Ship of Fools: What makes you laugh?

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

Begone, dull misery - let's invoke the Muse of Comedy. What makes you laugh? Are there films you've seen half a dozen times already but still find funny? Books that reduce you to a heap of quivering mirth? Cartoon strips you always look out for in your daily paper, or comedians you particularly enjoy watching? You're invited to share those favourite moments with the rest of us...

[ 21. September 2014, 08:08: Message edited by: Firenze ]

Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :

For starters:
The Princess Bride.
The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
Calvin and Hobbes.

Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :

Radio comedy, the likes of Hitchhikers, Hut 33, Acropolis No*, Cabin Pressure, etc. and especially satire, * 'm a fan of the No* Sho*, the Ne*s Qui* and Have * got Ne*s for you (* 'm also enjoying the front cover of Private Eye today). * spent my teens reading Punch in the local library [Smile]

Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on :

* once had to state the name of another Shipmate as part of an open air p*oduction of Life of B*ian. * did corpse, *arther!

Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :

'Bicycle repair man' sketch from 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'.

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

This is the one time that Comic Sans MS has.

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Eutychus:
This is the one time that Comic Sans MS has.

* like it so much, * may just "forget" to change it back when the festivities are over [Big Grin]

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

[* ]Idiocracy[/* ]
[* ]Raising Arizona[/* ]
[* ]Uncle Buck[/* ]
[* ]Stripes[/* ]
"Fraser"
"Bob's Burgers"
Laurel and Hardy
Pen and Teller
That dog in the YouTube "Ultimate Dog Tease"
A good half of the TV commercials these days -- better than the sit-coms they're sponsoring.

* could go on and on and on.

Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Particularly the fire ***ine ladder and the banana skin.

* hate Comic Sans MS [Help]

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Barnabas62:
* hate Comic Sans MS

What's that? You want me to change the font in Purg and DH to Comic Sans as well?

[Devil]

Posted by TheAlethiophile (# 16870) on :

Wide Latin.

* dare you!

Posted by itsarumdo (# 18174) on :

Five go mad on Mescaline - best Enid Blyton story ever

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Suddenly SoF has got more interesting. And you thought fonts were just for baptising babies...

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Marvin the Martian:
What's that? You want me to change the font in Purg and DH to Comic Sans as well?

Go on, spread the fun around a little. Can we have some other font now please?

Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :

Arial Hebrew.

[ 18. September 2014, 18:24: Message edited by: Lamb Chopped ]

Posted by Palimpsest (# 16772) on :

The Producers (Zero Mostel version)
To be or not to be (Jack Benny version)
All about Eve
Dark Star

The Lucia Mapp books.
Blue Heaven by Joe Keenan

some of Tom Stoppard's plays (e.g. The Real Thing).

Posted by Galloping Granny (# 13814) on :

New Yorker cartoons (in the surgery waiting room)

GG

Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Marvin the Martian:

quote:
Crap spouted by Barnabas62:
* hate Comic Sans MS
What's that? You want me to change the font in Purg and DH to Comic Sans as well?

You're going to do that, aren't you? You've just been waiting for the opportunity. [Paranoid]

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

Ive been doing some looking around, and trust me when * say that there are a lot worse fonts than Comic Sans * could inflict upon you.

Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :

As long as you don't choose Whingdings.

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :

<getting back to the OP> Galaxyquest.

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Most of Terry Pratchett, but especially the bits with Nanny Ogg.

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

One of my favourite films is "Court Jester" starring Danny Kaye. It's quite old but still good. "The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true."

Also, Morecambe & Wise shows are still funny, years later.

* loved "Round The Horne" when * discovered it years after its original broadcast - still don't know how they got away with so much. Bona fun!

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Jane R:
Galaxyquest.

Yes!

The white that makes me laugh (after initially making me cry!) was when * leaned across a counter top that * was cleaning with bleach, and put a huge white smile on my bright green t-shirt!

Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Ariel:
One of my favourite films is "Court Jester" starring Danny Kaye. It's quite old but still good. "The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true."

Are you sure it's not the flagon with the dragon?

How about Blackadder, The Odd Couple film & The Beiderbecke series.

Posted by Late Paul (# 37) on :

This.

code:

"I prune everything."

Gets me every time.

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

"The Party," with Peter Sellers an Birdie Num Num.

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

Pink Panther films, Matt cartoons in the Daily Telegraph, The Two Ronnies, Coupling, Chelmsford 123 ...

Most Britcoms from 1970 to about 2000.

Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :

"Splitters" sketch in Life of Brian

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

I like "Just a Minute" and the comedy programmes on BBC Radio.

Posted by Enoch (# 14322) on :

Fawlty Towers. Father Ted.

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

Vicky Pollard

Posted by JFH (# 14794) on :

- The helicopter scene in Goodbye Lenin!
- The cue for the roof scene in Almost Famous.
- Many, many scenes and lines in the West Wing.

Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on :

This and this
Two of the funniest sketches I've ever seen.

Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :

A Fish called Wanda.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Repeats of 'The Thin Blue Line'.

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :

Oh yes, and Bang-bang-a-boom! - the best Doctor Who audio adventure ever.

Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jane R:
Oh yes, and Bang-bang-a-boom! - the best Doctor Who audio adventure ever.

"I just feel so ... helpless!"

Wonderful story. Takes the mickey out of ST:TNG, the Eurovision Song Contest and Doctor Who itself, brilliantly.

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
Vicky Pollard

Really?

I must confess Little Britain really doesn't float my boat that much, possibly because we got interminable repeats of it and way too many trailers on BBC Canada.

quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
This and this
Two of the funniest sketches I've ever seen.

