John Oliver is an honest hack though everyone can see him coming a mile away so to me his tangents are hilarious. I don't see him hide behind this "oh I'm just a comedian." Schtick.Haumana wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 6:51 pmJefferies 1st special was pretty funny but everything since TDS and that video that exposed him selectively editing the video interview is so hack. John Oliver level hack.clubgop wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 5:51 pmJim Jefferies has been exposed as 100% hack bitch so no surprise you suck his dick so much. Besides he is now a US citizen so he is ours now.Montegriffo wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 3:51 pm
I really like Bill Burr but don't think much of Dave Chapelle, in fact I don't find him funny at all. Neither of them is very well known over here though.
You kind of make my point, the differences in styles of humour mean that not many stand-ups from either side of the pond successfully cross over.
Aussie comics do better over here than Americans. Jim Jefferies is one of my all-time favourites.
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Bill Hicks, Burr or Stanhope??? Not even. I granted his early work was his best. Amy Schumer is a better comparison. He started conforming when it started to matter to his paycheck. The former never did. They just were/are. Same with Chappelle. Notice that none of them are limeys though.Montegriffo wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:54 amJefferies really is a top notch stand up and performer. I get that most people here won't like his political stuff because of his anti-gun and anti-Trump stance but check out his early stand up routines. The routine about getting his disabled friend a hooker is honest, brutal, moving and hilarious.
I see the influence of Bill Hicks and similarity with Burr or Stanhope. Not necessarily in terms of delivery but willingness to delve deep into his own personal life, warts and all.
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Not the same need to conform in the US. In Europe a lot of artists just want to be recognized by public service, so they can put their proboscis down into that sweet sack of public money. Once accepted into the fold they are set for life.Haumana wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 6:07 amBill Hicks, Burr or Stanhope??? Not even. I granted his early work was his best. Amy Schumer is a better comparison. He started conforming when it started to matter to his paycheck. The former never did. They just were/are. Same with Chappelle. Notice that none of them are limeys though.Montegriffo wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:54 amJefferies really is a top notch stand up and performer. I get that most people here won't like his political stuff because of his anti-gun and anti-Trump stance but check out his early stand up routines. The routine about getting his disabled friend a hooker is honest, brutal, moving and hilarious.
I see the influence of Bill Hicks and similarity with Burr or Stanhope. Not necessarily in terms of delivery but willingness to delve deep into his own personal life, warts and all.
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non-sequitor, or do you have an issue with SBC as a british comedian?Haumana wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 11:35 pmThanks Ms. Maddow.SuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 11:26 pmShit. Sasha Baron Cohen. One of the greats, really.
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Just popping in for a quick check up.
Everyone dead from COVID yet?
Monte convince anyone that tepid Brit humor is funny?
Everyone dead from COVID yet?
Monte convince anyone that tepid Brit humor is funny?
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I suspect that Nuke has an issue with Sasha Baron Cohen.SuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 9:16 amnon-sequitor, or do you have an issue with SBC as a british comedian?Haumana wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 11:35 pmThanks Ms. Maddow.SuburbanFarmer wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 11:26 pmShit. Sasha Baron Cohen. One of the greats, really.
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Remember that hilarious Douglas Adams who ... wait for it .... who said . . . HAHAHA .... aw, this is hard to get through without laughing ... who said that the meaning of life, the universe, and everything was 42?!?!?! MWAHAHAHAHAHA
Ahhhhh those fucking Brits.
Hilarious.
So sophisticated.
Yep.
Ahhhhh those fucking Brits.
Hilarious.
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The meaning of life is 42. ASCII code. 42 stands for?DBTrek wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 10:32 amRemember that hilarious Douglas Adams who ... wait for it .... who said . . . HAHAHA .... aw, this is hard to get through without laughing ... who said that the meaning of life, the universe, and everything was 42?!?!?! MWAHAHAHAHAHA
Ahhhhh those fucking Brits.
Hilarious.
So sophisticated.
Yep.
The ASCII code for 42 is the *. Which if anyone knows doing database or general searches is a wildcard, another word for "anything".
So the Answer to Life, Universe and Everything, is "Whatever you want it to be."
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If you don't like Douglas Adams you've proved my point completely.DBTrek wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 10:32 amRemember that hilarious Douglas Adams who ... wait for it .... who said . . . HAHAHA .... aw, this is hard to get through without laughing ... who said that the meaning of life, the universe, and everything was 42?!?!?! MWAHAHAHAHAHA
Ahhhhh those fucking Brits.
Hilarious.
So sophisticated.
Yep.
Not enough yo mamma jokes for you?
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