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bejarano-korea
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 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject: Ken Goodwin - Comedy genius? |
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Watch this clip, if you don't laugh your head off you have no
sense of humour. This guy is so funny it'll crease you up! 
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CpQRBgVmCV8 |
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bejarano-korea
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry abou that! I've pasted the proper clip, tell me what you think? This is FANTASTIC! |
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mole
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| What language was that? |
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DRAMA OVERKILL
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Goodwin - Comedy genius? |
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I tried to wach it, but seriously, I can't understand what the hell he is saying. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Goodwin - Comedy genius? |
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| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
I tried to wach it, but seriously, I can't understand what the hell he is saying. |
Ee lad... tha dun't know 'ow 't talk proppa... |
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DRAMA OVERKILL
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Goodwin - Comedy genius? |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
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I tried to wach it, but seriously, I can't understand what the hell he is saying. |
Ee lad... tha dun't know 'ow 't talk proppa... |
I'm sure the guy is funny, and the fact that he laughs at his own jokes while on stage is great. But, I can't get past the heavy accent... |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Goodwin - Comedy genius? |
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| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
I tried to wach it, but seriously, I can't understand what the hell he is saying. |
Ee lad... tha dun't know 'ow 't talk proppa... |
I'm sure the guy is funny, and the fact that he laughs at his own jokes while on stage is great. But, I can't get past the heavy accent... |
Which country are you from, btw? |
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DRAMA OVERKILL
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Goodwin - Comedy genius? |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
I tried to wach it, but seriously, I can't understand what the hell he is saying. |
Ee lad... tha dun't know 'ow 't talk proppa... |
I'm sure the guy is funny, and the fact that he laughs at his own jokes while on stage is great. But, I can't get past the heavy accent... |
Which country are you from, btw? |
I'm Canadian (surprise! surprise!). I don't typically have trouble w/ accents, but don't you think that guy's accent is unusually strong?? It might just be that he laughs and talks at the same time, or the laughter from the audience muffles his words a bit... |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: Ken Goodwin - Comedy genius? |
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| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
| DRAMA OVERKILL wrote: |
I tried to wach it, but seriously, I can't understand what the hell he is saying. |
Ee lad... tha dun't know 'ow 't talk proppa... |
I'm sure the guy is funny, and the fact that he laughs at his own jokes while on stage is great. But, I can't get past the heavy accent... |
Which country are you from, btw? |
I'm Canadian (surprise! surprise!). I don't typically have trouble w/ accents, but don't you think that guy's accent is unusually strong?? It might just be that he laughs and talks at the same time, or the laughter from the audience muffles his words a bit... |
He's from the North of England. I can understand him perfectly, being from Yorkshire, but I can understand that others would struggle with it. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I can understand him perfectly, and he is very not funny. |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I can understand him perfectly, and he is very not funny. |
He was very sucessful in the 70s. It would have been very funny back in its day. Humour dates, and even Monty Python are not so funny anymore. |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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I can see why people thought he was funny, I think he's a bit annoying. He just keeps shooting out these cheap one liners and laughing at yourself is a bit odd. It reminds me of a time I did stand up comedy and clapped myself at the end.
All the same, it makes me kind of glad that America is a major economic power in Korea and not England...I'd hate to have to teach the Koreans in that lousy accent.
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
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| I can understand him perfectly, and he is very not funny. |
He was very sucessful in the 70s. It would have been very funny back in its day. Humour dates, and even Monty Python are not so funny anymore. |
You are comparing Goodwin to Python? I'm 23 and I love monty python and fawlty towers. So maybe it hasn't aged too much.
Of course there is some stuff I like now that will show its age in 20 years but the really good stuff is built to last. |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
You are comparing Goodwin to Python? I'm 23 and I love monty python and fawlty towers. So maybe it hasn't aged too much. |
I don't recall comparing anyone to anyone.
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| but the really good stuff is built to last. |
This is a sweeping statement that you haven't thought too much about. Some comedy, that is brilliant and extremely funny today, will not be funny in a couple of years, simply because the background on which the jokes have been built.
And really good stuff does date. Chaplin was brilliantly funny in his time. I appreciate that. But I do not find him as funny as I would had I lived in 1925. |
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JMO
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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This is a sweeping statement that you haven't thought too much about. Some comedy, that is brilliant and extremely funny today, will not be funny in a couple of years, simply because the background on which the jokes have been built.
And really good stuff does date. Chaplin was brilliantly funny in his time. I appreciate that. But I do not find him as funny as I would had I lived in 1925.
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That was 1925 and silent. I think that goes over the bounds of a couple of years. Even watching Chaplin I can understand that it is funny.
I never said that Goodwin was dated or hasn't aged well, I'm saying that he was never funny to begin with. Same as if I look back at a Ben Elton stand up gig from the 80s I won't be saying "wow he has really dated", I'll be saying "wow he was really crap".
He tells jokes that your dad might tell but with worse timing, then he laughs like an eejit at the end. I don't think this is a question of aging.
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| Some comedy, that is brilliant and extremely funny today, will not be funny in a couple of years, simply because the background on which the jokes have been built. |
I agree to an extent and I was being too sweeping with my original statement. I stil think stuff that is funny remains funny. Maybe not as much.
Actually I'm putting down my Dad a bit, my dad never told such formulaic jokes and doesn't have a crappy catchphrase. He does tell the same damn joke about some police check point in the seventies that is vaguely racist. Other than that hes ok. |
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