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Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
- anm89 4y agoHere's a Kids in the Hall sketch I love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU
- threads2 4y agoLove that one. Another good drunk skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNsdW4HyMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNsdW4HyMk
- threads2 4y agoTwo more of my favourites, I can't help myself haha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-2w3N2VLVo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-2w3N2VLVo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJsQDPK-vvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJsQDPK-vvg
- monkeybutton 4y agohttps://youtu.be/7Dxk67d0aLc https://youtu.be/7Dxk67d0aLc Daddy drank...
- daddy_drank 4y agoThe best.
- Avshalom 4y agoIf we're just gonna post our favs: Ham of Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Ka2nkIi2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Ka2nkIi2I Skoora, the Remorseful Shark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmdYSNcpN68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmdYSNcpN68 Plungers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKhO475rzRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKhO475rzRU
- state_less 4y agoThese guys...they smoke...they’re bad. KITH - Painting a chair https://youtu.be/uA_3MnVen08 https://youtu.be/uA_3MnVen08
- anm89 4y agoI really love this.
- motohagiography 4y agoCreative Possibilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0al0xeCVCMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0al0xeCVCMk In more than one startup office I have been in I have repeated, "Office? Submarine."
- drjohnson 4y agohttp://web.archive.org/web/20220524200931/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/arts/television/kids-in-the-hall-documentary.html http://web.archive.org/web/20220524200931/https://www.nytime... https://archive.ph/kDKvV https://archive.ph/kDKvV
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- monkey_monkey 4y agoI am CRUSHING your head.
- mattcwilson 4y agoI’m pinching your face!
- darrenf 4y agoLoved KITH. So happy it was broadcast in the UK back in the day. I still occasionally go back to watch The Chase[0], or Bad Doctor, or I Speak No English to this day. Haven’t seen the revival show yet, need to dig out some time to do so. [0] https://youtu.be/cxY0-Qr_l78 https://youtu.be/cxY0-Qr_l78
- jonathankoren 4y agoThe first few episodes of the revival are good. "I speak no English" is my favorite sketch, but "Kidnapped" will always have a special place in my heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qge0E9WYeks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qge0E9WYeks
- throw0101a 4y ago> or I Speak No English * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vgoEhsJORU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vgoEhsJORU
- robocat 4y agoI’m a kiwi - never seen the series - awesome! I loved Sarcastic Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9vunDdxWLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9vunDdxWLA > or I Speak No English In France a Mum with her ~8 year old daughter came up and asked me something. I replied “Je ne parle pas français”, and the daughter looked very confused and said to her mum (in French) “¡But mama, he’s speaking French!”. As an aside: when going to a country it is really worthwhile learning some local comedy culture people your age learned as a child. It really helps connect with people. I will have to learn this when I travel to Canada. Knowing Monty Python is important for middle aged foreigners spending time in the UK (and can help in colonies too I guess).
- formerkrogemp 4y agoIf I'm traveling to kiwi land, what comedy culture should I familiarize myself with? Kangaroo jokes? Sheep jokes? Russell Crowe films? Hobbit trivia? What should I watch to learn more about kiwis in Australia? Is kiwi a fruit, bird, sexuality, or just someone from Australia?
- redconfetti 4y agoMy favorite sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1tFbZ5kaY8&t=5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1tFbZ5kaY8&t=5s
- kcplate 4y agoMine. Kevin McDonald’s expressions crack me up. https://youtu.be/zAAiSHSPk_w https://youtu.be/zAAiSHSPk_w
- maroonblazer 4y agoMine: The Preacher. So meta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWRpmhKweGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWRpmhKweGs
- johnwalkr 4y ago“Daves I know” is a good one for everyone: https://youtu.be/VVzDIE0mr6A https://youtu.be/VVzDIE0mr6A I tried to find my actual favorite sketch which is called “men don’t pee through their nipples” or at least that was the punchline. Couldn’t find it though.
- billyhoffman 4y agoI immediately started humming the theme song as soon as I saw this item's title. Anyone else?
- sneak 4y agoI believe the title of that song is "Having An Average Weekend". Edit: Indeed. https://youtu.be/XSCYXfpcuSs https://youtu.be/XSCYXfpcuSs
- justinator 4y agoThe ERADICATOR! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0FxifkzFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0FxifkzFQ
- tclancy 4y agoI still say, “Do you want to unmask me” at random times.
- BW1ARC 4y agoEveryday I feel myself trying to avoid the pull of being Hip Cool And 45.
