse...ME!!"
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Post by The Late Mitchell Warren on Dec 6, 2010 15:28:57 GMT -5
Hahah!
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Post by billthebutcher on Jan 31, 2011 4:03:44 GMT -5
Back in the nineties, we used to get British comedy on TV; shows like Allo Allo, Yes Minister and Porridge. Now we have crassest crassdom from Class Crass.
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