The post funny stuff thread v.Aleph-naught

[Stadler]

How dare you post on the weekends Stadler!

Haha! Slow night; the wife is sleeping and Supermarket Stakeout isn't holding my attention, so....   

[TAC]

How dare you post on the weekends Stadler!

Haha! Slow night; the wife is sleeping and Supermarket Stakeout isn't holding my attention, so....   

[Stadler]

How dare you post on the weekends Stadler!

Haha! Slow night; the wife is sleeping and Supermarket Stakeout isn't holding my attention, so....   

 

[King Postwhore]

Tac quoted you to show that us old bastards love those boring Saturday nights.  Quiet is amazing. 

[gmillerdrake]

You know what you WON'T find in this thread.......anything Trevor Noah ever speaks or does. Quite possibly the most overrated 'comedian/entertainer' of the past decade. I honestly can't understand how he is even a 'thing'.

[jingle.boy]

You know what you WON'T find in this thread.......anything Trevor Noah ever speaks or does. Quite possibly the most overrated 'comedian/entertainer' of the past decade. I honestly can't understand how he is even a 'thing'.

I started to warm up to him a couple years after Stewart retired.  But the pandemic version of The Daily Show is awful.

[Stadler]

You know what you WON'T find in this thread.......anything Trevor Noah ever speaks or does. Quite possibly the most overrated 'comedian/entertainer' of the past decade. I honestly can't understand how he is even a 'thing'.

I started to warm up to him a couple years after Stewart retired.  But the pandemic version of The Daily Show is awful.

All I've seen of him is from the bumpers and advertisements, and I've not seen anything that makes me want to watch him.  I'm sort of done with the arrogant, moral, preaching "comedy" that's only funny for those that buy into the ethos.   Guys like Carlin were funny regardless of whether you bought in to his (real/perceived) iconoclasm and/or rebeliousness.   I can remember sitting in the audience watching Carlin - I was working at GE at the time - and leaning over to my boss at the time and saying "He's pretty much making fun of US, but goddamn is he doing a good job of it!".   There just seems to be such a dark undercurrent to the current comedy that just makes it hard to let go if you're not already bought in.

[pg1067]

Guys like Carlin were funny regardless of whether you bought in to his (real/perceived) iconoclasm and/or rebeliousness.   I can remember sitting in the audience watching Carlin - I was working at GE at the time - and leaning over to my boss at the time and saying "He's pretty much making fun of US, but goddamn is he doing a good job of it!".

I LOVED George Carlin.  I first heard of him via a borrowed cassette copy of A Place for My Stuff when I was a sophomore in high school (82-83).  I went back and heard more of his old stuff and some of the stuff he did later in the 80s.  I then went to see him live in October 1991, and I thought it SUCKED.  I viewed Carlin as someone whose comedy occasionally hit on political themes, but the guy I saw was a political ranter who was only occasionally funny.  I never went back to him after that.

I don't really have any idea who Trevor Noah is.  The name is vaguely familiar, but I googled him, and didn't recognize him.

[El Barto]

Guys like Carlin were funny regardless of whether you bought in to his (real/perceived) iconoclasm and/or rebeliousness.   I can remember sitting in the audience watching Carlin - I was working at GE at the time - and leaning over to my boss at the time and saying "He's pretty much making fun of US, but goddamn is he doing a good job of it!".

I LOVED George Carlin.  I first heard of him via a borrowed cassette copy of A Place for My Stuff when I was a sophomore in high school (82-83).  I went back and heard more of his old stuff and some of the stuff he did later in the 80s.  I then went to see him live in October 1991, and I thought it SUCKED.  I viewed Carlin as someone whose comedy occasionally hit on political themes, but the guy I saw was a political ranter who was only occasionally funny.  I never went back to him after that.

I don't really have any idea who Trevor Noah is.  The name is vaguely familiar, but I googled him, and didn't recognize him.

Ninety-one was a weird time for George. Gulf War I really pissed him off a lot. He'd been moving in a more political direction, but that really put him into rant mode. Overall, and through the course of his career, he was just opposed to bullshit. Quite strongly opposed. Which side the bullshit came from wasn't really a consideration. In that case the biggest pile imaginable was stacking up so he was pretty much going 110% at Bush. It was massively anti-republican, and he was as pissed off as you'll ever hear him.

For what it's worth, later in his career (and life) he became more philosophical than political, and definitely less angry. He'd still go on rants about things that pissed him off, but they tended to be more along the lines of what he was doing in the APfMS. Stupid expressions, or irrational beliefs.

[kirksnosehair]

I don't know it's shocking to me that conservative people wouldn't love The Daily Show*








































*may contain sarcasm



 


For the record, I don't think he's funny.  Jon Stewart was funny.  This guy?  Eh, sometimes I chuckle.

[Stadler]

I saw him in Vegas in the '99-2000 time frame, some time, but not long, before he stopped his regular engagements in Vegas.  That's a decent story, in line with what we're already talking about.

[lonestar]

Noah has funny moments, but he couldn't carry Stewart's jock.

[gmillerdrake]

I don't know it's shocking to me that conservative people wouldn't love The Daily Show*

For the record, I don't think he's funny.  Jon Stewart was funny.  This guy?  Eh, sometimes I chuckle.

I liked TDS when Stewart was on there because not only was/is Stewart naturally just funny.....he's extremely intelligent. Noah is neither.

