is there anything less funny than Sarah Silverman?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

I just don't see any humor at all in that show.

please explain to me why I am wrong.

[Danger Mouse]

1. Carlos Mencia and Eddie Izzard come to mind.

Yes, I said Eddie Izzard! I hate him! I hate him! Sorry, but I do!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. carlos made me smile. once.

he made a haha about Bush. BUt otherwise, agreed.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Your real name must be

Kringelbert Fishtybuns.

[Danger Mouse]

7. My real name is...

Eddieizzardbert Isanunfunnydouchebagbuns

[fizzgig]

14. no

it's slap binwalla

:thumbsup:

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. No, Gerry Dorsey!

I like Gerry Dorsey!



:)

[fizzgig]

19. i'm cracking up just thinking about that bit

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. I know!

Just reading it kills me.


And Engelbert Humperdinck! Yes, he was the man. That's not his real name; he's from Britain, but that's not his name. There's very few Humperdincks in Britain. He was born Gerry Dorsey, not Engelbert Humperdinck. His parents were not Mr. and Mrs. Humperdinck. They never said, "What shall we call our son so he does not get the shit kicked out of him at school?"

"We shall call him Engelbert!"

"Good, that'll work!"

No, his name was Gerry Dorsey, and he released songs as Gerry Dorsey, songs such as (mumbles) which didn't work 'cause nobody could hear what he was saying. And then his managers, obviously, said, "We're going to change your name, Gerry! It's the name that's the problem." And his name changed from Gerry Dorsey to Engelbert Humperdinck. I mean, I just wanted to be in the room when they were working that one through.

"Zingelbert Bembledack! Yingybert Dambleban! Zangelbert Bingledack! Wingelbert Humptyback! Slut Bunwalla!"

"What?!"

"All right, Kringelbert Fishtybuns! Steviebuns Bottrittrundle..."

"No, Gerry Dorsey, I like Gerry Dorsey!"

"No, we can't do it. Who we got? Zingelbert Bembledack, Tringelbert Wangledack, Slut Bunwalla, Klingybun Fistelvase, Dindlebert Zindledack, Gerry Dorsey, Engelbert Humptyback, Zengelbert Bingledack, Engelbert Humperdinck, Vingelbert Wingledanck…"

"No, no, go back one. Go back one. 'Engelbert Humperdinck.' That's it!"


:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

30. Sigh. It almost made me smile.

Almost.

[fizzgig]

15. why am i not surprised you posted this?

:P

[Danger Mouse]

16. Because Eddie Izzard sucks rancid monkey balls dipped in putrid milk.

[idgiehkt]

18. I think he's hysterical

but that is a funny way to put it.

[begin_within]

40. Mencia did a funny spoof of "Brokeback Mountain," with Mario Lopez

it used to be on YouTube for a while, but it was removed. It made me laugh.

[tigereye]

51. Izzard is much funnier than Sarah IMO

I think her stuff is meant to be satire, but it isn't always evident....

[Danger Mouse]

55. I don't know her material, don't care to, really.

[tigereye]

58. I have never laughed so hard as I did when I saw Izzard riff on the history

of the world. Hysterical.

Well, maybe the one time I saw Paula Poundstone.

Silverman's standup is too snarky for me - but her musical spoofs are funny.

[Deja Q]

2. When I read the synopsis on the back of the season 1 DVD release,

I thought I was in some creepy, disgusting parallel dimension.

[Kucinich4America]

4. Yes there is....

Pretty much any other original show that Comedy Central has had on in the same time slot, except for Reno 911 and South Park. And even South Park is slipping

[Fire Walk With Me]

27. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Carrieyazel]

6. She's awful. Unfunny, and has a crappy sense of humor.

That this individual is even thought of as a comedian shows how low comedy has sunk in this day and age.

[Deja Q]

37. Literally. I have seen a couple episodes and she seems to try to imitate a character similar to

Archie Bunker.

Except she lacks the gravitas and tact Carroll O'Connor had. That's why he could make Archie funny, but she can't make herself funny. Just being politically incorrect is not enough.

