Get Ready To Laugh . . . . Page 2

Having worked with Giraffes on such TV hits as Daktari and an episode of the Champions (Jungle Drums) right up to counselling the two gay Giraffes that appeared on the big screen smash Gladiator,I find myself in the unique position on this site of being able to afford a rare insight into these noble beasts.

As such I stand by original statement that the sketch rang true from a Giraffes perspective. As a caveat may I add that fourteen years ago I was arrested in an Harare restaurant for smashing a of bottle of Chianti over Johnny Morrisey's head for his continual mimicking and mocking of Giraffes on his show Animal Magic, I note this purely as indication to you that I will take no truck on this issue!

Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ July 12 2011, 2:04 PM BST

I was arrested in an Harare restaurant for smashing a of bottle of Chianti over Johnny Morrisey's

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Phew! Thank goodness you didn't do it over the head of Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris - that would have been awful!

You're spelling of seventies TV presenters names is impressive and the way you correct them is also impressive.
You must feel very proud, do the front of your trousers feel all funny and tingly?
Do you feel 5.2" tall? You must be glowing with that special warmth you only normally get when you're following someone or getting ready to do an 'Upshot' on the escalators, well done young man!

I understand most of my posts don't get replies, I don't know why perhaps they're shite?
But if I wanted a critique about spelling I will go on the Fisher Price site not rely on weirdos!

Quote: Lady Laughter @ July 12 2011, 7:56 AM BST

Sorry Jack, but it didn't raise a titter, let alone the Titanic.

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Lady Laughter, I feel an essay coming on because I type fast.

Since we're in nitpicking "I'll pop back in the thread to flirt and check whether anyone agrees with my desperate caustic irrelevant quip" mode and my topic's now dead, can you or someone else please explain this feedback?

"Didn't raise a titter" that I get = Unfunny sketch. She/He hated it. Terrible.

"Let alone the Titanic" What?? Titanic? As in the ship? What??

As in my sketch didn't raise the Titanic?

Is this a figure of speech? Was the sketch sea/ship related and I'm missing
an obvious connection?

Or it a reference to the Cussler novel? Or the film of the same title?

Or did you mean that the sketch was so bad it didn't raise the funds and government support required to mount and sustain a serious wreck salvage of the Titanic's remains?

Or does it mean because the Titanic can never be raised due to a lack of technology, my sketch can't provide that technology?

Or that the sketch doesn't have thick enough cables and pull mechanism to navigate the North Atlantic Ocean in a stable enough manner to at least remove the rustilated wreck piece by piece?

Or does it mean that elderly forum trolls who seem to appoint themselves as some sort of critical compass for the world wide web, in fact speak shit and should really create a new character that doesn't jar each time I read it's pompous signature?

I hate being reduced to this petty troll-feeding but seriously, I read something and try and say what works and what doesn't imo. What I DON'T do is try and come up with some quirky little one liner to let everyone know how dazzlingly incisive my misfiring power of language is.

Leave a real-life human reaction or just fck off to some Simon Cowell fansite where I'm sure your "forty years in showbiz" will go down well and you can all compare notes on putting people down using the bizarre and arcane refernces that may have you cackling as you hit 'Post Reply' but leave me confused, not even offended, just baffled as to what you actual purpose is.

I've tried tolerating you and your 1980's worldview and it's not working so from now on let's just ignore eachother's threads.

Don't to this post respond cos frankly I'm not interested.

I found the majority of the original version a bit too close to how someone would normally react to the situation, so it blunted the humour to me. It's then followed by a rather graphic and horrific accident which I never think sits well in comedy unless it's taken to ridiculous extremes - I think in this situation, the man falling off the ladder is enough - he doesn't have to get all smashed up.

I preferred the Giraffe version. It had a good ending too. I think that how far he is shown to sink is key - I think up to his knees would be a good way as it releases the tension. If he's stuck right up to his neck then he's still in some plight and there's no relief.

I'm an animal lover, but I actually prefered the human version ... even tho it was less original. I particularly liked the screaming wife; I thought how he was so smashed up actually made it funnier.

And what is this gay LL, Paddy, and now.. Jack thing? Let's stop this tomfoolery.

I think it would work better if it was the giraffe that was locked out of its house...

Seriously though, this is one of those pieces that needs to be made by a good comic actor to make any sense...

I've read some original Laurel and Hardy scripts and they just don't read all that funny at all, put them on celluloid and you've got a whole different ball game...

I liked this sketch, the buildup was good and seemed very true to life. I remember when I was in a similar situation the sense of panic growing as I'd checked and emptied all pockets several times and realised I was indeed locked out, and for me the punchline was unexpected and funny.

In my situation, I broke a rib trying to shoulder my front door open. If you ever need to force a door open, it turns out a backwards run up and using the whole of your back and kicking, with the sole of your foot at the same time works better and hurts less.

I did find this funny but wondered about the narrator. How about having subtitles instead, like an ancient black and white film?