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Yes, the article mistakes punchlines for comedy. Watch some of Norm MacDonald's stuff on Conan (troubled moth, Jacques de Gatineaux, drunk dart thrower, Andy th

by clucas 2y ago

Yes, the article mistakes punchlines for comedy. Watch some of Norm MacDonald's stuff on Conan (troubled moth, Jacques de Gatineaux, drunk dart thrower, Andy the Swedish-German)... sure, the punchlines fit the model in the article, but the real humor comes from his delivery and the weird worlds he creates leading up to the punchlines.

tetris11 2y ago
Same with Phil Hartman and Matt Berry, they can make the most boring lines instantly funny through sheer power of charisma and vocal inflections.
- bena 2y ago
  With all of these, there's an element of absurdity. It's not about the world Norm is creating, it's the fact that the words aren't the joke, the joke is on you. The joke is that it's a long, boring story to set up a shitty punchline. You wait, and wait, and wait for the catharsis, but it never comes from the joke itself, it comes only a beat or two after when you realize what just happened. Matt Berry gets mileage out of responding to everything with a sort of bombastic over-seriousness. He is a character that does nothing small. Observational comedy is the pointing out of absurdity in everyday life.
- amenhotep 2y ago
  You and he were buddies, weren't you?
  - tetris11 2y ago
    I'm a one track lover...
aantix 2y ago
“Some say funny things. Others say things funny.” Something like that.
petesergeant 2y ago
> troubled moth This is worth googling for anybody who’s not urgently meant to be doing something for the next ten minutes. Also on Conan, for anyone looking for an amazing example of humour without a punchline is “conan nathan fielder susan”
- BizarroLand 2y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJN9mBRX3uo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJN9mBRX3uo That is comedy gold
- nickpeterson 2y ago
  I’m a big fan of his dirty Johnny joke on stern, https://youtu.be/4gshCmZVAV8 https://youtu.be/4gshCmZVAV8
golergka 2y ago
Thank g-d for the hatchery.

by clucas 2y ago

tetris11 2y ago

Same with Phil Hartman and Matt Berry, they can make the most boring lines instantly funny through sheer power of charisma and vocal inflections.

bena 2y ago
With all of these, there's an element of absurdity. It's not about the world Norm is creating, it's the fact that the words aren't the joke, the joke is on you. The joke is that it's a long, boring story to set up a shitty punchline. You wait, and wait, and wait for the catharsis, but it never comes from the joke itself, it comes only a beat or two after when you realize what just happened. Matt Berry gets mileage out of responding to everything with a sort of bombastic over-seriousness. He is a character that does nothing small. Observational comedy is the pointing out of absurdity in everyday life.
amenhotep 2y ago
You and he were buddies, weren't you?
- tetris11 2y ago
  I'm a one track lover...

aantix 2y ago

“Some say funny things. Others say things funny.” Something like that.

petesergeant 2y ago

> troubled moth This is worth googling for anybody who’s not urgently meant to be doing something for the next ten minutes. Also on Conan, for anyone looking for an amazing example of humour without a punchline is “conan nathan fielder susan”

BizarroLand 2y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJN9mBRX3uo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJN9mBRX3uo That is comedy gold
nickpeterson 2y ago
I’m a big fan of his dirty Johnny joke on stern, https://youtu.be/4gshCmZVAV8 https://youtu.be/4gshCmZVAV8

golergka 2y ago

Thank g-d for the hatchery.