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Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:34 am
by steve56
and got loads of yankee dollars too,lol.
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:09 pm
by bfu
pam is a psychologist, her doctorate is a PhD, and she is not medically qualified.
to be a psychiatrist you need a medical degree, plus post grad training
sorry to be pedantic
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:17 pm
by IdolDroog
I wont hear anything bad said about Billy Connolly. He doesn't really laugh at his own jokes because a lot of his material is storytelling and to an extent the laughing helps build to it - whether its a true story or a made up one. Its not like he goes "why did the chicken cross the road "...Its usually laughing at other people and their reactions that he does. Although its quite strange i hate people laughing at their own jokes I love billy connolly but I still dunno how people like jack dee, steve coogan and eddie izzard dont laugh at their own jokes!
What REALLY pisses me off are the ones on game shows like gary linekar and now david seaman who say some dodgy-arsed pun and then lookout the audience who laugh and then they join in...like awaiting approval or something really fake. Shit jokes too
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 1:01 pm
by Ace
Spot on ID about two-bob retired sportsmen who throw a gag in. The worst offender is Mark Lawrenson on Football Focus, he likes to 'throw' one in every now and then, and its VERY painful to watch.
I disagree about The Big Yin though. For someone who tells the SAME repatoir night after night, you THINK the story he is telling MIGHT become a bit stale to him after the 10th time.
Connolly, USED to be funny in the 70's.....................but then again, so was Jasper Carrott.
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 1:02 pm
by Pervert
At his best, Connolly is sublime, and his genius is in telling stories rather than jokes. But the constant interrupting of his own shtick with the tears-rolling-down-the-cheeks laughter doesn't do him any favours.
His brown-nosing to the establishment has gained him a few detractors, but how can't you like someone who introduced the term "Partick roulette" to the language?
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 2:27 pm
by IdolDroog
I fully appreciate what you are saying Ace. I guess I just don't find BC laughing as annoying - it bothers me with others just not on him. Probably because he is sharing stories rather than just spouting out his material but even so just look at the man....silly trousers and a purple beard. Also he doesnt laugh EVERY joke in fact when hes telling jokes he usually just stays neutral but when telling stories about something someones done iI know I for one can hear them over and over and laugh - so why shouldnt he.
He has been a big influence in modern comedy and I dont disagree he was superb in the 1970s but I reckon he's still got it....shame Dave Allens hidden himself away in Oz though - he was superb too.
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 3:16 pm
by steve56
dave allen he was very good told it how it is yknow like the hypocrysy in churches priests etc.
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 3:41 pm
by IdolDroog
yeh do u wanna borrow the standup vids stevie, ive got 3 and they are superb.
"why is it if if my lady neighbour chooses to wander around naked in her back garden and I look at her its ME who gets done for being a peeping tom...yet if I wander around naked in MY garden its indecent exposure!!" i paraphrase

Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 3:43 pm
by steve56
i wouldnt mind id,nothing like that now is there.
Re: cheaper by the dozen
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 6:03 pm
by IdolDroog
what do you mean steve i couldnt q. make that sentence out