Unfunny comedy tropes
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Ah, not true. It may be that way now, but I remember when it was for anime too, similar to Toonami, really. Though, I guess it was for the more generally adult anime that Toonami simply couldn't or wouldn't air.Fr said:
Now though... Cartoon Network in general has really gone down hill. Live-action shows, shitty night-shows. At least now Toonami is back again.
The way they portray the geek culture annoys me a lot. The only show I found the geeks not annoying was the IT crowd. Big Bang Theory on the other hand...
This may not be a specific thing. But I certainly HATE trailers for comedy movies. You'll always have a part where the background noise stops and a character or the voice-over guy says a line. It annoys me.
This may not be a specific thing. But I certainly HATE trailers for comedy movies. You'll always have a part where the background noise stops and a character or the voice-over guy says a line. It annoys me.
I could list them, but I can just point at Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory and say pretty much those.
TaaHM was fine for the first 4 series or so, but then the jokes really got old, and the episodes predictable. The same thing goes for BBT, only it's mainly focussed on the 'HURR DURR NEEEERDS' aspect, which was downplayed in the beginning, but became the focal point as the show progressed. The writer is clearly someone who has no idea of geek culture, but finds it amusing, so he wrote a show based around stuff that your average Joe won't know two shits about and that he can look up on Wikipedia for a quick reference.
Basically, Chuck Lorre is a talentless hack pandering to the lowest common denominator demographic, and futilely attempts at comedy by repeating overused jokes.
TaaHM was fine for the first 4 series or so, but then the jokes really got old, and the episodes predictable. The same thing goes for BBT, only it's mainly focussed on the 'HURR DURR NEEEERDS' aspect, which was downplayed in the beginning, but became the focal point as the show progressed. The writer is clearly someone who has no idea of geek culture, but finds it amusing, so he wrote a show based around stuff that your average Joe won't know two shits about and that he can look up on Wikipedia for a quick reference.
Basically, Chuck Lorre is a talentless hack pandering to the lowest common denominator demographic, and futilely attempts at comedy by repeating overused jokes.
The only kind of comedy I fail to find funny in any way is when they try to play rape for laughs. A perfect example is at the end of "40 Days and 40 Nights", when the main character, who has tied himself down to his bed in order to fulfill his intention to abstain from sex for Lent, gets raped by his ex-girlfriend, with his current girlfriend walking on on the act.
He ends up apologizing to his current girlfriend, the ex wins a bet and gets off without any trouble, and his friend makes a joke about how "this doesn't seem like a time when the truth will set you free." All played for laughs.
He ends up apologizing to his current girlfriend, the ex wins a bet and gets off without any trouble, and his friend makes a joke about how "this doesn't seem like a time when the truth will set you free." All played for laughs.
To be fair, the first season is borderline awful. I can enjoy it now, but when I started, I had little commitment to actually like the show. The longer it went on, the funnier it got. Do yourself a favor and find "the gang solves the gas crisis" from season 4. If you can't find that funny, then I guess you should give up. Just don't use the first season as the barometer for the whole show.Gorfias said:
EDIT: Just remember, the main characters are awful people, and the show is about the shit they get themselves into because they don't know how to be good. The unplanned kid episode was exactly that: instead of having the characters learn something about the issues surrounding unplanned kids, they just saw it as an opportunity to get laid. The whole first season is plotted around big issues, like underage drinking or gun control, but every single time, the gang does the wrong thing and tries to twist the issue to be about themselves. It's surprisingly smart comedy surrounding some very stupid people.
OT: Random gags like Family Guy. They can be very funny if they are used sparingly, but I had to stop watching FG entirely, because entire episodes were becoming gag reels.
Anything that follows the "Here is Jim. Jim is a giant moron. Let's follow Jim around and laugh at his moronic.. Ness...." (i.e. Practically everything Will Ferrel has ever done.)
