Sam Fisher Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Alright, I just watched another Red Skelton DVD, and I must say, it was a lot funnier than all the new comedians that use language and refrences to make their programs appeal to the now-sunk-so-low peoples of this generation. What is your favorite old comedian(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverhoodian Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Yeah, Red Skelton's great! Glad to hear they're being released on DVD now. Probably my favorite old-time comedy show is The Three Stooges. They're absolutely hilarious! Laurel and Hardy are great too, and I really enjoy Buster Keaton, though his works are hard to come by nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 I have always loved the Marx Brothers, and got some of their stuff just released on DVD. But in terms of pure stand up, it amazes me how funny and 'edgy' Woody Allen and Bill Cosby and even Bob Newhart sound even today - no swearing, nothing I can't share with my kids. Redd Foxx on the other hand ... I remember renting a video of his stand-up in the early 80's and having my chin hit the floor it was so raunchy ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Charlie Chaplin and Bill Cosby <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 monty python! "she's a witch! she turned me into a newt! ... i got better" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Dunno if they count as old but good clean entertainment none-the-less: Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker playinh Balki and Larry in Perfect Strangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylilin Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 If you want to see funny, clean comedy, check out any Danny Kaye movie. Red Skelton is also a master, as is the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and Martin and Lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 John Candy. Great Canadian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by Sivy monty python! Although there are several skits of theirs that certainly aren't watchable with young children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by Sivy monty python! "she's a witch! she turned me into a newt! ... i got better" My favourite comedy... ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by Kylilin If you want to see funny, clean comedy, check out any Danny Kaye movie. Red Skelton is also a master, as is the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and Martin and Lewis. Jesus christ! You haven't been here for like, a year and a half, damn. But yah, I've seen commercials for the DVD for awhile, looks really funny TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawBag™ Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Tommy Cooper. Cheesy but genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by ET Warrior Although there are several skits of theirs that certainly aren't watchable with young children When our local PBS was carrying Monty Python in the mid-70's, my dad had my brother and I watching it with him. When my mother walked in, the skit on was 'Mount Everest, dangerous, forbiddding ... the mountain with the biggest ***s in the world.' Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Is Monty Python like SNL or something? I've never seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by IG-64 Is Monty Python like SNL or something? I've never seen it. It's high class british crazy humour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted October 20, 2004 Author Share Posted October 20, 2004 High class? I really couldn't see some of the jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Monty Python's Flying Circus: a cult classic British sketch comedy show from the 70's. The same team mad various comedy movies, although the only one I really laughed at was The Holy Grail (being an Arthurian fan). Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplain, Keaten & Arbuckle, classic stuff. Not much of a Marx Bros. or Stooges fan, but I can't deny their contributions either! ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by IG-64 Is Monty Python like SNL or something? I've never seen it. You watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and you watch it NOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by IG-64 Is Monty Python like SNL or something? I've never seen it. *Pushes you outside wih a broom* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdome83 Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Is Monty Python like SNL or something? I've never seen it. SOLDIER #1: Well, this is a temperate zone. ARTHUR: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land? SOLDIER #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? ARTHUR: Not at all. They could be carried. SOLDIER #1: What? A swallow carrying a coconut? ARTHUR: It could grip it by the husk! SOLDIER #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut. ARTHUR: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here? SOLDIER #1: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right? ARTHUR: Please! SOLDIER #1: Am I right? ARTHUR: I'm not interested! SOLDIER #2: It could be carried by an African swallow! SOLDIER #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point. SOLDIER #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that. ARTHUR: Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?! SOLDIER #1: But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory. SOLDIER #2: Oh, yeah. SOLDIER #1: So, they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway. [clop clop clop] SOLDIER #2: Wait a minute! Supposing two swallows carried it together? SOLDIER #1: No, they'd have to have it on a line. SOLDIER #2: Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper! SOLDIER #1: What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers? SOLDIER #2: Well, why not? DINGO: [sigh] [clunk] Oh, wicked, wicked Zoot. Oh, she is a naughty person and she must pay the penalty, and here in Castle Anthrax, we have but one punishment for setting alight the grail-shaped beacon: you must tie her down on a bed and spank her. GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking! DINGO: You must spank her well, and after you have spanked her, you may deal with her as you like, and then, spank me. AMAZING: And spank me. STUNNER: And me. LOVELY: And me. DINGO: Yes. Yes, you must give us all a good spanking! GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking! There is going to be a spanking tonight! DINGO: And after the spanking, the oral sex. GIRLS: The oral sex! The oral sex! GALAHAD: Well, I could stay a bit longer. LAUNCELOT: Sir Galahad! GALAHAD: Oh, hello. LAUNCELOT: Quick! GALAHAD: What? LAUNCELOT: Quick! GALAHAD: Why? LAUNCELOT: You are in great peril! DINGO: No, he isn't. LAUNCELOT: Silence, foul temptress! GALAHAD: You know, she's got a point. LAUNCELOT: Come on! We will cover your escape! GALAHAD: Look, I'm fine! LAUNCELOT: Come on! GIRLS: Sir Galahad! GALAHAD: No. Look, I can tackle this lot single-handed! DINGO: Yes! Let him tackle us single-handed! GIRLS: Yes! Let him tackle us single-handed! LAUNCELOT: No, Sir Galahad. Come on! GALAHAD: No! Really! Honestly, I can cope. I can handle this lot easily. DINGO: Oh, yes. Let him handle us easily. GIRLS: Yes. Let him handle us easily. LAUNCELOT: No. Quick! Quick! GALAHAD: Please! I can defeat them! There's only a hundred-and-fifty of them! DINGO: Yes! Yes, he will beat us easily! We haven't a chance. GIRLS: We haven't a chance. He will beat us easily... [boom] DINGO: Oh, ****. LAUNCELOT: We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril. GALAHAD: I don't think I was. LAUNCELOT: Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril. GALAHAD: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril. LAUNCELOT: No, it's too perilous. GALAHAD: Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can. LAUNCELOT: No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on! GALAHAD: Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril? LAUNCELOT: No. It's unhealthy. GALAHAD: I bet you're gay. LAUNCELOT: No, I'm not. Funny? Yes. Clean? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by IG-64 Is Monty Python like SNL or something? I've never seen it. *stabs you with Spongeninja-like accuracy* Watch it, WATCH IT I SAY! "A five ounce bird cannot carry a 2 pound coconut!" "Me, Sir Lancelot, and Sir Galahad are going to jump out of the rabbit!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by Mike Windu "Me, Sir Lancelot, and Sir Galahad are going to jump out of the rabbit!" "Suppose we were to build a large, wooden badger" I love Monty Python! And Mel Brooks! But I wouldnt consider either to be "clean" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troopr-Undr-Fir Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Bill Cosby's humor is supurb ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted October 20, 2004 Author Share Posted October 20, 2004 *Slaps Jdome* Bad boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 *shoots ig with 1000 pins* Go rent Holy Grail now or I will kick you in the nards with steel toe boots several times. And of course anything by mel brooks is good. Not clean, but blazing saddles is on my top list of favorite movies "Why hello there!" "Up yours nigger" later "Sorry about the up yours nigger thing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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