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Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z64HCi2rQkE

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Wank
Apr 26, 2008
You need to buy a breeders guide.

Rutibex
Sep 9, 2001

by Fluffdaddy

peanut posted:

I like Buster Keaton.

Buster Keaton rules. frankly i think these "talkies" are on their way out. humor is meant to be seen, not heard! :colbert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_1apYo6-Ow

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
karl was the funniest brother hoo boy what funny ideas

Lawrence Gilchrist
Mar 31, 2010

Applewhite posted:

I recently had occasion to rewatch the classic Marx Brothers film Horse Feathers. It was quite possibly the least funny thing I've ever seen and I find it difficult to imagine a time when it was ever funny to anyone who was not a literal child. I laughed more at Ghostbusters (2016) and that movie was the least funny comedy of the decade.

I've heard the excuse that many early comedies were film adaptations of Vaudeville routines, but I posit that the gags and jokes presented in the film would not be significantly improved by being performed on stage. Vaudeville must have sucked hardcore if the jokes in Horse Feathers were considered exemplary enough to be immortalized on film.

at least they made their marx on the world

Lawrence Gilchrist
Mar 31, 2010

Pivotal Lever posted:

Horse Feathers is also what Applewhite calls the technique he uses to give a horse a boner so he can suck it off

i was about to say how creative this was of you but i feel like ive heard this one before. did you use this for someone else already or did someone else use this on you?

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
OP you draw horse porn so I question your taste in general

the holy poopacy
May 16, 2009

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Vincent Van Goatse posted:

OP you draw horse porn so I question your taste in general

Maybe he's disappointed because he thought the title meant something else? idk

The Marx Brothers movies are all pretty dated by this point. They get their reputation for their pioneering historical status more than for any objective mastery of the art. They still have some funny poo poo but they're nowhere near as polished or consistent as later comedies.

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg7q7xOzWug

Bob James
Nov 15, 2005

by Lowtax
Ultra Carp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjiprQl2Ql0

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Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Straight White Shark posted:

The Marx Brothers movies are all pretty dated by this point. They get their reputation for their pioneering historical status more than for any objective mastery of the art. They still have some funny poo poo but they're nowhere near as polished or consistent as later comedies.

I have a theory that comedy doesn't span generations well because anything good at all gets ripped off (as it should be) mercilessly by the next generation as the bedrock for their comedies. The more generations you are removed from material the harder it can be to find the chuckles in it.

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