Thought it would be good to create a thread where we people can recommend any good comedy they have seen recently.
Note: it has to be good comedy. If anyone suggests anything shit, like Will and Grace or the latest Rodney Rude CD - I will shut you down.
With that in mind, I caught the first ep of Chris Lilley's new show 'Summer Heights High' last night. Its looking like it will be really really good. If you are a fan of any other mockumentaries (The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry Sanders etc), then it should be a must watch. I recommend it to everyone.
Anyone else catch it? Or got any other recommendations?
Check out any of the Billy Connolly videos on You Tube. All are classics, and their are hundreds.
Also on You Tube, do a search on "Kevin Spacey Inside The Actors Studio". He does a series of impersanations, that are just about he best, and funniest you will ever see.
Oh, and if any of you have never seen or heard Bill Hicks, do so immediately.
I'm not the hugest fan of 'ethnic' comedy - being comedy that relies on a particular racial stereotype to get laughs. I think that comedians should just tell jokes, and not be the 'asian comedian' or the 'wog comedian' etc. But each to their own.
Bill Hicks is outstanding Robbie and so much of his stuff rings more true today then it did back then.
There's not a lot of good stuff airing on TV right now so i will kick this thread along by suggesting some DVD purchases. I'm a big fan of good TV comedy so that's where my interests lie.
Stuff that has been newly released and that you should all pick up:
Extras S2 Curb Your Enthusiasm S5 The Micallef Programme S1-3 Box
and not so much comedy as addictive TV, Entourage S3(Part2) is released in the US in a couple of weeks. Get your multi-region DVD players ready and grab it off Amazon. It's awesome.
These will probably seem obvious, but the "deluxe" addition of The Late Show DVD is a must have. From the 80's Eddie Murphy's Delirious, and Raw are brilliant. You have to watch Delirious first though.
For brilliant Black Comedy, Weeds the first series on DVD is outstanding, and some friends have just bought season 2 back from the USA, and I plan on stealing it soon.
Re: Bill Hicks. "I had a great time doing drugs, I didnt turn into an egg". Classic.
BERT wrote:Have you picked up the Bargeass and Olden Days DVD yet Robbie? So many fart jokes.
I'm with you on Extras series 2 Staggy. Nearly as good as The Office.
I have to get them Bert. Especially the Bargeass one. Loved that part of the show. Who could ever forget the night they planted Bluey Grills in the audience, and he got up in the middle of the show and yelled out "when are you bastards going to stop taking the piss out of me?".
I remember when "Bluey" was on TV when I was a kid and watching it one night, he told that female copper that was always around that he was taking her out to dinner. Even though I was only 7 or 8 at the time, I will never forget the look on her face as he drove into McDonalds.
Have all of you guys seen the movie, Clerks? The cheapest funniset movie ever made.
Also good and not too well known is a Japanese film called Sumo Do, Sumo Dont. Piss funny.
The origonal series of The Dream was so good, it just about over-shadowed the Sydney Olympics. Hello boys, battered sav, Mullet, haute, Fatso, Fucher, Gamover.......friggin brilliant.
robbie67 wrote:Have all of you guys seen the movie, Clerks? The cheapest funniset movie ever made.
Also good and not too well known is a Japanese film called Sumo Do, Sumo Dont. Piss funny.
The origonal series of The Dream was so good, it just about over-shadowed the Sydney Olympics. Hello boys, battered sav, Mullet, haute, Fatso, Fucher, Gamover.......friggin brilliant.
Love all of those. Have seen Sumo Do Sumo Don't and I found it pretty funny.
Given we are going down the movie track - my all time favorite comedy movie is 'Wag The Dog'. Wasn't particularly well known, but it is off-the-chart brilliant. Also the only movie to star both Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman. Supporting cast is brilliant too: Denis Leary, Anne Heche, Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson.
robbie67 wrote:The origonal series of The Dream was so good, it just about over-shadowed the Sydney Olympics. Hello boys, battered sav, Mullet, haute, Fatso, Fucher, Gamover.......friggin brilliant.
That is absolute GOLD that is. Soooo glad we got it on DVD. I'm just a little disappointed they didn't do it with each episode, because there was a lot of stuff they cut from the DVDs that was bloody funny and would've been awesome to include. I can't remember what they were now, but I remember when we got the DVD I was disappointed that lots was cut.
"If you got the VHS version, BURN IT!"
"...things that weren't even made... on this DVD."
Not that you'll ever see this in a list of classic comedy but here's what I came up with
1. Fletch
2. Fletch Lives
3. The Office
4. Office Space
5. The Burbs (I don't know why I find this so amusing)
6. Happy Gilmore
7. Meet the Parents
8. Starsky and Hutch
9. Extras
- I will shut you down.
That is absolute GOLD that is. Soooo glad we got it on DVD. I'm just a little disappointed they didn't do it with each episode, because there was a lot of stuff they cut from the DVDs that was bloody funny and would've been awesome to include. I can't remember what they were now, but I remember when we got the DVD I was disappointed that lots was cut.