Things that aren't funny

[rbandrews]

Let it be known:

• Quoting Monty Python
• Finding double-entendres where there aren't any
• Fetishizng caffeine
• This guy

Comments

[heptadecagram.livejournal.com]

I like Ben Stiller!

[desfido.livejournal.com]

I agree on the first item.

The second item can be funny if done well, but so rarely is, that it is essentially correct.

The third is correct.

The fourth is incorrect, at least in part: if you mean he isn't particularly funny as an actor, I might be willing to agree with you. Much as Ben Stiller, he is someone thought of as an actor, who is okay at it, but is much better at behind the camera tasks (though, of course, Ben Stiller is a much better writer/director than Sandler is a writer). The movies where Adam Sandler has a writing credit were pretty darn funny (as were his movies done with Drew Barrymore), and some of the sketches on his comedy albums are hilarious ("Joining the Cult" and "The Hypnotist" come to mind).

[laughin.livejournal.com]

I am with you on all but #1.

Ben Stiller seems to think funny is being angry all the time. Not so funny.

[nevalkarion.livejournal.com]

i would make the case that it is quoting Monty Python's well-known movies- holy grail, primarily, but also life of brian and something completely different- that isn't funny. a lot of the people who quote holy grail nonstop don't even know that flying circus exists and, in my opinion, quoting obscure flying circus sketches can still be funny.