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'lolrandom'

MalkavianMalkavian
edited 2011-10-19 23:51:07 in General
MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
The prevalence of this as an insult to a comedic style is bugging me. Generally speaking it refers to a high energy comedy that uses non-sequitors for a good deal of its punchlines.

Yeah, you know who did that lot?

Monty Python.

You know who else?

Groucho Marx.

If you don't find something funny, go ahead but actually explain why the jokes don't work, either from a pacing or punchline issue rather than working with a buzz word.
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  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    GEE I WONDER WHAT INSPIRED THIS THREAD

    But yeah, I kind of agree.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    >Implying that Grouch Marx's humor was based on Non-sequiturs.

    getaloadofthisguy.jpg

    and well, to be honest, the Pythons never really amused me. I prefered Fawlty Towers, really.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    the Pythons never really amused me

    And thus, Juan's license to talk about comedy ever was revoked.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-10-20 00:05:20
    You can change. You can.
    I liked Holy Grail, but the show was never that...consistent, I guess. I mean, I like some of the sketches, like The Funniest Joke In The World or Complaining About Complaining, but when it came to stuff like "Spam" or the stuff that you know, made them known and called them Pythonesque, I always felt like I was watching something that tried to hard to amuse me via surprise rather than via wit or something.

    Of course, bluh subjective and different standards of humor, I suppose, but the thing is that I feel the Pythons being Pythonesque were actually the Pythons at their worst, whereas when the Pythons actually sat down and satirized something, they were actually funny if a bit grating at times.

    Not to mention that my problem with most of their Pythonesque humor is that the joke is the...well, joke. Like, for example, John Cleese in a dress. And that ain't my thing, sorry.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Forz: I honestly don't know what you're talking about.

    Juan: Okay come to think of it Groucho wasn't the random one. Even so, Marx brothers films tend to be high-energy and have a lot of comedy that comes out of nowhere.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    What I don't like is someone just going, "BANANA LOL I R SOO FUNNEH ADN RANDUMB!"

    Pythonesque humour is perfectly fine in my opinion
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Yeah, well that's just a poor joke not just for being random, but for having no build-up or punchline.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Oh, definetly. Also, you were thinking of Harpo, who was often told to do something funny and improvise.

    Anyway, I can't really judge on the Marx brothers. I need to watch them beyond the occasional Groucho clip. 
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    Python: It's funny, but it's not HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA funny. W/E.

    Marx: Same, but I can understand why he's awesome. I think.

    McFarlane: Fuck him with a barbed wire bat.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    I'd only sort of call Family Guy random. There are some random elements, but it's built more on referential humor than unexpected gags.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Yeah, pretty much. Althoiugh I'd say that the references tend to be random, a la seltzeburger.
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    Like the time I (flash back woosh)

    -stubs toe- PPPHHHH, aaghh, PPPPPPHHH, augh... PPPPPHHHHH, augh....
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    The first is almost always a reference, and they're such a staple of the show I can't call them random.

    The latter is more over-long gag.

    The chicken fight was pretty random, though the first one actually did amuse me.
  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    And then Malkavian revealed that he is secretly a fishmalk.
  • AHRAHR
    edited 2011-10-20 07:55:56
    I like to think that there is a difference between non sequitor humor and random humor.

    Even the pythons had a lot of experimentation, but a lot of times the jokes had a logical procession, with a silly premise or a silly ending.

    LOLRANDOM is what I call iCarly jokes. 

    The Pythons tended to follow through with their jokes, even if nonsensical.


    That is what made it funny. To some.


  • ViviVivi
    $80+ per session
    Heheh, iCarly.
  • DonZabuDonZabu
    -doubts this stuff is anywhere near as prevelant as you guys think it is-
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    I can actually enjoy most episodes of Family Guy to an extent, and that makes me feel like an idiot because of the way people talk about it online despite my being aware of its shortcomings.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    -doubts this stuff is anywhere near as prevelant as you guys think it is-

    I don't think it's any prevalent except maybe in internet comedy shows that were obviously inspired by Monty Python.

    also bluh, can' you at least provide an argument rather than just a thought?
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    If he phrased it as "This stuff is nowhere near as prevelant[sic] as you guys think it is." it would count as an argument.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Not really. It'd be a thesis at best, but then he'd have to either provide examples or something. I dunno. --shrug--
  • ninjaclownninjaclown
    Do anyone of you remember that whole "Purple Monkey Dishwasher" thing from way back? I just got to this thread, so apologies if it was already mentioned. I have no idea why anyone would think that was funny.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    The Simpsons line? 

    Welp, it is a commentary on how rumors tend to get distorted to nonsensical levels when they're just propagated by whispers, I suppose.
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    The joke is broken telephone, people mishear what the other person is saying. In this case somehow they heard it exactly right except over the course of passing the message along, "purple monkey dishwasher" was added. This is silly.

    Just spamming "purple monkey dishwasher" as if the phrase itself is especially amusing would be lolrandom humour.
  • AHRAHR
    Dammit Nyktos. Stop saying what I want to say only so much better.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    huh. So Broken Telephone is a thing in English.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    Is that surprising?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Well, I wasn't sure when I composed my post, so I decided to go just with a vague statement about it.
  • StormtroperStormtroper
    huh. So Broken Telephone is a thing in English.

    It's not just an English thing ("juego del teléfono", if memory serves). We were sometimes made to play that back in school.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    It's called 'Chinese Whispers' here.

    I don't know why.
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