EDIT: Also, shows that have to have that one really dumb, super oblivious character that everyone can poke fun at. (i.e. Ashton Kutcher being.. Himself in That 70's Show, when I was unfortunate enough to watch it.)
EDIT: Also, shows that have to have that one really dumb, super oblivious character that everyone can poke fun at. (i.e. Ashton Kutcher being.. Himself in That 70's Show, when I was unfortunate enough to watch it.)
Moviebob said it best: Nothing is more cringeworthy than adults writing teenagers in kids shows. Or maybe Linkara said that...
I don't know what it's really called, but the one I hate I'll just put down as the "Dane cooke" effect
Jokes that stretch on for like five minutes. Look at the one from the third Family Guy Star Wars 'movie' for reference. I don't care that they drew attention to it ironically it was still boring and wasted like two whole minutes of run time.
Also 'lol rape' 'lol holocaust' 'lol death' 'aren't we so edgy?!'
No you are not, you are being disgusting and vile and in the least imaginative way possible.
Also 'lol rape' 'lol holocaust' 'lol death' 'aren't we so edgy?!'
No you are not, you are being disgusting and vile and in the least imaginative way possible.
Me either, in fact, when that kind of humour happens I tend to switch channels (unless I am watching it with somebody else). I just really hate awkward/"cringy" humour. The exception is when a stand up comedian is discussing that kind of thing, as it's acting, it's anecdotal.Erja_Perttu said:
I don't think you get South Park. That's not why they swear all the time. Just like when they make racist jokes they aren't being racist. They do these things to mock other people.DJ_DEnM said:
The swearing is mocking people who get upset by swearing by showing how it doesn't actually harm anybody (as those who hate it tend to think it's almost as bad as stealing in the way they behave).
The racist/sexist/homophobic jokes are made to make fun of the racists/sexists and homophobes by pointing out how ridiculous those view points are.
gonna jump on this badnwagon, I can't stand the stuff. I've never been able to sit through an entire episode of Peep Show or the Inbetweeners, because whilst the funny moments are funny, the... other stuff is too cringy for me to cope with. Its not just unfunny, I literally find it distressing to watch.Legion said:
* Flamboyant gay stereotypes (when for laughs).
* "Wacky" characters - the ones who have hawaiian shirts, and can't enter a room without saying their catchphrase to a chorus of canned laughter. They usually make "hilarious" comments about being mesmerized by breasts or pop tarts. See also, "kookie" characters, often played by Zooey Deschanel.
* Jokes in adverts. All jokes in adverts. Even the good ones get tedious after seeing them a thousand times, interrupting your favourite tv show. Only a select few of the greatest can get away with it - and they're 1 in a million. No examples spring to mind right now.
* Stuff that we're expected to find funny, to be funny. Big Bang Theory seems to run on this. There was one scene I watched in which the tall nerd wants to do his washing on Saturday, but is prevented by some woman. Most of the scene is just the tall nerd, looking torn at not being able to do his washing. Which I guess I'm expected to find hilarious. Isn't this essentially just laughing at autism/OCD too?
* "Wacky" characters - the ones who have hawaiian shirts, and can't enter a room without saying their catchphrase to a chorus of canned laughter. They usually make "hilarious" comments about being mesmerized by breasts or pop tarts. See also, "kookie" characters, often played by Zooey Deschanel.
* Jokes in adverts. All jokes in adverts. Even the good ones get tedious after seeing them a thousand times, interrupting your favourite tv show. Only a select few of the greatest can get away with it - and they're 1 in a million. No examples spring to mind right now.
* Stuff that we're expected to find funny, to be funny. Big Bang Theory seems to run on this. There was one scene I watched in which the tall nerd wants to do his washing on Saturday, but is prevented by some woman. Most of the scene is just the tall nerd, looking torn at not being able to do his washing. Which I guess I'm expected to find hilarious. Isn't this essentially just laughing at autism/OCD too?
