Best comedy currently-your pick?

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited November 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
read a real facinating article in RS about how modern day, or current day comedy is not concerned at all with punchlines. Jokes dont revolve around that anymore. They talked to conan and he agreed.

Basically they are saying that comedy no longer is concerned with that, its concerned with portraying odd/wierd sequences and just odd pauses. They talked about The Line, and Lazy Sunday, or Judd Apatow flicks as examples. How the comedy is almost dry, its not out for a quick laugh, it wants to make you think.

So where do you go or what do you turn on for your laughs?

THe Onion?

Funny or Die?

South Park?

The Office?

Snl?

Another source?
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  • PatrickBateman
    PatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Chappelle show was brilliant
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • unifiedscene
    unifiedscene Posts: 462
    Even when comedy was all about punch lines it was all about the timing. Abbott and Costello didn't write "Who's on First?" they just nailed it.

    Arrested Development is gold. There's good standup comedy too.
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  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    two and a half men. its the show where every man wants to be charlie but realize theyre alan
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    Once I get out of this town


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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    I like Scrubs, makes me smile, laugh and occassionally think :)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • mert
    mert Posts: 167
    Scrubs is hilarious but also a bit of a drama..... All out comedy for me would have to be How I Met Your Mother. Awesome! ;)
  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Flight of the Conchords - they use punchlines

    Arrested Development - most clever!
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  • pjoasisrule
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  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I like The Office (this season hasn't been the greatest, though). It's one of those comedies that loves milking awkward situations.
    So called "comedies" like Kath and Kim, however, make me want to blow my brains out.
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  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    flight of the conchords
    the life and times of tim
    curb your enthusiasm (terryible's post reminded me...how could i forget this one!? :D)
  • Terryible
    Terryible Posts: 462
    Curb your Enthusiasm - Larry David is the man
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Mock The Week
    Top Gear
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    South Park

    Old Eddie Murphy

    Sarah Palin
    NERDS!
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    jamie uk wrote:
    I like Scrubs, makes me smile, laugh and occassionally think :)
    I find the sad bits of Scrubs to be more effective than the funny bits :p I do like it a lot though.

    I just think the best episodes are the ones where you like, find that Dr Cox is human because he kills a patient and then hits the bottle etc and you want to die by the end of it.

    As for me, Stewart Lee is the funniest man alive in my opinion.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dunkman wrote:
    Mock The Week
    Top Gear
    Frankie Boyle is the only funny person on Mock the Week in my opinion, most of it is cringe-worthy.

    As for the latter, well I don't want to bore you :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Frankie Boyle is the only funny person on Mock the Week in my opinion, most of it is cringe-worthy.
    Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis are comedic gold together. And whenever David Mitchell is on as a guest, it's perfect.

    And Dara O'Briain is a genius. :)
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    BOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!

    :D:D:D



    oh and Flight of the Conchords and The IT Crowd :D
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis are comedic gold together. And whenever David Mitchell is on as a guest, it's perfect.

    And Dara O'Briain is a genius. :)
    I like O'Briain's stand-up but he doesn't get enough speaking time on Mock the Week because of the melting pot of comedy egos :p Hugh Dennis is funny sometimes but not when he's being spontaneous. The thing where they walk back and forth to the microphone and say stuff is just awful :o
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    seinfeld cheers me up pretty quickly.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Britain is in serious need of Chris Morris again. His role in the IT Crowd was too small.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVibsNPXBx0&feature=related
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Frankie Boyle is the only funny person on Mock the Week in my opinion, most of it is cringe-worthy.

    As for the latter, well I don't want to bore you :)


    i really dont like Russell Howard at all... i like all the others though.

    I find Gina Yashere to be the least funniest person i've ever watched... and i once watched a 30 min documentary entitled "people in comas can't be funny" and even those poor coma victims were funnier than her.

    but as Frankie Boyle doesnt have his own show (yet) then Mock The Week it is :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.

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