- navbaker 4y agoAnytime I even hear their name mentioned, I immediately hear in my head “please… apologize to the car…”
- acheron 4y agoKids in the Hall fans aren’t made… they’re born.
- ductsurprise 4y agoPossibly a little off for HN, but does deal with Office/Home/Colleague balance a bit. Girl Drink Drunk (Politically correct... ?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4TGGtPzBU
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- starik36 4y agoFull frontal nudity in the first 10 minutes.
- throw0101a 4y agoIn case anyone is curious, the theme song is "Having an Average Weekend" by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuifllwrFe0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuifllwrFe0 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowy_Men_on_a_Shadowy_Planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowy_Men_on_a_Shadowy_Plane... Live performance at Sled Island 2012 reunion show (at a Legion hall of course): * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmU3FYlRZNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmU3FYlRZNM
- paulsmith 4y agoThis theme song says “the 1990s” to me more strongly than almost any other.
- xattt 4y agoCan we please talk about how the new intro is able to reproduce the feel of the original? The music really sells it a lot. Watching the old intro beckons nostalgia for the 1990s and a simpler time. It felt like it just didn’t exist anymore in the current day. Yet, the new intro brings the same feeling for 2020s. I’ve watched it over and over to catch small details that help build the feeling. Things I’ve noticed: - Obviously both were shot on 8 mm (minus film grain lost in the transfer-to-tape in the original version). - Peoples’ expressions seem genuine and candid - The new intro starts anachronistic but, through indirect exposition, eases you into the fact that it’s modern day. You don’t see modern objects until the fourth or fifth shot of the intro (Mitsubishi Outlander car, bike trailers, dogs in bike trailers, longboards, etc). Anything else I’m missing?
- bee_rider 4y agoI didn't watch any KITH growing up (although I've watched it lately). However, there some weird similarity between their intro song, and the intro song to The Daily Show that often makes me feel vaguely nostalgic. Da Da dadada da-da da-da.
- davesque 4y agoMy favorite thing about Kids in the Hall was how it was somehow impossible to describe one of their skits to a friend and have it seem funny. And, to be clear, I mean this as a compliment. By the way, a couple of my favorite sketches: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ApuaJrtck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ApuaJrtck (The Monkeys) * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOQBXA5CPEM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOQBXA5CPEM (Mouse Killer)
- tlb 4y agoThe viral coefficient must be higher for sketches that can be imitated in a few lines. SNL really specialized in this. KITH had a few such (like the Crusher) but as you say, most defied summarization.
- ksaj 4y agoThe one they got away with, but is banned on YouTube: Hitler F*ing a Donkey. The phrase is used a LOT in the skit because of course they're trying to explain why they're so frantic. What did they see in the barn? Hitler F*ing a Donkey! I saw Hitler F*ing a Donkey!!! That was a catch phrase for some time after. But it might be lost to history thanks to censorship. I think they left in the Chicken Lady origin story. It's not too different, and does explain why she keeps exploding when she gets excited. They also had a lot of memorable song bits. Like "These are the Daves I know" and some really absurd spoken bits like "30 Helens Agree" that became part of the Canadian vernacular for a while. It's not exactly like the American "bite-sized quote" but held a similar function.
- sillywalk 4y agoThe Hitler F*ing a donkey sketch appears to me ( in Canada). It was part of a bit on 'censored sketches' and what they were allowed to show. There was also another about a cancer kid's (last?) wish and a baseball player
- version_five 4y agoPart of that I think is their humor is very niche, and I don't know how to describe the niche. I had friends who absolutely loved them, and I never found any of their stuff remotely funny. There is something either in the context that people were introduced to them, or in some subtelness of people's sense of humor that seems to completely make or break how they get perceived. Sort of like the comedy equivalent of Rush
- the_af 4y agoThe article and Wikipedia seem to agree in saying Brain Candy was a disappointment (even to the troupe). But I differ: I love that movie. It's hilarious. Sketches and phrases from it are forever stuck in my head.
- fipar 4y agoI agree, I loved that movie, and I also have sketches forever stuck in my head. Interestingly, whenever I'm in too much of a rush while visiting my dad (because of work, or having to take the kids to a birthday party, that sort of thing) the "happiest moment scene" of the grandma character pops into my brain and I automatically extend my stay a bit more at the cost of arriving late at some less important place. That was just pure genius!
- scrame 4y agoAgreed, it was one of a few VHS tapes I had in early college and watched it daily for a long while. Its different in tone because it was largely written by Kevin dealing with depression, with the others having little input or none at all (Foley just acted, iirc). That and the usual studio meddling, similar to the Mr Show movie. There's a good interview in the avclub from long ago with Kevin MacDonald about it.
