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Tobias Robertson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXFrgY96dfE

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.

Still alive after four days of too much info to process and too little sleep. So I'll just dump a list of talks here that might interest you:

- Richard Stallman: Freedom in your computer and in the net
- Jake Appelbaum/Laura Poitras: Assassination lists, planetary surveillance
- Tobias Engel/Karsten Nohl: SS7, the backbone of mobile networks, is fucked beyond repair (two talks, same topic: one, two)
- Laura Poitras and others: cryptography for high-profile journalists
- Bill Scannel: Inside Field Station Berlin Teufelsberg (NSA spy post - wierd talk)
- internet of toilets
- What Ever Happened to Nuclear Weapons?

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DoubleGauss 4 months ago

Why does the tempo slow down after the opening couple of lines ?
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Tobias Sing 4 months ago

Because I didn't have enough time to practise ;-)

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>> ^Sweetjimmy:

Please forgive me, but what if this in reference too? I love Dave and Arrested Development but my mind may be failing me.


Tobias trying to become a member of the Blue Man Group was a running gag on the show.

>> ^PHJF:

That isn't Manhattan, it's blue Tobias Funke.


"I'm afraid I just blue myself." Best costume ever. Good eye.

>> ^PHJF:

That isn't Manhattan, it's blue Tobias Funke.


And here I thought he was a Smurf.

That isn't Manhattan, it's blue Tobias Funke.

>> ^Bardaf:

Well, if it gets the same destiny of Family Guy and Futurama, we should see all the Bluth family back in a few years on Fox...
Even if it's not animated and that the actors will be older, and so on...
The faster you'll all buy DVDs, the faster it will be aired back...


>> ^kymbos:

There's a moooovie coming out.


Yeah, it sounds like it was hard enough getting everybody to do the much anticipated movie (slated for a 2012 release). Doesn't look like there's any hope of it returning as a series. Honestly, I'm okay with that. Don't get me wrong, I think the quality of both Family Guy and Futurama have stayed high despite their production gaps; but I just don't think a live action cast could come back without missing a beat the way an animated cast can. Of course, don't let that stop you from buying the DVD's. Seriously, everyone go buy the box set right now.

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>> ^kronosposeidon:

I was taught the same thing about prepositions. We were also taught to never split an infinitive, like I just did. But it's okay, actually. You can also start sentences with conjunctions sometimes, which is good news for me. Because I do it all the time.
<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: left; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> blankfist said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: left; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/b/blankfist-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-left: 52px; padding-top: 1px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">◄</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box"> I hate it when the grammar gods change the rules willy fucking nilly. I remember reading somewhere they changed the rule for possessives on words ending in s. So, Tobias' is now supposed to be written Tobias's.
Who are these grammarian busybodies that appointed themselves with the power to rewrite English language rules? And why? Is there still a need to hone the English language after all these years? Is Great Fucking Expectations a goddamn work-in-progress? Does that mean I should've passed my 11th grade English exams just by shitting in a bag of Doritos because how dare the teacher tell me what is and what is not correct English? Shit, with this kind of loose adherence to language I imagine cave paintings could be considered proper fucking diction. I don't want to get off on a rant here, but...

By the way, quality idea about the NSFW tab.
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<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: right; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> kronosposeidon said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/k/kronosposeidon-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-top: 1px; right: 52px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">►</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-right: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">Maybe that's a bad thing if you're a 19th century grammarian. I live in the modern era.
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And can we fix this goddamn fucking quote system? I mean, what the fucking fucking fuck? My eyes just vomited blood from looking at this jumble of nonsense. But seriously, believe in Jesus.

I was taught the same thing about prepositions. We were also taught to never split an infinitive, like I just did. But it's okay, actually. You can also start sentences with conjunctions sometimes, which is good news for me. Because I do it all the time. >> ^blankfist:

>> ^kronosposeidon:
Maybe that's a bad thing if you're a 19th century grammarian. I live in the modern era.

I hate it when the grammar gods change the rules willy fucking nilly. I remember reading somewhere they changed the rule for possessives on words ending in s. So, Tobias' is now supposed to be written Tobias's.
Who are these grammarian busybodies that appointed themselves with the power to rewrite English language rules? And why? Is there still a need to hone the English language after all these years? Is Great Fucking Expectations a goddamn work-in-progress? Does that mean I should've passed my 11th grade English exams just by shitting in a bag of Doritos because how dare the teacher tell me what is and what is not correct English? Shit, with this kind of loose adherence to language I imagine cave paintings could be considered proper fucking diction. I don't want to get off on a rant here, but...

By the way, quality idea about the NSFW tab.