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Post by mstreepsucks on May 8, 2021 18:54:51 GMT
It's basically a thing of the past , at most. I mean now there's not really any comedians that are that good. On the other hand in the past we actually had good comedians. Even cosby was better than comedians now, and he , kinda sucked imo.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 8, 2021 18:56:16 GMT
Well when everything has to be political correct, and you can`t make jokes because somebody will get offended. That is pretty much what you get
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Post by ellynmacg on May 8, 2021 19:57:12 GMT
It's basically a thing of the past , at most. I mean now there's not really any comedians that are that good. On the other hand in the past we actually had good comedians. Even cosby was better than comedians now, and he , kinda sucked imo.
Just curious, mstreepsucks. What comedians did you like (in other words, didn't "kinda suck" in your opinion)?
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Post by mstreepsucks on May 8, 2021 20:30:05 GMT
It's basically a thing of the past , at most. I mean now there's not really any comedians that are that good. On the other hand in the past we actually had good comedians. Even cosby was better than comedians now, and he , kinda sucked imo.
Just curious, mstreepsucks. What comedians did you like (in other words, didn't "kinda suck" in your opinion)? woody allen, bill maher, and dana carvey.
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Post by gw on May 8, 2021 20:44:10 GMT
I don't agree. Roy Wood, Tom Segura, and in my opinion, Chris Rock are still funny among many others.
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Post by alpineflower on May 8, 2021 22:42:35 GMT
Just curious, mstreepsucks. What comedians did you like (in other words, didn't "kinda suck" in your opinion)? woody allen, bill maher, and dana carvey. I love Dana Carvey I like Nikki Glaser
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Post by Stammerhead on May 8, 2021 23:00:12 GMT
I still manage to laugh at new stuff but then perhaps I’m just easier to please.  |
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Post by novastar6 on May 9, 2021 0:59:28 GMT
I noticed that 15 years ago.
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Post by novastar6 on May 9, 2021 1:42:10 GMT
You don't watch SNL, do you?
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Post by marianne48 on May 9, 2021 3:38:31 GMT
Just because oldsters like Seinfeld and Billy Crystal are whining about how they don't appeal to today's college kids, it shouldn't alarm anyone.
That's show biz.
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Post by Sarge on May 14, 2021 7:44:55 GMT
All the new comedy stand-ups on Netflix are comedians pretending they are edgy by making PC jokes, yawn. I have a specific sense of humor so I don't find most comedians funny but Steven Wright and Mitch Hedburg are/were among my all-time favorites. Andrew Dice Clay was a riot before he went PC. Rodney Dangerfield was hilarious, all the time. Red Fox was funny. Eddie Murphy was funny back in the day. Richard Pryor was funny back when but I watched one of his old shows recently, and it didn't hold up. Sinbad was amusing. The funniest comedians I've seen in the last 20 years were all on small stages, they can take bigger risks. The big names can't offend anyone or the backlash will put them out of business.
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Post by cooly44 on May 14, 2021 14:42:57 GMT
Kyle Dunnigan is merciless and hysterical.
Sebastian Maniscalco is gentler and very funny.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 14, 2021 17:22:31 GMT
Comedy seems to go through cycles. Speaking for myself, I lost interest in new comedians when asshats like Dane Cook became popular. When I listen to stand-up, it's usually stiff from the 70s to the early-90s. There is an exception every now and then (I've seen some of John Mulaney's stuff that I like).
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Post by Feologild Oakes on May 15, 2021 10:00:59 GMT
Well when everything has to be political correct, and you can`t make jokes because somebody will get offended. That is pretty much what you get Gee, I didn't know Vikings had a sense of humor? (This is politically incorrect humor. Are you offended?) Are you ?
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 15, 2021 10:29:21 GMT
Just because oldsters like Seinfeld and Billy Crystal are whining about how they don't appeal to today's college kids, it shouldn't alarm anyone. That's show biz. To be fair, Seinfeld has gotten pretty risqué lately.
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Post by telegonus on May 15, 2021 11:07:22 GMT
I gather this thread is TV and standup focused, not about the dearth of funny movies? (or is there?).
Total agreement from me on political correctness seeming to put the kibosh on a lot of comedy, even just real life joking, unless it's corner bar-veterans clubs-male drinking oriented, which allows some latitude, but from the college educated middle-upper middle classes it's like Revenge Of The Blue Haired Ladies,--only from the Left, and they're not that old, for the most part--yet they're as stuffy, intolerant of different perspectives on things and narrowed minded as the church ladies (and gentlemen) of the past--we're really in a rut with this, the rut of the absence of a Common Culture.
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Post by Harmless elf on May 16, 2021 2:43:25 GMT
Knock knock
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Post by Sarge on May 16, 2021 4:39:11 GMT
I gather this thread is TV and standup focused, not about the dearth of funny movies? (or is there?). Total agreement from me on political correctness seeming to put the kibosh on a lot of comedy, even just real life joking, unless it's corner bar-veterans clubs-male drinking oriented, which allows some latitude, but from the college educated middle-upper middle classes it's like Revenge Of The Blue Haired Ladies,--only from the Left, and they're not that old, for the most part--yet they're as stuffy, intolerant of different perspectives on things and narrowed minded as the church ladies (and gentlemen) of the past--we're really in a rut with this, the rut of the absence of a Common Culture. You may have heard of a little thing called tribalism, it's a real buzz kill.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2021 6:39:58 GMT
I like David Strassman with Ted E and Chuck. He is hilarious and very talented with what he can do with his voice during the shows.  
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