Crap comedy observations you hate Page 4

Quote: SlagA @ December 17 2008, 10:37 AM GMT

Has anyone mentioned the one about black guys being better dancers / being relaxed to the point of a pot-induced stupor (usually in a driving or striding through the street scenario) / being well hung etc? The list goes tragically on. It always makes me wonder why people who complain about racial stereotypes rarely complain when a stereotype is positive rather than negative. Either stereotyping is bad or it isn't. They can't have their cake and eat it ... well, obviously they do. Futurama did a good piss-take of this observation.

Echo the periods 'comedy' - sheesh. men bleed too.

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If it's out your cock most don't.

I'd have a Dr look at that.

Quote: SlagA @ December 17 2008, 10:37 AM GMT

Has anyone mentioned the one about black guys being better dancers / being well hung etc?

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That's true though. And Japanese men have little willies.

And Chinese womens' fannies go sideways.

And Jews, Yorskshiremen and Scotsmen compete to see who's the meanest with money.

Quote: oldcowgrazing @ December 16 2008, 9:56 PM GMT

you've just reminded me of my bug bear and it's not just in comedy either. Why is it that when someone dials a number they don't wait for the dialled number to ring? There should be a 5 seconds count after the number has been dialled, and then say "hello.."

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That's because we're watching the edited highlights of a life on TV. It'd be terrible TV if the character stood at the phone in silence for 45 seconds and then said "No answer." It would be more realistic but I wouldn't be watching it.

Ditto goes for tedious talk about the weather, it happens in real life but a writer's job is to give the impression of real life while extracting the key dialogue to get the thing moving.

So although it can be a bind, just think of all the five seconds writers have saved you over the years and count your blessings eh?

And Aussies are boring, so I've heard said.

Thus started the tragic Australia-UK war of 2008.

Millions killed due to mid morning dicking around on the internet.

Quote: Griff @ December 17 2008, 10:52 AM GMT

Sooty you are behind the times. It is old-fashioned to joke about Scottish people being mean. Now you have to joke about them eating deep-fried mars bars. Every time anyone or anything Scottish is mentioned, you have to mention the deep fried mars bars, for that extra laugh.

And then of course Welsh people love shagging sheep. Although the New Zealanders have it even worse. When I was living in Australia, every time anyone from NZ turned up, or even got mentioned in conversation, some wag would go "Sheep, eh?!! Ha! Ha!". I heard that banal observation played out dozens of times every day for nearly three years.

GET A NEW JOKE, AUSSIES. YOU ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLY FUCKING BORING.

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Eating deep-fried mars bars? Oh that sounds ugly.

They serve them in quite posh restaurants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gb9v4LI4o

Is this a lazy, racist cliche or the funniest thing I've seen all week.

Quote: SlagA @ December 17 2008, 10:37 AM GMT

Has anyone mentioned the one about black guys being better dancers / being relaxed to the point of a pot-induced stupor (usually in a driving or striding through the street scenario) / being well hung etc? The list goes tragically on. It always makes me wonder why people who complain about racial stereotypes rarely complain when a stereotype is positive rather than negative. Either stereotyping is bad or it isn't.

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The "black men being well-hung stereotype" was complained about in The Office, when Brent got in trouble for telling a joke about black men's cocks.

Quote: Lee Henman @ December 17 2008, 10:46 AM GMT

And Chinese womens' fannies go sideways.

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I told a girl that once, she asked her mum if it was true.

Quote: Griff @ December 16 2008, 11:12 PM GMT

My least favourite comedy observation is "Gays ... LOVE MUSICALS!!" Well maybe they do, I don't know. But it hardly takes Poirot to spot that piece of observational humour.

And yet week after week year after year on every panel show (especially Radio Four) the subject of gays comes up and some dickwit goes "...And then they all go to A MUSICAL!!!" as the punchline. And the audience roar. Oh f**k off.

On the other hand, I did think that "G-A-Y The Gayest Gay Musical Ever" in The IT Crowd was fantastic, because Linehan was picking up the cliche and stretching it to breaking point.

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You like musicals, don't you, Griff?

Quote: Griff @ December 17 2008, 10:52 AM GMT

Sooty you are behind the times. It is old-fashioned to joke about Scottish people being mean. Now you have to joke about them eating deep-fried mars bars. Every time anyone or anything Scottish is mentioned, you have to mention the deep fried mars bars, for that extra laugh.

And then of course Welsh people love shagging sheep. Although the New Zealanders have it even worse. When I was living in Australia, every time anyone from NZ turned up, or even got mentioned in conversation, some wag would go "Sheep, eh?!! Ha! Ha!". I heard that banal observation played out dozens of times every day for nearly three years.

GET A NEW JOKE, AUSSIES. YOU ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLY FUCKING BORING.

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That's reminded me of another I hate - the difference between Brits and Aussies. Because Aussies are like uncouth and scruffy and like beer and sport and girls and Brits are all like effete aristos who enjoy fine wine and being spanked by nanny.

I once saw an Australian stand-up do this long spiel about James Bond being a typical English man (though he'd been played by a Scot and an Irishman) and could you just imagine - how hilarious it would be! - if an Aussie was James Bond! I just wanted to shout out 'George Lazenby', but couldn't be arsed.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ December 17 2008, 12:16 PM GMT

I once saw an Australian stand-up do this long spiel about James Bond being a typical English man (though he'd been played by a Scot and an Irishman) and could you just imagine - how hilarious it would be! - if an Aussie was James Bond! I just wanted to shout out 'George Lazenby', but couldn't be arsed.

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You'll never get a chance like that again though.

Quote: Ned1984 @ December 17 2008, 12:18 PM GMT

You'll never get a chance like that again though.

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I know. But I quite like the idea of him going round doing this material that doesn't really work.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ December 17 2008, 12:20 PM GMT

I know. But I quite like the idea of him going round doing this material that doesn't really work.

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Yes, I like that. Only a comedy lover would think that way.