[RedCappedBandit]

8. Ugh, I can't stand her show

[jgraz]

9. Larry the Cable Guy

:puke:

[RedCappedBandit]

10. Hey wow, you actually came up with a valid answer

I hate his humor even more!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. until just now, I didn't suspect that was supposed to be humor.

live and learn.

[Nevernose]

29. He had one funny joke

When he talks about how a cop on the freeway is like the pace car at the Indy 500? Hilarious. Now, can I get back the other 59 minutes of that wasted hour?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

11. i love Sarah Silverman.

thought the first season was hilarious, the second has slipped a bit. . but I think its a sophomore slump.

[Mojambo]

13. I'm a fan of her schtick.

It's not for everybody.

[idgiehkt]

20. Lisa Lampinelli

I personally think they both once saw Ann Coulter on Fox or something and said 'wow, wonder if that b.s. schtick would work in comedy too?' and voila, it does.

[Nevernose]

26. "Insult Comedy" is one thing

But she's just plain not funny.

[idgiehkt]

28. do you mean LL or SS?

I think Silverman at least has a delivery. LL is just a comic Ann Coulter and it's a damn shame because she can tell some funny jokes when she's not onto the racist stuff.

[Nevernose]

32. LL. Silverman's CAN BE pretty good

And Silverman does have delivery, agreed. That bit on "The Aristocrats," where she just starts going off on how she was molested? Priceless.

I don't think of SS as homophobic, racist, sexist, or bigoted in any way. I think what confuses people is that she's a "straight man" without a sidekick. (Originally "straight man" wasn't in quotes, but then it occurred to me that the phrase "straight man" might have a different meaning these days) SS is "Blazing Saddles."

Lisa Lampanelli just isn't very funny. LL is just not funny, bigoted bits aside. I know her delivery COULD be there: did you see the recent episode of Reno 911 in which she played the Unitarian minister? She has potential, just not as a stand-up.

[idgiehkt]

83. really?

I've only seen her a few times. Like, once she was on a talk show and said something to the nature of 'every 15 seconds is how often an African American jumps up and down behind a newscaster who is broadcasting live'. Ha ha ha. That first joke was pretty much all I need to hear to know that she had nothing to offer me. I'm not interested in the pov that says that people who 'think' those jokes are racist (or sexist, homophobic, whatever) are just 'too sensitive' or 'over-reacting', or 'don't get it'. People have every right to remain assholes, and have their own asshole comedienne's to entertain them. I just wish they had the balls to embrace their own prejudice instead of denying it and pretending like people who call it what it is 'don't get it'.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. yes.

but, these people can't help it. Bless 'em.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

22. Dennis Miller?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

25. ouch. how did we miss him?

other than the fact that our brains tend to erase really bad experiences.

[UrbScotty]

60. Took my answer (nt)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

63. They should be a couple.

They're made for each other.

[MissMillie]

78. that was what came to my mind first

:thumbsup:

[Skittles]

24. can't stand her

ugly, desperate "humor"

[JVS]

31. Lisa Lampenelli

[EstimatedProphet]

33. George Bush

[TreasonousBastard]

34. Yeah, cancer. So you don't like her, so what? Lots of us...

find her fascinating.

She's not usually yukyuk funny, but sets up secenarios that some of us appreciate. Her show is one of those where she's exploring the truly clueless, and there's no point in exploring cluelessness if you're not gonna get really wierd. To paraphrase Larry David-- if you don't know a Sarah Silverman, you probably ARE a Sarah Silverman.

I like Lisa Lampanelli and Mencia, too, and even laugh at Larry the Cable Guy once in a while. I'll go with Dennis Miller as a wasting my air, but tend not to trash most comics, even the ones I don't laugh at.

Those of you who are so ready to slam these comics-- just who DO you think is funny? Who would you pay to see?

[PVnRT]

48. Golly, bub

Someone seems a little ngry that someone's comics are not universally liked. Did you forget that this was a message board, where people are free to post opinions. I'm betting you hang out on AICN a lot.

[TreasonousBastard]

50. So, what comics do you like? Wanna put yourself...

on the line and have one of those opinions?

[GalleryGod]

76. What is a Bub?

besides condescension.

[GalleryGod]

75. With you, TB

Like Sarah; actually paid to see her live.

