Personally I am not into American sitcoms such as two and a half men and many sitcoms in general that have bad puns and silly stereotypes.
Here as an alternate take/ parody on those kinds of shows acted out by me and my friend called 2 halfs of men.
I realise its not comedy acting perfection but I think we did a good job getting our point across.
let me know what you all think then
It's dreadful.
Bo.
its kind of meant to be dreadful in the mickey taking sense.
what kind of dreadful do you think it is?
To say this wasn't good would be unfair. It's very bad indeed.
You put yourself in a precarious position when you set up your skit by saying you don't like an entire nation's comedy output. At the very least it causes people to make comparisons between what you're criticising and what you're putting out there. I can't think of a single American sitcom I would rather watch less than 6:51 of this, including Two and a Half Men, which I think is diabolical. Sorry, buddy, I wish I had something good to say about your video. I'm sure you had a whale of a time making it but I'd be surprised if anyone other than friends and well-wishers is able to engage with this.
Shouldn't it be halves?
Quote: David Bussell @ September 12 2010, 4:48 PM BSTTo say this wasn't good would be unfair. It's very bad indeed.
You put yourself in a precarious position when you set up your skit by saying you don't like an entire nation's comedy output. At the very least it causes people to make comparisons between what you're criticising and what you're putting out there. I can't think of a single American sitcom I would rather watch less than 6:51 of this, including Two and a Half Men, which I think is diabolical. Sorry, buddy, I wish I had something good to say about your video. I'm sure you had a whale of a time making it but I'd be surprised if anyone other than friends and well-wishers is able to engage with this.
i didnt say I don't like an entire nations comedy outputthat's just ridiculous curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld, tim and eric awesome show and arrested development are among my favourite shows ever in comedy, I particularly meant two and a half men and stuff of its ilk that I don't care for.
I may not have done the best job setting the video up. What we are doing in this video is representing what we see something like two and a half men as but in a possibly more exaggerated way.
Its meant to be absurd and ridiculous and shows how we feel about sitcoms that have repetitive lines and idiotic stereotypes.
You can get good laugh tracks off the web *somewhere*.
Quote: Leevil @ September 12 2010, 5:11 PM BSTYou can get good laugh tracks off the web *somewhere*.
we tried that but I had computer issues when we did this. So we thought it would be all good and naff to do it ourselves.
Quote: attaxwrongnes @ September 12 2010, 5:07 PM BSTi didnt say I don't like an entire nations comedy outputthat's just ridiculous curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld, tim and eric awesome show and arrested development are among my favourite shows ever in comedy, I particularly meant two and a half men and stuff of its ilk that I don't care for.
I may not have done the best job setting the video up. What we are doing in this video is representing what we see something like two and a half men as but in a possibly more exaggerated way.
Its meant to be absurd and ridiculous and shows how we feel about sitcoms that have repetitive lines and idiotic stereotypes.
See now, that's not what you said before your edit. I appreciate you might have accidentally worded it in a misleading way the first time around though.
To my mind, if you're going to send up a particular show you need to make some effort to mimic its look and feel. Two and a Half Men is a slick looking audience sitcom. Your sketch is a couple of Brits shooting in a flat on what looks like a webcam. The two just aren't relatable in any way so the spoof is rendered redundant.
There's a great little sketch with Bob Mortimer and Reece Shearsmith (among others) sending up Seinfeld. I'd link to it on YouTube but the site seems to be down right now. Search it out if you like.
It's also worth noting that "canned laughter" isn't really a technique that's used anymore. Some of the laughter might be punched up in post but the guffaws come from a live audience who are likely fans of the show and have been primed to laugh by a warm up comedian. And most sitcoms feature stereotypes, including the ones you've named as liking. The characters might be better written with better jokes but they're still stereotypes.
This looked pretty awful, my good men. Like David says, it's a slick looking show and yours looks looks cheap. I've not seen much of 2 and a Half Men, so can't say how well you've spoofed it. Some of the jokes did seem like a good cliché terrible sitcom, but I think they need to be sent up even more.
Here's that send-up I was blabbering about...
I once did my own spoof-thing. The material is awful, but I was quite proud of the effects used. Thanks to iMovie.
I couldn't watch it guys I am afraid. My pc just would not let me.
Quote: Leevil @ September 12 2010, 10:24 PM BSTI once did my own spoof-thing. The material is awful, but I was quite proud of the effects used. Thanks to iMovie.
I need too video more.
All I have is 1 video.
This one of me talking to a baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TrECVwsm04&feature=channel
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Ok, so I was the other guy involved in the making of this video and to be honest these comments aren't even constructive. To my mind there's a lot more to a parody than exactly copying the style of the show, and the incredibly lo-fi way in which this was filmed is all part of its charm. If anyone has any constructive criticism of the actual material and why it's such a bad parody then fair enough. Otherwise I'm beginning to believe that we are unwanted intruders to some kind of comedy snob clique. If you're offended by that I'm sorry, but I think I reserve the right to be honest in the circumstances!
I think there were some comments that were trying to be helpful!
We certainly don't set out to be cliquey, so apologies if that was the case.
