That is crazy food, you monster!

[mrs_ajax]

Who do you think you are? Soft as tissue. That is definitely the thing.
Think of me after i leave and i promise that i will think of you.
"This is the first time in my life when my plans extend past my thirtieth birthday." I hear you brother, and i am only a little bit shorter, though with plugged ears.

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[fiatlouis]

Good lord, Norm McDonald is unfunny. I mean, he's parodying himself, telling the least funny jokes he can think of, and staring at the audience until they laugh in discomfort. I made it through about 1:45 of that clip before my ears started bleeding.

[mrs_ajax]

Man, he's making fun of the roast as an idea, as a function. He is so good at wrecking comedy, which i think he is doing here. If you got through 1:45 of it, you probably saw that one about how Cloris Leachman couldn't get over the hill in the car she drives. See, the thing is that it is not actually a joke in the traditional sense, that is, there is no punchline. In the beginning he is taking phrases super-literally ("getting over the hill," "swinging," etc.). Later he makes fun of the subjective element of humor by saying that Sagat's hairy chest is not the only way that he resembles Rin Tin Tin. (long pause) "He's got a fucking dog-face, how do you not get that?" implying that somehow a joke's got an objective interpretation.
I would pay to see someone murder comedy this well in a movie. If only that were possible.

[fiatlouis]

See, what you think of as some sort of criticism of comedy roasts, I see as blatantly unfunny. I don't really care if it was some sort of brilliant meta critique, because it was just not entertaining. I didn't watch the clip so I could learn about deconstructionism or something. I wanted him to be funny. This is why you and I watch film and TV differently. And yet you like "Dirty Work". . .

[mrs_ajax]

This is the subjective aspect of comedy, no? So it would probably be better for both of us to say along the lines of: "I do (not) find it entertaining."

[fiatlouis]

Fair enough. As you say, it is subjective, and what one find hilarious, another may not. I wish you enjoyment of long pauses.