"That's why Sardi's has menus".

[Orsino]

35. She's occasionally very funny.

But you have to accept the premise that utter self-absorption can be funny at all. If you're not into that, no, the show won't be much fun. The rest of the cast, however, are terrific.

"Dude, I'd still be gay for you if you were a first-level thief with a charisma of two."

[Deja Q]

36. I know what's less funny than Sarah Silverman!

Stepping in a freshly made pile of horse poop!

Wait, that's still just as funny. Sorry.

But let's look on the plus side: I just kicked this post back to the top. O8) :D

[philosophie_en_rose]

38. Colin Quinn & cronies

I don't think Sarah Silverman is funny, but some people do. And sometimes Mencia steals a funny joke. However, Colin Quinn and his nasty sidekicks were just not funny.

[Rambis]

77. Agree

I never thought he was anything but an annoying smart ass.

[ironflange]

39. Andrew Dice Clay springs to mind

Or am I just dating myself?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

42. the idea of clay springing to mind would have me reach for aspirin.

But I get your point.

[porphyrian]

41. I don't get why you don't get it.

I think she's funny as hell. Explaining why it's funny won't make it seem funny to you. Luckily, there's plenty of comedy out there for you to find something you like, assuming it isn't your sense of humor that is the problem.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

45. clueless self-absorbed folks exist to too great a number.

it is not funny, but sad. My real question is what did Silverman have to do, and to whom, to get her own show.

[porphyrian]

46. Wow, you really don't get it.

I'm sorry I can't help you.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

49. your kind of help i really choose to do without. thank you.

and don't apologize. She is not funny, not even close. sad. boring. irritating.

[porphyrian]

53. And that response goes a long way to explain your problem. -n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

65. honestly, I don't think I am the one with a problem

got a mirror?

[porphyrian]

66. That would be another of your problems. -n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

87. my problems? plural, no less.

please list them. Identifying them is but the first step in dealing with them.

You may find her pathetic form of humor entertaining. Clearly neither I nor many here do. And you view that as a "problem". my, my, my. that does tell us quite a bit.

[porphyrian]

93. I already told you that I can't help you.

And, frankly, with your attitude, I wouldn't want to anyway. Now you think you don't have any problems? Seek help.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

95. my biggest problem is wasting my time with you.

I do regret that waste. Rarely, if ever have I felt that way on this site. but you make it easy.

[Name removed]

97. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

100. only to idiots, morons, mental neanderthals, prima dons & donnas, and

truly insulting, self-satisfied, close-minded jerks.

Please elucidate and educate. Which category applies to you? Or was that too tough a question? Could it be more than one?

In my few years here, I have never told anyone to go cheney-ise themselves. Nor, to my present recollection, have I received that lame, tired, over-used GOP cliche. Being a Democrat, I realize that we must help the handicapped (ahem) and we must pity those who have no creativity (ahem), who are forced to copy the best lines of the worst people (ah-ahem) and who have such limited cranial activity that Silverman actually entertains their few neural synaptic impulses (ah-ah-ahem).

Sorry about that. It is dry out here.

Perhaps modern medical science can help, but in your particular case, I would strongly argue against self-medication.

[Scout1071]

61. I'm with you.

I think she's hilarious. Shocking....but, still hilarious. Does she go too far sometimes? Sure. But, comedians have been pushing boundaries since the dawn of time.

[riverdale]

64. SS is so very funny

Why all the hate?

[mitchum]

102. Because she is an attractive woman....

the great Phyllis Diller said over 40 years ago that much of an audience would be hostile to a pretty female comic. There is resistance to both physical beauty and wit being present in a woman.
Sarah Siverman is the BEST stand up working today. And her detractors? They are just Jew-hating sexists.

[porphyrian]

69. Like I said, I don't get how people don't get it. -n/t

[sasquatch]

43. Imfant mortlity

[LostInAnomie]

44. Robin Williams

I had to be said.

[sakabatou]

57. .

[PeaceNikki]

70. Agreed. I can't STAND him.

[AngryOldDem]

104. Thank you.

Like fingernails on a blackboard, that's Robin Williams.

