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Started by viper37, September 22, 2011, 11:54:19 AM

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Barrister

#15
September 22, 2011, 01:02:24 PM
Quote from: Viking on September 22, 2011, 12:54:53 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 22, 2011, 12:47:57 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 22, 2011, 12:25:47 PM
If this is the show's usual standard then it is just as well that the hour has only 22 minutes.

It does mostly political humour, which doesn't translate very well if you don't know the context.

Eh, It's like Saturday Night Live doing a skit where Amy Poehler playing a Faux News Bimbo interviews Whoopie Goldberg playing Toni Morrison discussing the closing of public libraries. They could have done that with almost the identical script.

Like I said though, there's a context.  You'd need to know why Atwood is talking about closing libraries, know who Atwood is, know what Sun News is.
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#16
September 22, 2011, 01:19:30 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 12:08:50 PM
IMO our best one never left - Rick Mercer.
I just don't enjoy Rick Mercer.  Not sure why, but I just have a hard time finding the funny with him.
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Zoupa

#17
September 22, 2011, 01:26:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 12:08:50 PM
IMO our best one never left - Rick Mercer.

Really? :huh:

crazy canuck

#18
September 22, 2011, 01:26:27 PM
Quote from: Neil on September 22, 2011, 01:19:30 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 12:08:50 PM
IMO our best one never left - Rick Mercer.
I just don't enjoy Rick Mercer.  Not sure why, but I just have a hard time finding the funny with him.

This creates a problem for Slargos' theory that art can be judged objectively.

HVC

#19
September 22, 2011, 01:26:36 PM
Quote from: Neil on September 22, 2011, 01:19:30 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 12:08:50 PM
IMO our best one never left - Rick Mercer.
I just don't enjoy Rick Mercer.  Not sure why, but I just have a hard time finding the funny with him.
they only funny thing he did was the ask the american skit. and even that got old fast.
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#21
September 22, 2011, 01:32:10 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 01:26:45 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on September 22, 2011, 01:26:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 12:08:50 PM
IMO our best one never left - Rick Mercer.

Really? :huh:

Yes really.

Jonh Candy, Dan Akroyd, Jim Carrey, Seth Rogen, Leslie Nielsen, Phil Hartman, Russell Peters, Sugar Sammy, Mike Myers, Martin Short?

That's off the top of my head, and not citing the francophones which you won't know (of course).

Razgovory

#22
September 22, 2011, 02:04:29 PM
The video I saw did not match the description.  So I was confused.
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crazy canuck

#23
September 22, 2011, 02:09:54 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on September 22, 2011, 01:32:10 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 01:26:45 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on September 22, 2011, 01:26:08 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 22, 2011, 12:08:50 PM
IMO our best one never left - Rick Mercer.

Really? :huh:

Yes really.

Jonh Candy, Dan Akroyd, Jim Carrey, Seth Rogen, Leslie Nielsen, Phil Hartman, Russell Peters, Sugar Sammy, Mike Myers, Martin Short?

That's off the top of my head, and not citing the francophones which you won't know (of course).

OK, what do you want me to do with your list of names which doesnt include francophones?

HVC

#24
September 22, 2011, 02:14:19 PM
rate them on scale from -5 to 5 where 0 is equal to rick mercer funny. Chop-chop.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

crazy canuck

#25
September 22, 2011, 02:16:21 PM
Quote from: HVC on September 22, 2011, 02:14:19 PM
rate them on scale from -5 to 5 where 0 is equal to rick mercer funny. Chop-chop.

I would rate them all below Mercer. Akroyd would be the only one to challenge in my view.

Neil

#26
September 22, 2011, 02:18:05 PM
Do francophone comedians also go to the US?
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viper37

#27
September 22, 2011, 03:01:59 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 22, 2011, 01:02:24 PM
know who Atwood is
She's Malthus aunt, I believe?
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viper37

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September 22, 2011, 03:08:57 PM Last Edit: September 22, 2011, 03:14:41 PM by viper37
Quote from: Neil on September 22, 2011, 02:18:05 PM
Do francophone comedians also go to the US?
Those who don't speak, usually.

There's André-Philippe Gagnon who spent most of his career in the US, he is an impersonator.

But otherwise, you'll see them aiming for France, it's easier to adapt the jokes already in French to their situation, and there's like a gazillion of people (artists, writers, actors, agents, etc) already working in France to help Québécois adapt their shows to Europe so it's easier.  Also, any comparison between Québécois French and France French is sure to draw laughs from the crowd.

It would be difficult to adapt a spoken comedian show to the US.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Habsburg

#29
September 22, 2011, 04:08:18 PM
The Handmaid's Tale is one of my favourite novels.
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