- cwp 4y agoWow, a Kids in the Hall reunion. It really gives me hope for the future. If this can happen, then anything is possible!
- the_decider 4y agoFrancesca Fiore!
- earleybird 4y agoM. Piedlourde
- at_a_remove 4y agoI was a fan of Kids in the Hall even during their whole pilot, which many might have missed. Look up "Brian's Bombshell" as an example. My theory is that each member has some strengths they play to. Dave passes best as a young woman and is also fantastic as a glittery-eyed psychopath (Manservant Hecubus, Sarcastic Guy, etc). Mark is amazing at accents and really inhabiting a character (Dar-ryll). Scott, once he breaks out of his Buddy Cole, is wonderful as a beleaguered middle-aged woman, but he also makes for a fantastic Dumb Lunk (the Compensation skit) who can sell with physicality rather than lines, and a very good (no pun intended) straight man to seem ... average. Bruce can hit the depths of bizarre humor (the Sausages episode), can do an Everyman -- even if Canadian, and has the highest intensity ("Doors Fan"). Kevin has no sense of shame and can be relied upon to do anything that makes him seem foolish for a laugh ("Bass Player"). So far I have enjoyed the new episodes, including the ones that off-handedly referenced old skits like the "Dipping Areas." It is a bit meta so far, and somewhat melancholy as well, because it is rough seeing these guys get old. I am withholding judgment until I finish. If you liked the original, you might find on YouTube all of the episodes of the short-lived Vacant Lot, with some similar humor and people you have seen in the periphery of shooting Kids in the Hall. At least one of their skits is a riff off of a Kids in the Hall skit ("Drunk Dad"), and I believe there were six or seven episodes.
- werdnapk 4y agoVacant Lot was a great show. One of the cast members is the brother of Mark McKinney.
- sircastor 4y agoMy friends and I loved The Vacant Lot. It was just our kind of humor. Right off the top of my head I can sing the whole of “Slept on his arms last night” and “This songs gonna make an great video” And probably recite most of the “blinded by the light” sketch. That show was gold.
- at_a_remove 4y ago... held up like a loofa by the foreman of the night.
- andrew_ 4y agoGirl Drink Drunk is my fav skit. I still taunt my friends with the chocolate choochoo.
- jmacd 4y agoI grew up in rural Canada. I dumpster dove for a broken black and white television and spent over a month back and forth to the Radio Shack until I finally managed to fix it. The antenna was now a coat hangar, but I could tune it just fine. My reward was... 1 channel of CBC (Canadian Broadcasting). With that 9 year old me could stay up late and watch The Munsters and Kids In The Hall. I know every episode by heart. I can't do impressions of anyone, but I can do impressions of each character in the show. It's deeply ingrained in my brain. A lot of very young Canadians watched that show sans supervision and it opened out minds to a lot of ideas that otherwise were not accessible.
- dewlinedew2 4y agoSometimes during zoom meeting I pretend to crush the heads of my co workers
- jmacd 4y agoI've found myself looking for a pen in the office before and came away completely disappointed when everyone didn't think it was as funny as I did.
- katzgrau 4y agoAmazing - I also dumpster dove for black and white TV (one of those crappy 5" ones), jammed an ac adapter that seemed to fit (yolo) so 13 year old me could get channel 4 (NBC) to watch Conan O'Brien. But for KITH, Comedy Central on cable was always airing reruns after school, so no need for the secret TV. I think the first sketch I saw was the waiter with stumps for hands and I was hooked ever since.
- elevaet 4y agoI thank my parents for being open minded enough to be completely fine with 11yo me watching that show! There's not really anything that edgy about it by todays standards, but at the time it was kind of avant garde and shocking to many.
- mzs 4y agoIn case anyone else didn't know (like me) there are 8 new episodes available on amazon prime in the US.
- prvc 4y agoThis group in particular has depended on the kudos and good-will of their audience, all united by their common identification with "alternative culture". For my part, I have not seen a sketch of theirs that touches greatness. Apart from their reboot series, I have not seen a lot of sketch comedy lately, I wonder if this genre is dead now?
- MrMan 4y agoeveryone is either a VC or dead, no ICs left
- omgmajk 4y agoKids in the Hall used to run at like 02 in the morning here and I loved staying up to watch it.
- marjancek 4y agoCanadian humor always seamed very similar to British hunour, yet somehow different. Kids in the Hall and the Canadian Air Farce are two great examples if it. I particularly liked CAF's 'Literary stick up', if I recall the name correctly, though I have not been able to find it online anywhere.