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There have been a number of threads now about Colbert's Emmy monologue, Anthony Bourdain's "poisoning" comment, and the video of Trump's golf ball hitting Hillary. Of the three, only Bourdain saying he'd serve Trump and Kim Jong-un hemlock was funny to me.
This made me curious as to why we find things to be funny, or not. Personally, I didn't find the Emmy speech or the video funny. The speech was tired, not clever, and even the Spicer bit, which had the potential to be funny, was poorly scripted and flubbed. The video was tired, too - been done before (and better) with different subjects, and it wasn't surprising or particularly well-edited. While I've laughed at pratfalls and similar in the past, this one was kind of lame.
What makes a political joke funny, and why are so many missing the boat these days?
There have been a number of threads now about Colbert's Emmy monologue, Anthony Bourdain's "poisoning" comment, and the video of Trump's golf ball hitting Hillary. Of the three, only Bourdain saying he'd serve Trump and Kim Jong-un hemlock was funny to me.
This made me curious as to why we find things to be funny, or not. Personally, I didn't find the Emmy speech or the video funny. The speech was tired, not clever, and even the Spicer bit, which had the potential to be funny, was poorly scripted and flubbed. The video was tired, too - been done before (and better) with different subjects, and it wasn't surprising or particularly well-edited. While I've laughed at pratfalls and similar in the past, this one was kind of lame.
What makes a political joke funny, and why are so many missing the boat these days?
Their comments are not funny, they are hate-filled. They may think they're being comedic when in truth they are presenting as immature pouters.
There have been a number of threads now about Colbert's Emmy monologue, Anthony Bourdain's "poisoning" comment, and the video of Trump's golf ball hitting Hillary. Of the three, only Bourdain saying he'd serve Trump and Kim Jong-un hemlock was funny to me.
This made me curious as to why we find things to be funny, or not. Personally, I didn't find the Emmy speech or the video funny. The speech was tired, not clever, and even the Spicer bit, which had the potential to be funny, was poorly scripted and flubbed. The video was tired, too - been done before (and better) with different subjects, and it wasn't surprising or particularly well-edited. While I've laughed at pratfalls and similar in the past, this one was kind of lame.
What makes a political joke funny, and why are so many missing the boat these days?
I'm a Colbert fan, but he fell flat last night. He's much more biting on this own show, which is late night...maybe some censorship given the wider audience the network knew would be watching??
Funniest political stuff are weekly shows by Samantha Bee and also, John Oliver. Really really funny stuff.
I'm a Colbert fan, but he fell flat last night. He's much more biting on this own show, which is late night...maybe some censorship given the wider audience the network knew would be watching??
Funniest political stuff are weekly shows by Samantha Bee and also, John Oliver. Really really funny stuff.
What is funny:
Anything poking fun at the other side's "team"
Why:
Cause I'm biased as f**k and brainwashed
Perhaps. I thought Jon Stewart was usually pretty funny, but don't find most of the other, similar, political news personalities all that amusing. Maybe it was because of his delivery? Was it because when he made comments it was to point out the ridiculous, not just random bashing?
Bourdain wasn't trying to be funny. He gave a smart ass answer to a stupid question. That's all.
The golf meme -- inconsequential until the President of the USA takes the time to retweet it. Maybe Barron got a hold of his phone and played a prank on him.
Yeah make fun of my team -- not funny. Mock the opposition -- hilarious and intelligent.
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