Rhythm Thief
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- Location
- Ross on Wye
Comedy that leaves you unable to breathe ...
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summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
thegrumpybiker said:
How could I forget that... brilliant.
thegrumpybiker
New Member
- Location
- North London
That was genius, it went from being merely funny, went through, "ok this has gone on a bit now" to twice as funny as it started off. In a similar vein is Peter Griffin's epic punch-up with a chicken on Family Guy
Another great Simpsons moment: Grandpa telling the story of his days as a union buster; "I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time."
Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
Another Family guy moment, Peter trying to pick up a dead frog with a shoebox.
I thought I was going to injure myself
I thought I was going to injure myself
PBancroft
Senior Member
- Location
- Winchester
What's great about that gag is that they only put it in to fill time. It's a truly great episode as a whole and I love that the writing was so good that even a space filler like that is enduringly funny.
Malcolm In The Middle - Clown Scene
thegrumpybiker
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- North London
I went to bed last night and took hours to get to sleep because I got thinking about great comedy moments, obviously there's different types of comedy that can give you a wry smirk, a snort, a snigger, a guffaw etc. But actual rolling about "Call an ambulance" type laughter, what causes that? I realised for me personally (and I know this tends to go against my misanthropic moniker) it's the contagiousness of someone else's uncontrollable laughter. Hence:
It's A Knockout; As if watching someone in an outsized foam rubber ogre costume desparately attempting to competitively run round an obstacle course wasn't funny enough, Stuart Hall gamely attempting to commentate whilst battling his hysterical laughter surely is.
The other moments are all devoted to Ricky Gervais; great as I personally think he and his comic abilities are, it's the bloopers and f**k-ups that kill me. His complete inability to film a scene without collapsing into squawking fits of laughter reduces me to the same state.
If you've got The Office or Extras DVDs, go to the bonus bits and watch the out-takes to see what I mean.
Also on Extras there's a bonus feature called Taping Nigel, two grown men behaving like naughty schoolkids out of complete boredom. Nigel the Breakfast Bunny, need I say more?
It's A Knockout; As if watching someone in an outsized foam rubber ogre costume desparately attempting to competitively run round an obstacle course wasn't funny enough, Stuart Hall gamely attempting to commentate whilst battling his hysterical laughter surely is.
The other moments are all devoted to Ricky Gervais; great as I personally think he and his comic abilities are, it's the bloopers and f**k-ups that kill me. His complete inability to film a scene without collapsing into squawking fits of laughter reduces me to the same state.
If you've got The Office or Extras DVDs, go to the bonus bits and watch the out-takes to see what I mean.
Also on Extras there's a bonus feature called Taping Nigel, two grown men behaving like naughty schoolkids out of complete boredom. Nigel the Breakfast Bunny, need I say more?
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
I've just wasted a huge proportion of my day looking for Fast Show stuff on Youtube, and stumbled across Johnny:
"Like a fly trapped in a bottle of shadows"
"You lock me in the cellar and feed me pins!"
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-HHuZNnFc&feature=related
"Like a fly trapped in a bottle of shadows"
"You lock me in the cellar and feed me pins!"
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-HHuZNnFc&feature=related
thegrumpybiker
New Member
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- North London
Buy the boxset DVDs, worth its weight in gold. Carl Hooper, Arthur Atkinson, Colin Hunt the office joker, The Suits You tailors meeting their match with a city gent, "I'll get me coat"; priceless. I remember when they were about to show the first repeats of the first series, I told my mates that I watched the first couple of shows when it first aired but gave up because I just didn't get what was so funny about it. "Stick with it, it gets better and better" they said, I followed their advice and consequently became evangelical about it. So much so that I recognised myself in the Colin Hunt sketch "I am a alien...Oh, did you see it last night? Wasn't it great?"Cubist said:
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
See this bloke live if you ever can
'It wasn't an expensive education, I just paid attention..........you'd be amazed'
'It wasn't an expensive education, I just paid attention..........you'd be amazed'
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
See this bloke live if you ever can
'It wasn't an expensive education, I just paid attention..........you'd be amazed'
'It wasn't an expensive education, I just paid attention..........you'd be amazed'
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Ivan Brackenbury
'Love really hurts without you'
Alan Manford is a Jehovah's witness and a haemophilliac, ........Alan is a fan of Leona Lewis...."Keep Bleeding"
'Love really hurts without you'
Alan Manford is a Jehovah's witness and a haemophilliac, ........Alan is a fan of Leona Lewis...."Keep Bleeding"
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Ivan Brackenbury
'Love really hurts without you'
Alan Manford is a Jehovah's witness and a haemophilliac, ........Alan is a fan of Leona Lewis...."Keep Bleeding"
'Love really hurts without you'
Alan Manford is a Jehovah's witness and a haemophilliac, ........Alan is a fan of Leona Lewis...."Keep Bleeding"
thegrumpybiker
New Member
- Location
- North London
Those with an unashamedly puerile streak should check out a good mate of mine http://www.kuntandthegang.co.uk He's all over YouTube and MySpace too. Underneath the layers of smut is plenty of genuine wit and talent.
Not only is he incredibly funny, he's always got plenty of time for his fans.
Watching the reactions of first timers at his shows is priceless, as are those who just happen to be in the pub on the night he plays. Watch their faces change from "I'm too grown up to find this funny" to out and out belly laughs within the first ten seconds.
You get the occasional right-on p.c bore walk out in disgust but I laugh at them too.
Not only is he incredibly funny, he's always got plenty of time for his fans.
Watching the reactions of first timers at his shows is priceless, as are those who just happen to be in the pub on the night he plays. Watch their faces change from "I'm too grown up to find this funny" to out and out belly laughs within the first ten seconds.
You get the occasional right-on p.c bore walk out in disgust but I laugh at them too.
thegrumpybiker
New Member
- Location
- North London
Those with an unashamedly puerile streak should check out a good mate of mine http://www.kuntandthegang.co.uk He's all over YouTube and MySpace too. Underneath the layers of smut is plenty of genuine wit and talent.
Not only is he incredibly funny, he's always got plenty of time for his fans.
Watching the reactions of first timers at his shows is priceless, as are those who just happen to be in the pub on the night he plays. Watch their faces change from "I'm too grown up to find this funny" to out and out belly laughs within the first ten seconds.
You get the occasional right-on p.c bore walk out in disgust but I laugh at them too.
Not only is he incredibly funny, he's always got plenty of time for his fans.
Watching the reactions of first timers at his shows is priceless, as are those who just happen to be in the pub on the night he plays. Watch their faces change from "I'm too grown up to find this funny" to out and out belly laughs within the first ten seconds.
You get the occasional right-on p.c bore walk out in disgust but I laugh at them too.