[TAC]

Guys like Carlin were funny regardless of whether you bought in to his (real/perceived) iconoclasm and/or rebeliousness.   I can remember sitting in the audience watching Carlin - I was working at GE at the time - and leaning over to my boss at the time and saying "He's pretty much making fun of US, but goddamn is he doing a good job of it!".

I LOVED George Carlin.  I first heard of him via a borrowed cassette copy of A Place for My Stuff when I was a sophomore in high school (82-83).  I went back and heard more of his old stuff and some of the stuff he did later in the 80s.  I then went to see him live in October 1991, and I thought it SUCKED.  I viewed Carlin as someone whose comedy occasionally hit on political themes, but the guy I saw was a political ranter who was only occasionally funny.  I never went back to him after that.

I don't really have any idea who Trevor Noah is.  The name is vaguely familiar, but I googled him, and didn't recognize him.

Ninety-one was a weird time for George. Gulf War I really pissed him off a lot. He'd been moving in a more political direction, but that really put him into rant mode. Overall, and through the course of his career, he was just opposed to bullshit. Quite strongly opposed. Which side the bullshit came from wasn't really a consideration. In that case the biggest pile imaginable was stacking up so he was pretty much going 110% at Bush. It was massively anti-republican, and he was as pissed off as you'll ever hear him.

For what it's worth, later in his career (and life) he became more philosophical than political, and definitely less angry. He'd still go on rants about things that pissed him off, but they tended to be more along the lines of what he was doing in the APfMS. Stupid expressions, or irrational beliefs.

Yeah, I think George Carlin was incredible, but for my enjoyment, it really depended on the era. Sometimes I watch his act and I feel like I'm being lectured. Being smart and clever doesn't always make you funny.

[Cool Chris]

The Daily Show was the best when Craig Kilborn was on.

:runs out of thread.

[TAC]

I remember when Craig Kilborn would do Sportscenter with Brett Haber and it was no wonder where black people get the idea on how to mimic white people talking.

[bosk1]

You know what you WON'T find in this thread.......anything Trevor Noah ever speaks or does. Quite possibly the most overrated 'comedian/entertainer' of the past decade. I honestly can't understand how he is even a 'thing'.

I started to warm up to him a couple years after Stewart retired.  But the pandemic version of The Daily Show is awful.

All I've seen of him is from the bumpers and advertisements, and I've not seen anything that makes me want to watch him.  I'm sort of done with the arrogant, moral, preaching "comedy" that's only funny for those that buy into the ethos.   Guys like Carlin were funny regardless of whether you bought in to his (real/perceived) iconoclasm and/or rebeliousness.   I can remember sitting in the audience watching Carlin - I was working at GE at the time - and leaning over to my boss at the time and saying "He's pretty much making fun of US, but goddamn is he doing a good job of it!".   There just seems to be such a dark undercurrent to the current comedy that just makes it hard to let go if you're not already bought in.

Yeah, I mean there is a big difference to me between (1) making fun of something for comedic effect, on one hand, and (2) talking down to and claiming moral superiority over another group due to ideological differences for comedic effect, on the other hand.  I have never found the latter to be funny, no matter which side of the aisle it is coming from.  I mean, sometimes, it can be a fine line.  Barto's analysis of Carlin is pretty good in that, even during the times when Carlin may have arguably crossed that line, he was pretty aware of it, and it wasn't really a partisan issue at all, and he generally was pretty skilled at not alienating whichever group he was ranting against.  From what little I have seen of Noah, he falls VERY squarely into the latter group and has pretty much NONE of the skill or self-awareness of a Carlin. 

[cramx3]

Add me to the group that doesn't find Trevor Noah funny at all.  TBH, I don't think I ever found the Daily Show funny either besides certain segments here and there, but Noah is significantly less funny than Stewart IMO.

[kirksnosehair]

Sorry to move on from the Trevor Noah bashing but this was too fucking funny not to share as soon as I saw it:

[Orbert]

Astounding!!

[pg1067]

I saw that on Facebook last night or this morning.  It's beautiful!

[kirksnosehair]

Not too many things make me actually laugh out loud at the office but I was fucking rolling when I saw that 

[Nekov]

  . That is amazing.

[Zydar]

[Ben_Jamin]

 

That was the best thing to wake up to...

"There's something you should know about me."

Loving Moleman as Abu...

[Ben_Jamin]

I really enjoy Lip Sync stuff and this is well done. 

 The Legend of Beavis

[Zydar]

[jingle.boy]

[Fiery Winds]

[Zydar]

[jingle.boy]

Fantastic!  I use that line all the time - We have three levels of service: good, fast, and cheap.  Pick any two

[Ben_Jamin]

 

That's a good one. It amazes me when people can't comprehend this, and wonder why their result isn't what they expected. I just laugh and say, what else did you expect, not my fault you set your expectations high that this service can not meet, it's why I set them low so I will be happier when the result exceeds those low expectations.

Like when a Gas Station bathroom is actually clean. 

[Kotowboy]

My Dad pointed out that "value" used to mean getting a good deal or quality for your money.

Nowadays - "value" just means cheap / tacky.

[XJDenton]

Fantastic!  I use that line all the time - We have three levels of service: good, fast, and cheap.  Pick any two

You get two? Luxury.

[hunnus2000]

Fantastic!  I use that line all the time - We have three levels of service: good, fast, and cheap.  Pick any two

You get two? Luxury.

Ah Yes - the Project Management Triangle

You want it good and fast - it ain't gonna be  cheap
You want it fast and cheap - it ain't gonna be good
You want it cheap and good - it ain't gonna be fast

How I have lived that my entire career.