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Things That Are ALWAYS Funny

Started by DrGreggles, May 11, 2021, 08:29:34 AM

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Jockice

Quote from: jobotic on May 11, 2021, 02:08:54 PM

That sounds great but have you any examples please?

Can't find any examples on youtube, but I remember The Goodies did it more than once and also a pisstake of an advert on a children's' comedy show in which a Space Raider crisp type thing was chucked up in the air and a huge version came down and brained the kid. There should be a revival of the concept though. Because it is always funny.

paruses

#62
A chair that is much lower than the others. Even better is an unexpectedly low seat[nb] Pointed out by Dr Greggles I think [/nb]. Also works with one character seated much further away from the main body of characters. Doesn't really work if the seat is much higher.

tl;dr seating

Lungpuddle

Non-verbal characters rolling their eyes at their comedy partners. Gromit is the master, in this case.

phantom_power

Humans battling inanimate objects (Ryan Gosling vs the toilet door in The Nice Guys, Chevy Chase and almost everything)

Icehaven


dissolute ocelot

That dance when you put your hands on your knees and switch them back and forth as you move your knees together and apart, popularised in the 1920s by F Scott Fitzgerald.

People riding any animal that isn't a horse.



Custard

Somebody suddenly speaking with a strained or high pitched squeaky voice

Limmy's "I met him/her at a charity do once...", "sound of the summer" and "yer da" tweets. Only thing I use Twitter for these days

Gulftastic

People being cut off mid-swear.

Gurke and Hare


People speaking absolute filth on the phone and then ending the call with "yeah, see you, Mum" or something similar.

Fred Willard does a great version of this joke in Anchorman:

"I have no idea where he would have gotten hold of German pornography, but you and I are mature adults, we've both seen our share of pornographic materials...  Oh, you never have?  Of course you haven't, how stupid of me.  Neither have I; I was talking in generalities.  I'll stop by the school a little later, Sister Margaret, bye"   

Jittlebags

Man ironing clothes when phone rings.

idunnosomename

Quote from: Gurke and Hare on May 12, 2021, 02:04:54 PM
Seagulls stealing people's food at the seaside is always funny.
not if it's mine!!!

idunnosomename

Round things crying smaller round things

BJBMK2

Quote from: Dave The Triffids on May 12, 2021, 02:09:55 PM
People speaking absolute filth on the phone and then ending the call with "yeah, see you, Mum" or something similar.

Fred Willard does a great version of this joke in Anchorman:

"I have no idea where he would have gotten hold of German pornography, but you and I are mature adults, we've both seen our share of pornographic materials...  Oh, you never have?  Of course you haven't, how stupid of me.  Neither have I; I was talking in generalities.  I'll stop by the school a little later, Sister Margaret, bye"   

Another good example of this, Palin in in the Piranha Brothers sketch. "Yeah, we'll have the watch for you by midnight...the CHINESE watch...alright thank you, mother."

Lungpuddle

Clueless yet enthusiastic commentators. Actually, I can only think of two and yes one is Fred Willard in Best in Show.

DrGreggles

I think just saying 'Fred Willard' would warrant inclusion.

lankyguy95

Inappropriately joyful music cutting in to serious or sombre occasions.

Like that funeral sketch with Fred Willard.... yeah we get the idea.


Icehaven


Madcat

A beautiful girl smiling, revealing a missing (blacked-out) tooth.

The Mollusk

Quote from: BeardFaceMan on May 11, 2021, 05:39:06 PM
Phone conversations you only hear one side of.

"Mr. Pote? Homer Simpson here. When you sold me this house, you forgot to mention one little thing. You didn't tell me it was built on an INDIAN BURIAL GROUND! ..... NO! YOU! DIDN'T! ........ Well! That's not my recollection!"

<hangs up phone>

"He says he mentioned it five or six times."

Cold Meat Platter

Someone trying to show off and fucking up spectacularly.

wrec

Quote from: Cold Meat Platter on May 12, 2021, 07:13:51 PM
Someone trying to show off and fucking up spectacularly.

Related: person determinedly preparing to execute elaborate or dangerous stunt followed by immediate injury and/or humiliation. The essence of fail compilations and Lance Murdock is a good fictional example. Also why I found bits of Jackass undeniably funny in spite of my general disapproval.

Neville Chamberlain

Off-screen car crash/collision noise, especially if the mode of transportation couldn't possibly have caused such a crashing sound.

Captain Z

Montage of many things happening, reveal that only a very short amount of time has passed.

BJBMK2

Any time in The Simpsons when someone will run out of the room, followed by the sounds of footsteps, and a car skidding away.

Bonus points for when the sound of a plane taking off is added.

Elderly Sumo Prophecy

A man's trousers fall down and he waddles around with them around his ankles. Only time that wasn't funny was in Scum.