Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

I'd forgotten how good the Issues comedy shows were. Watching them now reminds me of the topical issues and the politicians and media figures who talked about them;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Vu70oDLlA

There were numerous variants, beginning with 1990 The Issues, with an ensemble cast of up and coming comics, led by veterans David Mcphail and Jon Gadsby. 1990 was followed by Bumper Issues, More Issues, and so on.

#TV #comedy#Issues #satire#McphailAndGadsby
Texas Observer
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"It was important for me to have this lead character who’s going through it and is not being pretty and sweet and nice about it.”

New from Kit @oconnell: This 9-part #audio comedy from Audible centers around a still all-too-rare depiction of a very funny, very human disabled main character. https://www.texasobserver.org/shaky-audio-series-messy-real-disabled-life/

#comedy #culture #podcast #disability#Texas #fiction
Texas Observer
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"It was important for me to have this lead character who’s going through it and is not being pretty and sweet and nice about it.”

New from Kit @oconnell: This 9-part #audio comedy from Audible centers around a still all-too-rare depiction of a very funny, very human disabled main character. https://www.texasobserver.org/shaky-audio-series-messy-real-disabled-life/

#comedy #culture #podcast #disability#Texas #fiction
Matt ⁂ 🇳🇴 🇺🇦
@matt@oslo.town  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Dang, I passed by the #Øyafestivalen site on the way home today and it made me realise that 'festival season' is quickly approaching in #Oslo. 👯

From pop #music to #jazz, from #arts and #film festivals to stand-up #comedy -- there are so many #festivals happening throughout August that I tried to list a few on the @HvaSkjer account.

https://oslo.town/@HvaSkjer
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Great moments from season 3 of Ted Lasso (s03e11);

Jamie Tartt: "I feel like the guy in the Red Bull commercial who's pushing that big rock up the hill, but he's lost his wings. Roy, I feel like ... I feel like I've lost me wings, Roy. Where the fuck are ma wings Roy?!" (bursts into tears)

Roy Kent: "Fuuuuuuucccck."

Pure pathos. Simultaneously totally relatable and utterly hilarious.

#TV #comedy#TedLasso
Roni Laukkarinen
@rolle@mementomori.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

I was recently discussing about comedy and humor with my American friend. I find it hard to laugh at typical "intelligent" stand-up comedy. Everyday or political stories rarely make me laugh.

Instead, I crack up at stupid, mindless, childish, unconventional, absurd, twisted, and dark stuff. Finnish Studio Julmahuvi (“Studio Cruelty”), Leslie Nielsen, Uuno Turhapuro (a classic Finnish comedy character and antihero), and silly memes all get me laughing. It's even funnier when other people don’t get it. 🤣

I prefer old-fashioned hijinks like Pat & Mat, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin over the typical "when I went to a restaurant" type of jokes. I'm difficult and picky that way when it comes to humor.

Because I use my brainpower and intelligence in everyday programming, I like my comedy to be as low-level and simple as possible - when I laugh, I want to be an ameba.

So, for someone who likes stand-up comedians like Jim Jefferies, Jim Carrey, Seth Rogen, and Ismo Leikola, what would you recommend?

#Comedy#StandUp#Humor