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blacklotus90 says...

This show was a hidden gem when it first aired, but nobody ever seems to have heard of it and full episodes are hard to find. Glad to see it coming back around in the golden age of sketch comedy!

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"Some of the guys aren't even remotely smiling" Amy rocks it

xxovercastxx says...

I have seen a number of the skits from her show and while they often have something clever to them, they generally seem to lack a punchline. However, I find her entertaining in interviews (eg her appearance on Comedians in Cars).

So I thought maybe I just didn't care for her skits... Standup and sketch comedy are very different and being good at one doesn't mean you're any good at the other. A few weeks ago I found Women Who Kill on youtube and watched the whole thing. Amy was funny in that. Unfortunately, it's because she's basically performing Bonnie McFarlane's act.

I got to discover Marina Franklin, though, so that was a plus.

Chicken Lady: Homecoming - Kids in the Hall

poolcleaner says...

I think improv and sketch comedy groups are all springboards from stage to radio, radio to stage, stage yo television, radio to television, television to radio, to other television and ultimately the big screen. Any good YouTube sketch comedy? I've yet to really explore that, I guess Vine is funny sketch comedy. A bit too fast, over and done for me though. Cyanide and Happiness count? Web comics? Cracked? Anyway, on to television, which remains the fascination:

The first years of SNL are phenomenal with Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner. And before that a lot of those guys were together on the National Lampoon Radio. (Speaking of radio, Dr. Demento?)

And there's also SCTV, jesus -- John Candy, Martin Short, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, and Joe Flaherty. Flaherty's vampire killed me as a kid. So funny, but really I haven't watched it since I was a youngster.

When I was growing up PBS played a lot of BBC television. Benny Hill amongst them, such a naughty show. I think I was barely allowed watch. But I enjoy the show as much as its mostly about old horny men and women with big tits.

What do I think about Upright Citizen Brigade? I would choose to be an Agent of U.C.B. before S.H.I.E.L.D. Great as both an improv group and sketch comedy for television. Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz are awesome, and I love them on SNL as well. Assssscat

Cast transfers, right? Sketch comedy groups are like sports teams. Mark McKinney on SNL, etc. Daily Show anchors from Upright Citizens Brigade. SCTV to SNL, etc. Every sketch comedy floods into SNL. Did you watch Nickelodeon's All That? Kenan and Kell.

Mr Show is on my to watch list. I love David Cross in his stand up, as Tobias Funke on Arrested Dev, and as Todd Margaret, which is fucking RIDICULOUS if you haven't seen it. It's not sketch comedy but it might as well be. It's like a British comedy with brash Americans thrown into the mix. Chaos ensues and many, many, many laws are broken, including the usage of weapons of mass destruction and murder. Dark comedy.

Oh, I know a good dark sort of sketch comedy: The League of Gentlemen? It's sort of like if Simon Pegg produced Monty Python. They say things like "Rape our dead mouths". Psychopaths, murderers and crossdressers.

Now that we've ventured off the beaten path, what are your thoughts about the short run comedy central show Stella? Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain. All three from a funny sketch comedy series called the State. I think I've sifted or promoted some sketches from that series.

And I can't not mention MadTV, you know what? Uh uh, a list about sketch comed without MadTV, ridiculous. I'm running out of steam though, because I'm typing too much, but MO Collins, Orlando Jones, Bobby Lee, Phil LaMar (who does DC comics cartoon voice over work), Aries Spears, and Will Sasso. Damn.

And lest we forget (Thanks, Rudyard), Little Britain -- Britain, Britain, Britain, if it weren't for Little Britain I would scarcely know of the country.

I'm sure I've left off some other great sketch (In Living Color!!), but these came to mind and as I started to think of my favorite cast members and comedians, I began to realize how they all fit in the grand scheme of things. I'm going to watch some Fire Marshall Bill clips now.

Fairbs said:

Excellent points. If you look back over the entire SNL catalog there is a lot of great stuff. It's also been on for 40 years or so so yeah there should be. I think SNL is used as a springboard for a lot of comedians and writers. For example, Larry David was a writer.

What do you think of Upright Citizens Brigade or Mr. Show? I looked up a list of sketch comedy shows and it reminded me that the Chapelle show was pretty great. I never thought of Benny Hill as a sketch comedy show (it is), but I loved it as a kid. Probably too slapstick for me now.

Chicken Lady: Homecoming - Kids in the Hall

Fairbs says...

Excellent points. If you look back over the entire SNL catalog there is a lot of great stuff. It's also been on for 40 years or so so yeah there should be. I think SNL is used as a springboard for a lot of comedians and writers. For example, Larry David was a writer.