[bif]

47. Bob Hope

[Bombtrack]

52. Every other famous female standup comedian and 96 percent of famous male standups

Sarah's a great comic. DU is full of dolts.

[KamaAina]

54. Carrot Top

oh, so help me, now they're gonna do a special together :scared: :scared: :scared:
oh, crap, now I hear the special guest is gonna be Gallagher :puke: :puke: :puke:

[GoneOffShore]

56. All of the above minus Eddie Izzard but plus Jerry Seinfeld.

[sakabatou]

59. Dane Cook

[Lethe]

62. her show ain't that funny

the funniest parts IMO are the segments with the two "gay" guys

Brian Posehn is funny

[Deep13]

67. chemotherapy n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

68. have you ever seen bush crack a joke

[IndianaJones]

72. Bush is funnier than Silverman. nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

73. nope.

[IndianaJones]

74. root canal is funnier than Silverman. nt.

[truedelphi]

84. You just made me laugh more than I did last time I saw Slvrm. n/t

[IndianaJones]

71. South Park. nt.

[Rabrrrrrr]

79. Lots. Sarah is brilliant.

She's one of those rare breeds of people who come along every now and again and work in a particular field, but work in that field as a theorist as well as a practitioner.

She is to comedy what Robert Fripp is to guitar playing, or Meredith Monk is to singing.

She's maybe not laugh-out-loud funny (though sometimes she is), and hers is not straight-up easily digestible comedy like Bob Hope or Lewis Black or Paula Poundstone.

As I understand her, I think she's working on a higher, more theoretical level, exploring the possibilities of humor and social commentary.

And like most theoreticians, not everything she produces is "good", and she'll have more misses than a normal performer.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

80. Insightful, I agree. nt.

[alfredo]

86. She's a female Larry David but even more clueless.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

89. heh. The makers of the Pet Rock

were geniuses. They took an idea, added social commentary, and made out like bandits selling a joke on the nation. Silverman has none of those qualities, IMHO.

[alfredo]

96. Her character is pitiful just like the

characters in Seinfeld. She just ratchets it up a few notches, and takes more risks. Sometimes it is very painful to watch, but so was Seinfeld.

[astral]

101. I think she's gross

"exploring the possibilities of humor"

I will give her that! I rented a video of her not having a clue who she was (TV-free me!) and ended up watching the whole thing just thinking, I don't know why I'm watching this, but I just gotta see what she says NEXT!

I found her funny for a moment or two, but I think shock-value from saying gross stuff is where she gets her mileage, and it's just not the same as humor.

[quip]

81. She jumped the shark after she appeared on ST:V

http://www.starman-imaging.com.nyud.net:8090/jun02/futreend2025r.jpg

[noonwitch]

82. Drawn Together and Lil Bush

Pretty bad cartoons.

[nomorenomore08]

91. Really? I thought both of those were hilarious!

The songs on "Lil' Bush" take the cake for funny, though. "Hot dogs are so much fun, I'd torture a grown man to get me one..."

[terrya]

85. Ray Romano? Kevin James?

Adam Sandler?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

90. adam sandler is not worthy of being mentioned with comics or

funny men.

He is an example of Murphy's law as applied in hollywood.

[sniffa]

88. the majority of comedians are less funny

[nomorenomore08]

92. I like her, but I can understand her detractors.

And I don't think people who dislike that type of humor are "oversensitive" at all. It's a simple matter of taste.

For the record, I enjoy Lampanelli as well, especially her appearances on the Comedy Central roasts.

[Iggo]

94. Whatever happened to the white dog poop from the 70s?

That's gold, Jerry. Gold!

[Pithlet]

103. Thank you.

I'm glad there are some sensible SS fans. Her fanbase are almost as bad as the Claybots, at least on DU. Just because someone doesn't like a particular comic doesn't mean their entire taste in comedy runs to the opposite, bland extreme. I get so tired of hearing that her detractors are humorless and thin skinned. It's ridiculous. I'm glad you get it. :thumbsup:

[mtnester]

98. Who? n/t

[SarahB]

99. Many

Unless you only go for homogenized, inoffensive, crap. I think the measure of art is how it stirs emotion in the reader, viewer, listener, whatever. She passes my test. :thumbsup: