buddy comedies. It is all the same really. Cops from two different backgrounds struggle to understand each others culture while hunting the baddies. At the end they adopt part of the others culture which is 'out of the norm' for thier race (like a cowboy listening to rap and vice versa)

I don't like what I call obvious humor. It just doesn't make me laugh. There are shows that have people calling other people ugly or something and the crowd just goes berzerk. No, not funny to me.

I love sarcastic, dark and intelligent humor. I love physical comedy if it's done right.

most physical comedy is unfunny.

I hate comedians who curse their way through their comedy. I do not find it funny, I understand you have to throw it in, but everyother word to be a 4 letter word, get's way old.

Rhondab said:

I respect your opinion.

Did you see Jumping Jack Flash with Whoopie Goldberg? I thought that the scene where she gets her dress caught in the shredder was GENIUS.

But that's just me....I physical comedy hasn't been done as well since then. At least not that I can remember.

The humor used in 'Friends'. Shit, is there no one else in this lonesome world who doesn't get what is so funny about Joe's, Phoebe's, Monica's etc... jokes?

MarieLouise said:

Sorry. I loved Friends but everyone's different so I kinda get where you're coming from.

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Farce

Mean humor. I hate to see people being picked on. Sure, it's funny if you're doing it in a lighthearted manner. I guess that would be teasing. You get what I'm saying.

hokie1 said:

exactly! I hate people picking on people, that's just wrong.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

y'all are stupid...

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

That is my FAVORITE episode!!!!! It was on rerun not too long ago and I was crying!!

I *hate* it when the elderly are used as a "funny" joke most of the time.

Like, making them curse or say "hip" things.


A few exceptions are the old lady who did the sugerhill gang song or the raver lady.


But in general, god damn people--respect your elders.

I have never been a Friends fan, I was more of a Seinfeld fan.

Humor that isn't really funny at all. People just saying stupid things for attention.

And, I also don't like humor that picks on people with disabilities.

hokie1 said:

Whenever I want to get in a good mood I watch the show where Conan O'Brien hosts it. It's an outtakes show with the cast. The entire thing is hilarious to me. They included the PIVOT outtake where they are all laughing hysterically.

hokie1 said:

Stop it, all of you ! I asked for an orger who doesn't like Friends !

Guess what, my temporary room-mates and me are having a 'girls' night'. I thought it was a bit rude of me to go upstairs and start orging in my room, but what are they watching @ the moment???

MarieLouise said:

See, we can agree to disagree.



It's all good.

MarieLouise said:

I never watched it...

MarieLouise said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I don't want to hug when discussing the lack of humour in Friends.

Rhondab said:

I know, how many times can a guy be hit in the nuts and people still laugh...:rolleyes:

napoleon dynamite was not funny.....

supertroopers was not funny.....

csk/viva la bam/jackass is not funny.....

to me, just like everything else, comedy has been dumbed down for the masses...as if having to think a little to get the joke is somehow pretentious...people point to Richard Pryor for the cursing, but his was done with such context that you never lost sight of the joke...Redd Foxx was a funny MF because the joke was still there under all of his cursing....

granted, I'll go for some low brow shit like Dodgeball or Beerfest...but for the most part it just doesn't do it for me...

MarieLouise said:

I agree. It was horribly predictable and just plain not funny.

Anyhoo, I do not find slapstick funny at all.

actionthisday said:

Didn't like Rush Hour 3 I take it?

I don't like what I call "gross, juvenile humor." Stuff like American Pie, Something About Mary, etc. where the jokes are very immature. Also don't find the "Friends" humor funny--I actually think a lot of it is mildly offensive (homophobic, esp. Ross/Chandler/Joey lines). Not a big fan of physical/slapstick comedy either (America's Funniest Videos is decidedly NOT funny.)

Since my post is making me seem like I don't have a sense of humor, I feel compelled to state for the record that I like dry humor, sarcasm, irony, and wit. The type of humor that requires a bit of thought to get it.

i don't like comedy where other cultures or subcultures get targeted as 'weird' or undesirable. i'm basically describing that 'mind of mencia' dude's whole stand-up routine. i think it's lazy and irresponsible, and barely "comedy".

I like weird comedy - look up Ross Noble on youtube. Most other stuff is pretty shit to me.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Rhondab said:

MarieLouise said:

You are all bang on the goddamn pounds.

Imago said:

Me too. I have a soft spot for old people.