Anyone else miss the comedy of "The 1/2 Hour News Hour?"

[clambake]

then why did you bring it up?

can't you just admit that the comedy you like is not comedy?

listen, for comedy to be comedy, it needs to be funny. if it's not funny, then it just sucks.

[clambake]

oh, i know what comedy you like. the comedy like your marriage?

[LnGrrrR]

Speech yes. Probelm is, over the years, activist judges have redefined speech to include actions.

Which actions are you against? Considering that SCOTUS has also ruled spending money is a form of freedom of speech/association, I'm not too surprised.

Most the cases they take are a means to the destruction of the Heart of America. Along the way, they have to take some credible cases too, or else be too obvious.

What do you think will lead to the destruction of America? Crazy KKK people getting the right to march? I say, let the stupidity be heard.

Do you think either is right? This becomes a complicated issue, but when you take one precedent, then build others upon that, it no longer resembles what the cons ution means.

Could you give me an example? This isn't very clear to me.

[LnGrrrR]

Well excuse me for liking a different comedy style than most. Besides, I seem to be one of the few who doesn't like Monty Python.

You know, Monty Python actually can be VERY intelligent at times. Look at the scene in the Holy Grail, where they discuss proper forms of government (monarchy vs anarcho-commune).

What about the amazing insight of the World's Funniest Joke skit? If you're unfamiliar, a man writes the world's funniest joke, then dies of laughter. Of course, it's soon converted into a weapon of war. The absurdity and irony is painfully funny here.

I think what you mean, WC, is that you don't like absurdity. But, I find the best humor is absurd humor, that makes you reflect on how things actually are. Comedy is just a skewed mirror held up to life, after all.

If you want 'intelligent' humor, you should watch Fry and Laurie, an old BBC sketch show. Lots of linguistic jokes, and plays on differences in social status/class.

[jman3000]

Arthur: I am your king!
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you!
Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays...]
Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite
held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine
providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your
king!
Dennis interrupting: Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin'
swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power
derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic
ceremony!

[SonOfAGun]

I like Red-Eye, but it comes on at 2 am.

[TheProfessor]

You know, Monty Python actually can be VERY intelligent at times. Look at the scene in the Holy Grail, where they discuss proper forms of government (monarchy vs anarcho-commune).

What about the amazing insight of the World's Funniest Joke skit? If you're unfamiliar, a man writes the world's funniest joke, then dies of laughter. Of course, it's soon converted into a weapon of war. The absurdity and irony is painfully funny here.

I think what you mean, WC, is that you don't like absurdity. But, I find the best humor is absurd humor, that makes you reflect on how things actually are. Comedy is just a skewed mirror held up to life, after all.

If you want 'intelligent' humor, you should watch Fry and Laurie, an old BBC sketch show. Lots of linguistic jokes, and plays on differences in social status/class.

Life of Brian is actually one of the most intelligently written comedies I've ever seen.

[Wild Cobra]

I like Red-Eye, but it comes on at 2 am.

I don't like Red-Eye either.