Soulmate!

I clicked on the M&W one (I'm at w*rk and it was hilarious even without any sound) and somehow, I just knew even before clicking on the other one that it would be Four Candles. They'd knock Little Britain into a cocked hat.

[Killing me]

[ 22. September 2014, 14:55: Message edited by: piglet ]

Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :

The Goodies.

The Princess Bride.

Trading Places.

Black Cat, White Cat.

Father Ted.

Posted by quetzalcoatl (# 16740) on :

My own jokes, what else?

Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :

Old Harry's Game
Morcambe and Wise - The Stripper scene is brilliant!
Dad's Army - "Don't tell him, Pike!"
Hot Fuzz - about 70% brilliant and the remaining 30% isn't bad either. I particularly love the scene where the hero rides through the centre of Wells with a positive armoury of weapons.

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

quote:
Originally posted by piglet:

quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
Vicky Pollard
Really?

I must confess Little Britain really doesn't float my boat that much, possibly because we got interminable repeats of it and way too many trailers on BBC Canada.

I've never actually seen an entire episode of Little Britain, just clips of Vicky Pollard on YouTube that I looked up after seeing the shipmate's username. Yes, things can get quite old when overdone.

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Morcambe and Wise - The Stripper scene is brilliant!

I love Ernie's plays. Never took to the Two Ronnies, but "Give Me Sunshine" any time.

Father Ted is great stuff, very quotable.

Posted by BessHiggs (# 15176) on :

Three Men in a Boat - every time I read it
Most Terry Pratchett
Fawlty Towers
Big Bang Theory (mostly cause I used to be a mix of Amy and Bernadette and hung out with guys like that)
Steven Wright

Posted by bib (# 13074) on :

I love any Monty Python films and I've always loved recordings by The Goons. These are clever humour which doesn't rely on silly custard pie in the face events.

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :

piglet:

quote:
I must confess Little Britain really doesn't float my boat that much, possibly because we got interminable repeats of it and way too many trailers on BBC Canada.

I couldn't see the appeal either. But then I don't think the Goons are funny and my Other Half thinks they're hilarious.

Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :

Morcambe and Wise
The Two Ronnies
Life of Brian
The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash (superb parody of The Beatles)
Red Dwarf
Gogglebox
Most British sitcoms from the Seventies and Eighties (except Steptoe and Son - the father gave me the creeps, but perhaps that was the idea)

Posted by Horseman Bree (# 5290) on :

Terrible Real Estate photos which have excellently wry captioning

Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Horseman Bree:
Terrible Real Estate photos which have excellently wry captioning

On a similar note Cake Wrecks

Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :

Oh I love Cake Wrecks!

A website I don't visit that often but the end of year 'best ofs' have me clutching my sides in agony I'm laughing so much, is Damn You Autocorrect.

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

Jack the Lass, I'm going to your house for tissues since I've used all mine up wiping the tears from my eyes. Ow. My sides hurt!

Posted by deano (# 12063) on :

Soldier's humour - totally black and very unPC
Life Of Brian
Billy Connolly
Bill Hicks
P J O'Rourke books
Father Ted
Mock the 8 out of QI

Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Starbug:
Morcambe and Wise
The Two Ronnies
Life of Brian
The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash (superb parody of The Beatles)
Red Dwarf
Gogglebox
Most British sitcoms from the Seventies and Eighties (except Steptoe and Son - the father gave me the creeps, but perhaps that was the idea)

Most? Really? Hast thou forgotten Terry and June, Love thy Neighbour, On the Buses...

Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:

quote:
Originally posted by Starbug:
Morcambe and Wise
The Two Ronnies
Life of Brian
The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash (superb parody of The Beatles)
Red Dwarf
Gogglebox
Most British sitcoms from the Seventies and Eighties (except Steptoe and Son - the father gave me the creeps, but perhaps that was the idea)
Most? Really? Hast thou forgotten Terry and June, Love thy Neighbour, On the Buses...

Yes, I'd forgotten about Love They Neighbour. [Hot and Hormonal]

On The Buses was quite funny, though, despite all the sexist leering at 'dolly birds'. My favourite character was Olive.

I was thinking more of Porridge, The Good Life, The Liver Birds, Bless This House, Are You Being Served - basically anything by the best-known scriptwriters, such as Esmonde and Larbey, Lloyd and Croft, Clement and La Frenais...

[tangent] A distant relative owned a pub in London, which had a room that was used by the BBC for rehearsals. I can remember being taken there as a teenager and staring transfixed at one wall, which was covered in signed photos. Not just photos of the performers, but also the scriptwriters. [\tangent]

Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on :

The Marx Brothers - We watch Duck Soup every election night to get a sense of proportion about the event.

Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :

A friend posted a clip on facebook this morning and reminded me of the one thing more likely than anything else in the world to get me laughing:

Farts.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Funny photos of people I know when they were little. (You get a lot of those on Facebook, too.)

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:

quote:
Originally posted by Starbug:

Most British sitcoms from the Seventies and Eighties (except Steptoe and Son - the father gave me the creeps, but perhaps that was the idea)
Most? Really? Hast thou forgotten Terry and June, Love thy Neighbour, On the Buses...

I trust you don't include Thicker than Water about life in an English pickle factory: we saw it while visiting London in 1970 and it was execrable! It was even worse when remade with an American cast in the US. Though Lulu's programme was not a sitcom but a variety show, we did enjoy watching that in our hotel's television room. I did like The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin. What year was that? I think we saw that when we still lived in California!

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