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For the probably 95% of us who don't know Scottish comedy I've surmised by painfully watching this for the last 5 minutes that Limmy is evidently some popular S

by swozey 3y ago

For the probably 95% of us who don't know Scottish comedy I've surmised by painfully watching this for the last 5 minutes that Limmy is evidently some popular Scottish comedian. Knowing this will help you get the "joke" that lasts about 1:30min too long where you (you being a non-Scot) has no idea what the 2nd character is attempting to say until about 2 minutes in where the joke is then dragged out for a painfully long-feeling amount of time when it's only 3 minutes. I get the joke but that execution was .. awful. Must be a Scotch delicacy sort of thing and I'm just not used to the flavor. No American would stand there for 2 minutes asking the same person "Where's the printer?" over and over again. It might've been funny if he walked around the office asking other "Limmys" where the printer was and got all sorts of different reactions from them, but he half-assed it and made it a tiresome joke by sticking with that one tiring interaction.

idk1 3y ago
It had the opposite effect on me, the repetition was like joke compound interest getting funnier the more it was drawn out, and on a 2nd layer also it's sort of meta-funny because he's getting away with sticking with it too. Also I think the joke is Scottish agnostic, it would have worked for me in an accent, if I'd have seen an American doing it, and insisting to stick with it, it would still be funny. Wouldn't feel out of place on "I think you should leave right now".
prolapso 3y ago
get tae fuck
ipaddr 3y ago
First time hearing Scottish comedy. There is something interesting with the style but I just can't put my finger on it. I probably need to hear more. Any recommendations?
- prolapso 3y ago
  the meme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg the other meme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKo1JPNf4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKo1JPNf4s
  - sph 3y ago
    My favourite is the one about headphones: https://youtu.be/0k3tsb2owY8?si=FXmmGhvL_g2i9fBr https://youtu.be/0k3tsb2owY8?si=FXmmGhvL_g2i9fBr
arathis 3y ago
Jesssssssssssus
tweetle_beetle 3y ago
The clip is from Limmy's Show, an offbeat, and relatively niche sketch programme that was only shown at odd times on TV south of the border. It definitely isn't mainstream comedy and makes most sense in the context of the series and its reccuring characters, themes and the bouncing between surreal and mundane. He's probably best known for the mundane - e.g. a whole self-filmed sketch about repairing a single broken tile in his actual bathroom. I'm not sure the fact that he's Scottish has much to do with your appreciation of the comedy in the linked sketch per se. It falls into a tradition of British sketch comedy which is quite different in style to improv originated sketch comedy in North America - more confronting and unsettling. Before you completely write it off, watch a few episodes of the series, or look at his Twitter.
- stavros 3y ago
  Limmy's show is the only show I hate which I've watched four times, start to finish.
  - idk1 3y ago
    There's a great Stewart Lee joke that's like this when he's talking about his critic who secretly love him... "I hate Stweart Lee, I've bought tickets to all of his live shows and seen him three times."
  - hodgesrm 3y ago
    Do you can't stand it and still watched? De gustibus non est disputandum. [You can't argue about taste.] It can work the other way as well. I actually like Hitman Agent 47 which got an epically bad rating of 8% from the critics though audiences were more indulgent at 40%. [0] It was comforting to read in the comments that the previous movie was less horrible. It should be an excellent viewing experience. [0] https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hitman_agent_47 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hitman_agent_47
    - stavros 3y ago
      I have no idea, I find it weird and annoying, yet there's something comforting about watching it. I can't explain it.
sph 3y ago
This is the opposite but somehow has the same energy as stubbornly trying to explain why a joke is funny. Here's the rule about comedy: either you get it, or you don't and move on. The deeper you dive in, the more unbearably cringy it becomes, and no one will ever be able to convince you whether it is actually funny. Let it go, man. Here's one to cheer you up: time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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by swozey 3y ago

idk1 3y ago

It had the opposite effect on me, the repetition was like joke compound interest getting funnier the more it was drawn out, and on a 2nd layer also it's sort of meta-funny because he's getting away with sticking with it too. Also I think the joke is Scottish agnostic, it would have worked for me in an accent, if I'd have seen an American doing it, and insisting to stick with it, it would still be funny. Wouldn't feel out of place on "I think you should leave right now".

prolapso 3y ago

get tae fuck

ipaddr 3y ago

First time hearing Scottish comedy. There is something interesting with the style but I just can't put my finger on it. I probably need to hear more. Any recommendations?

prolapso 3y ago
the meme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg the other meme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKo1JPNf4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKo1JPNf4s
- sph 3y ago
  My favourite is the one about headphones: https://youtu.be/0k3tsb2owY8?si=FXmmGhvL_g2i9fBr https://youtu.be/0k3tsb2owY8?si=FXmmGhvL_g2i9fBr

arathis 3y ago

Jesssssssssssus

tweetle_beetle 3y ago

The clip is from Limmy's Show, an offbeat, and relatively niche sketch programme that was only shown at odd times on TV south of the border. It definitely isn't mainstream comedy and makes most sense in the context of the series and its reccuring characters, themes and the bouncing between surreal and mundane. He's probably best known for the mundane - e.g. a whole self-filmed sketch about repairing a single broken tile in his actual bathroom. I'm not sure the fact that he's Scottish has much to do with your appreciation of the comedy in the linked sketch per se. It falls into a tradition of British sketch comedy which is quite different in style to improv originated sketch comedy in North America - more confronting and unsettling. Before you completely write it off, watch a few episodes of the series, or look at his Twitter.

stavros 3y ago
Limmy's show is the only show I hate which I've watched four times, start to finish.
- idk1 3y ago
  There's a great Stewart Lee joke that's like this when he's talking about his critic who secretly love him... "I hate Stweart Lee, I've bought tickets to all of his live shows and seen him three times."
- hodgesrm 3y ago
  Do you can't stand it and still watched? De gustibus non est disputandum. [You can't argue about taste.] It can work the other way as well. I actually like Hitman Agent 47 which got an epically bad rating of 8% from the critics though audiences were more indulgent at 40%. [0] It was comforting to read in the comments that the previous movie was less horrible. It should be an excellent viewing experience. [0] https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hitman_agent_47 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hitman_agent_47
  - stavros 3y ago
    I have no idea, I find it weird and annoying, yet there's something comforting about watching it. I can't explain it.

sph 3y ago

This is the opposite but somehow has the same energy as stubbornly trying to explain why a joke is funny. Here's the rule about comedy: either you get it, or you don't and move on. The deeper you dive in, the more unbearably cringy it becomes, and no one will ever be able to convince you whether it is actually funny. Let it go, man. Here's one to cheer you up: time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

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