Hope you guys like what I wrote.I thought it would both clear a few things up and hopefully get some laughs.
Good article. I particularly like the bit about British humor. Do you like British humor? I personaly find it far superior to American humor, as I find it requires a level of inteligence to understand, and is very clever. However, it does fit in perfectly with being a form of Chaos because it is quite random.
"No one suspects the Spanish Inquisition!"
PS I get the feeling that I'm the only person on this board who hasn't read any H.P. Lovecraft.
I suggest starting with Call of Chthulu - it's more a mystery story then some of his other tales.
I've a deep soft spot for Cats of Ulthanor as well.
at the Mountains of Madness is interesting as well, but has a habit of spending pages describing the scenery and then saying "oh there was a monster there too" (hyperbole)
YYYEEEEEEEESSS!!! i LOVE british humor!! monty python and movies like hot fuzz and shaun of the dead!!
some british humor is just too random to even require smarts, like the dead parrot bit segwaying into the lumberjack song
okay so maybe ALL british humor requires smarts
| QUOTE (Dark Mousette91 @ Jan 20 2008, 04:54 PM) |
YYYEEEEEEEESSS!!! i LOVE british humor!! monty python and movies like hot fuzz and shaun of the dead!!
some british humor is just too random to even require smarts, like the dead parrot bit segwaying into the lumberjack song
okay so maybe ALL british humor requires smarts |
Mousette, have you seen the Goodies?
Effectively, Tim Brooke-Tayler, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden went to Uni with the Python boys (particularly Graeme Chapman and John Cleese) and they worked together on a number of projects.
Less "random sketch" then Python, but just as random - if you get my drift.
Each episode has a plot, but events in said story are randomly insane (including a memorable "battle of the opera" where violinists are firing off their bows like arrows, and the tubas are bazookas etc).
It's clinically insane.
And amazingly brilliant.
The "Soud Efrika" episode is an example of them taking aim at topical things, in that case apartheid. It is PISS YOURSELF funny, particularly Philip Madoc corpsing as the "Soud Effrikan" tourism minister with a chronic fear/hatred of anything black (including ties, sunglasses, keys on pianos etc).
That episode often gets cited as racist, but rather it's the opposite, it's MERCILESSLY taking the piss out of racism.