luka and yyaldrin's list of acceptable comedians

[mvuent]

@mvuent

were those the sorts of characters you'd see on tv as a kid?

 

[Murphy]

Can’t believe Luka likes this amount of scousers. Different period. Almost seaside postcard gags updated for the 70’s/80’s. Peak era awfulness, massive collars, no swearing but see number of Irish themed jokes from social club cabaret headliners. Ciggy smoke hanging thick and an inevitable glassing outside after the crowd filed home

 

[luka]

i dont 'like' them. its a fucking horror show.

 

[Murphy]

How far we have fallen

 

[luka]

i was suggesting that british 'humour' wasn't all that good in the olden days either

 

[luka]

but also i just enjoyed the darkness of those faces and suits, the horror, the horror. light entertainment has always been sinister.

 

[luka]

 

[Murphy]

 

[Murphy]

Jim Bowen, magus of the true light

 

[Murphy]

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but Mr Barrymore, it’s past my bed time and I can’t swim

 

[mvuent]

comedians in the old days were creeps who'd either a) memorized a few knock knock jokes or b) learned to imitate the severely mentally ill

 

[Mr. Tea]

but Mr Barrymore, it’s past my bed time and I can’t swim

Kids say the funniest things!

 

[Mr. Tea]

 

[catalog]

Just to go back to craners bumhole for a sec, I was thinking this morning about how it has become a piece of lore, like an immutable scientific law. You've got schrodingers cat, occams razor, the Overton window and now craners bumhole

 

[catalog]

But all gags aside, I would actually like craner to come back. I sort of want him to post a one line riposte like "Fascinating" under my last post.

 

[luka]

we miss his bitchiness and priggishness its true

 

[catalog]

I used to like it when he got a bit "just william" and gang-like, like when anyone mentioned that other music forum.

 

[IdleRich]

I can't find the thread of pics of comedians, but I'm in Edinburgh right now, Fringe is on and the whole city is covered in posters of billions of comedians all trying to stand out from each other by mugging to the camera.

 

[IdleRich]

I was thinking of starting a thread called Version finds stuff for you.

 

[IdleRich]

We went to see a play about Red Rum. There were four people in the audience. After half an hour the other two left but L and I felt compelled to stay until the bitter end.