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11-08-2009, 10:32 PM
rimbaud

:lol::lol:

could I have egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam?
11-08-2009, 10:34 PM
kingoflombards

Here's something funny. Every time I discuss humor with my British cousins, they say that British humor is 'more sophisticated' the our 'silly American slapstick'. They thought Monty Python was a bunch of Americans with fake British accents when I showed them 'sophisticated' humor. :lol:
11-08-2009, 10:37 PM
rimbaud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRbkkqZikx4

here is something american and new, but it's still got me Loling :D
11-08-2009, 10:43 PM
kingoflombards

:lol:
I love MadTV!
11-08-2009, 10:47 PM
DanielBenoit

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingoflombards

Here's something funny. Every time I discuss humor with my British cousins, they say that British humor is 'more sophisticated' the our 'silly American slapstick'. They thought Monty Python was a bunch of Americans with fake British accents when I showed them 'sophisticated' humor. :lol:

Hey, Monty Python really is sophistocated humor. All six of them went to Oxford and other ivy league schools, and as a result, intigrated their philosophical talent into their humor. Monty Python was far far ahead of its time, that even television today hasn't caught up to it. It was the first show to make use of the techniques used in then contemporary theatre, such as self-reflexivness and meta-reference, as well as typical Beckettian word games. It was the first show to apply postmodern aesthetics with a satarization of 'high culture' as well as a loose and jumbled up, dream-like narrative (which has more associations with surrealism than postmodernism), and let's not forget the almost consistent use of absurd irony in almost every single sketch.
11-08-2009, 10:50 PM
OrphanPip

If this isn't sophisticated humour, I don't know what is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uvt83YWWWY
11-08-2009, 10:56 PM
DanielBenoit

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Originally Posted by OrphanPip

If this isn't sophisticated humour, I don't know what is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uvt83YWWWY

:lol:

The point is not that they are making jokes about philosophers (though they do in some sketches), but that they are applying postmodern and surrealist aesthetic theory to their humor.
11-08-2009, 11:15 PM
kingoflombards

:eek2::goof:Oops. I just started a debate about British humor.:goof:
11-10-2009, 12:41 AM
DanielBenoit

http://www.owczarek.com.pl/blog/wp-c...ack%20song.jpg

He's a lumberjack. . . . .

http://www.morethings.com/fan/monty_...python-155.jpg

*nudge*nudge*click*click*

http://sbadrinath.files.wordpress.co...freshfruit.jpg

What are you going to do when a man comes at you with a banana? What you going to do then, ehh?!

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/i...1820__si_l.jpg

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

http://images.myreviewer.com/medium/0000206090.jpg

And now for something completely different: a man holding a pig

http://www.hutchville.com/images/monty.jpg
11-10-2009, 01:15 AM
soundofmusic

Great stuff, Daniel, Did I congratulate you on your new job?:thumbs_up
11-11-2009, 07:31 AM
Maryd.

Wacka Doo. Love English comedy especially Benny Hill. Sooooooo Fuuuuuuny.
11-11-2009, 12:11 PM
DanielBenoit

Here's something amusing: After wandering around on the internet, I came across a little funny fact; Director Robert Altman once said in a 2000 interview that he thought Titanic and American Beauty were two of the most "dreadful movies" he's ever seen.

I find that so funny, for in my pre-Kubrick and pre-Altman years I looved Titanic, but now I just see it as a harmless though manipulative piece of melodrama. But who else but Robert Altman would come out and say that Titanic is the worst movie ever? But in all seriousnes, Altman is just the perfect person to make that kind of statement. Look at his films, they are the complete opposite of the typical big-budget multiple Oscar-winner. Too bad there's not more like him. My props to you sir for your bravery :)
11-11-2009, 01:16 PM
OrphanPip

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanielBenoit

Here's something amusing: After wandering around on the internet, I came across a little funny fact; Director Robert Altman once said in a 2000 interview that he thought Titanic and American Beauty were two of the most "dreadful movies" he's ever seen.

I find that so funny, for in my pre-Kubrick and pre-Altman years I looved Titanic, but now I just see it as a harmless though manipulative piece of melodrama. But who else but Robert Altman would come out and say that Titanic is the worst movie ever? But in all seriousnes, Altman is just the perfect person to make that kind of statement. Look at his films, they are the complete opposite of the typical big-budget multiple Oscar-winner. Too bad there's not more like him. My props to you sir for your bravery :)

"Typical big-budget multiple Oscar-winner" isn't a fair portrayal of James Cameron's films. Where he lacks in plot and content, he has continuously pushed the boundaries of film technology. Which is why he has a consistent record for producing the most expensive films ever made. It's difficult to look back on Titanic and realize what an amazing visual spectacle it was for its time. His movies may not be thought provoking but they push the science and capabilities of film-makers forward.
11-11-2009, 01:23 PM
DanielBenoit

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrphanPip

"Typical big-budget multiple Oscar-winner" isn't a fair portrayal of James Cameron's films. Where he lacks in plot and content, he has continuously pushed the boundaries of film technology. Which is why he has a consistent record for producing the most expensive films ever made. It's difficult to look back on Titanic and realize what an amazing visual spectacle it was for its time. His movies may not be thought provoking but they push the science and capabilities of film-makers forward.

Oh of course. Believe me, Altman's opinion is not my own, even though I comend him for it at the same time. For example, I will always have a personal sentiment for The Lord of the Rings because of the fact that I grew up enthusiastically enthralled by it.

That said, special-effects are not ends in themselves, and despite the fact that Titanic is Citizen Kane when compared to something like Transformers, I don't think that an entire movie is justified by its special-effects. Either way, I don't think Robert Altman saw enough bad movies :lol:
11-11-2009, 01:34 PM
DanielBenoit

Omg GO AWAY! Nobody wants to buy your stupid crap! I would be a lot more comfortable buying your products if I were in a store and not on a literature forum!
11-11-2009, 01:44 PM
motherhubbard

Amen!
11-11-2009, 02:34 PM
soundofmusic

:eek: :confused::cold: Does anyone else feel lost; What just happened:argue:
11-11-2009, 02:49 PM
DanielBenoit

Quote:

Originally Posted by soundofmusic

:eek: :confused::cold: Does anyone else feel lost; What just happened:argue:

If you are reffering to my double post, there was another spammer on here trying to sell something, and I just got fed up. The mods probably deleted him.
11-11-2009, 03:29 PM
soundofmusic

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Originally Posted by DanielBenoit

If you are reffering to my double post, there was another spammer on here trying to sell something, and I just got fed up. The mods probably deleted him.

Thank you, Daniel; I was feeling oddly out of touch :redface:
11-11-2009, 08:56 PM
DanielBenoit

This parrot is dead!

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/npjOSLCR2hE/0.jpg

The grannies are terrorizing the city.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vdeQNwWfF3...s+grannies.JPG

Ministry of Silly Walks

http://images.geezerfun.com/items/or...553b2361b5.jpg

Alright I've had enough of this silliness.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...an_Colonel.jpg

And now for some full frontal nudity.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/images/...f5_512_288.jpg