What do you think of Upright Citizens Brigade or Mr. Show? I looked up a list of sketch comedy shows and it reminded me that the Chapelle show was pretty great. I never thought of Benny Hill as a sketch comedy show (it is), but I loved it as a kid. Probably too slapstick for me now.

poolcleaner said:

Kids in the Hall sketches are also more thought provoking than SNL. SNL is more of a contemporary pop culture reference machine like Mad magazine and Family Guy.

The pop cultural references in KitH are to things of higher value like early cinema classics (Citizen Kane), Nietzsche, Morrison Hotel, surrealism, film noir; and with heavy pro LGBT, pro environmental (the beaver!) and anti corporate themes; displaying the frivolity of office politics, and the HARDCORE Canadian law enforcement.

What does SNL give but a couple'a chuckles, eh?

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Bill Nye makes fun of Neil deGrasse Tyson's reply to Dawkins

brycewi19 says...

Remember, Bill Nye got his TV start on a sketch comedy show in Seattle called "Almost Live" (one of my all time favs growing up).

Key & Peele - Mattress Shopping

lucky760 says...

I absolutely LOVE the new intro to the show. Every time it starts I'm already busting up LMFAHS. The looks on their faces are utterly priceless.

And I'm glad they changed the format to having them driving in a car as their segues instead of them on stage talking to an audience.

Best sketch comedy on TV.

"WHO GOT THAT GOOD DEED? I GOT THAT GOOD DEED. YEAH! YEAH!"

Weird Al Yankovic Explains the Internet to Fox's Stuart V...

lucky760 says...

I love Weird Al so very much and have since I was a child in the 80s. He's such a brilliant, funny guy and a great role model for young people.

And I just adore his humor:

Stuart: "When did you start?"
Weird Al: "What, this interview? About 5 minutes ago."

LMFAHS. Real-time sketch comedy.

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32-YEAR CONTRACT?! Say whaaat?

Insufferable brunch

poolcleaner says...

Now it's just funny to make homophobic jokes ironically. Like pretending to be Eric Cartman or similar sentiments. But actually witnessing childish homophobia... that's pretty weird to me nowadays, even among the people I know who don't necessarily approve of the lifestyle.

I wonder when/if our generation of offensive, abusive irony will dissipate? I don't mind it, but it seems like a natural progression for popular culture. For example, do you really hear "retard" jokes any longer? Was In Living Color the last mainstream sketch comedy with mentally challenged jokes?

I could be wrong on this, but I don't recall recent stuff along those lines -- except South Park, but they're very, very special.

entr0py said:

It was a fine theory, but I don't think the reverse psychology of saying it's gay to insult gays actually works on homophobes. And teasing them about potentially being gay seems to validate their childish attitude.

As the culture moves away from homophobia being accepted, I almost think those insecure macho men will be relieved. It's got be be exhausting to be that paranoid.

Key & Peele: Proud Thug

chingalera says...

Indeed, and while I have watched their show on cable TV at a friends place and was able to keep milk from coming out of my nose through the thing, it did have more than a few moments of hilarity.

Unlike Archer, a piece of genius that keeps me in complete stitches enough to warrant a repeat, and another.

Key and Peele rate with some of the best sketch comedy ever produced.

lucky760 said:

LMFAHS.

"Life is for pussies." Hahaha.

Key and Peele have the best hit-to-miss ratio of any sketch comedy around.

*promote

Key & Peele: Proud Thug

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MOST ENTERTAINING COMMERCIAL I'VE EVER FUCKING SEEN

MilkmanDan says...

Yeah, from the title I thought it was a "real"* commercial. Call me stupid or whatever, but in any case thanks to @NaMeCaF for cluing me and anyone else as dim as me in.

*depending on how you define "real commercial". After/while watching I jumped to the conclusion that it wasn't a TV spot (time too long for one thing), and probably wasn't authorized/developed by the top Toyota brass. In my defense, I've seen plenty of viral 'commercials' (clip is in both those channels by the way) that are "real" in that they are officially or at least semi-officially created by the company that makes the product/service they are selling/showing, AND that are over the top/out there/"offensive" in the same sort of way this clip is.

Funny thing is, if the title or description was upfront about it being from a sketch comedy show as NaMeCaF revealed (instead of calling it a commercial in the tags, channels, and title), I would have appreciated the humor and upvoted it on my first viewing. As it is, I think I'll upvote his comments that clued me in instead.

Key & Peele - The School Bully



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