2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=252753#Comment_252753 2010-08-01T01:01:03-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 Popsgrommit http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3578

Okay, I apologize, but I am rather new to forums. But an interesting idea came up when it comes to styles of humor. What are everybody's view on American humor and how does it compare to English ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=252754#Comment_252754 2010-08-01T01:06:52-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 Popsgrommit http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3578

And to add a point, is there anything that anyone finds offensive to American style of humor?

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=253205#Comment_253205 2010-08-03T12:23:49-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551

What do you mean 'American humor'?

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=253606#Comment_253606 2010-08-05T16:21:46-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 stan6 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9207

English humor is making a joke out of a really bad situration. But i find American humor is very simple and bland also it very in your face unlike english humor. This especially applys to comic books ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=253622#Comment_253622 2010-08-05T23:05:08-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 Mark Seifert http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3

it very in your face unlike english humor Well... my immediate reaction to this would be: Sacha Baron Cohen. That said... when I think of comedy I like (which is very little), I think of Rowan ...

it very in your face unlike english humor
Well... my immediate reaction to this would be: Sacha Baron Cohen.

That said... when I think of comedy I like (which is very little), I think of Rowan Atkinson and I suppose John Cleese, but that's probably largely a function of my age and what people were into when I was in college.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=253669#Comment_253669 2010-08-06T07:09:54-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 joshdahl http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1707

When I lived in England, I saw Eddie Izzard doing an interview on some daytime talk show. He was telling the hosts how well received he is in the US, and they were shocked. One of them said ...

He was telling the hosts how well received he is in the US, and they were shocked. One of them said something like "Americans get subtle humor?"
I was irate. I wanted to just slap the TV.

I wanted to yell at her... "YES, you idiot! We have lots of subtle humor! You just didn't notice it because IT'S FUCKING SUBTLE!!"]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=253802#Comment_253802 2010-08-07T13:28:27-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551

English humor is making a joke out of a really bad situation. ...I thought that was German humor.

...I thought that was German humor.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=253948#Comment_253948 2010-08-08T06:52:21-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 mister86 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6190

@Rootfireember Not quite, it's German humor when the joke is the really bad situation.

Not quite, it's German humor when the joke is the really bad situation.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=254044#Comment_254044 2010-08-08T23:13:21-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955

They're both good! I prefer well constructed American humor, though, such as Eddie Murphy's Raw, John Leguizamo's Freak, anything by George Carlin, and of course, Richard Pryor. God forgive me, when ...

That said - most new standup I've seen sucks. Just a bunch of loosely connected punchlines with no heart, almost like FAMILY GUY: LIVE!. It's that or just being on stage being goofy for the sake of being goofy, which IS NOT funny. I am looking at you, Kristen Schaal.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=254077#Comment_254077 2010-08-09T05:35:37-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088

American comedy? Maybe he wasn't subtle, but: Bill Hicks. 'Nuff said.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8666&Focus=255469#Comment_255469 2010-08-16T07:07:05-07:00 2013-05-24T16:33:39-07:00 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27

"American comedy" is a term not unlike "American beer" in its capacity to make me want to shit my pants.