A lot of what people call comedy I don't understand, especially if it's full of nerdish people, I think I'm supposed to feel some recognition with them and I don't, at all.
A lot of what people call comedy I don't understand, especially if it's full of nerdish people, I think I'm supposed to feel some recognition with them and I don't, at all.
me too - hated wathcinh Michael Crawford in "some mothers do 'ave'em.
Too close to home for me I suspect
I love comedy and couldn't imagine getting through life without it. I can be having the most rotten day but if something really strikes me as funny it will cut through it all like nothing else. I listen to podcasts or audio books at pretty much any opportunity.
What is your preferred entertainment form? Books, music, theatre, film?
For me its not just modern comedy it's comedy, old or new, it's rarely actually funny, maybe its a double empathy thing or maybe its because I analyse things to much?
I can't do podcasts or radio, disembodied voices freak me out.
TV comedy is pretty dire at the moment. I listen to a lot of comedy podcasts (Elis and John, WDYDY, Down the Dog, Budpod and, the king of all comedy podcasts:Three Bean Salad). I am also making the effort to go and see more stand up (usually on my own) and I saw Stewart Lee a couple of weeks ago. He was brilliant.
I think this attitude of "modern comedy is ***" is a bit lazy to be honest. As with music, there is an enormous variety out there, you just can't wait for it to appear on BBC1 in front of you.
I tend to agree. My wife finds comedy in what I call cringe-comedy. We did watch Annie Hall (Woody Allen comedy) a few weeks ago. If his comedy is any reflection of his actual personal issues, I'd say we were separated at birth. Anyway... there are some Monty Python sketches (Buying A Bed, for example) that I think are absolutely genius comedy. However, I must say, all of George Carlin's stand-ups are my classic favorites.
I'm the same Martin, I'd add Eddie Izzard and Ross Noble to your list of absurdist comedians.
I didn't find The Office funny at all, nor Ab Fab, rom coms I mostly don't get either.
Some older comedies I've just got bored of to the point where they're to familiar to be funny and many I didn't like the first time around, growing up "comedy" that was really just an excuse for racism and sexism, never did it for me, all the constant mother in law jokes, to me they just weren't funny. I got bored of Only Fools and Horses after the first couple of series. I did like Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.
Some more political comedy I find hillarious like The Mark Thomas Comedy Project, I saw him live and I laughed so much I was in pain for days.
I know right! The humour just isn’t the same now! To be honest the later episodes of only fools and horses weren’t that funny, but I did enjoy still open all hours which was a continuation from the original open all hours. I tried to get into mrs browns boys but everyone just got on my nerves in that I’ll be honest.
I find that absurdist comedy (Monty Python, Spike Milligan etc.) is what I find the most funny. Stewart Lee is my favourite modern comedian and his exquisitely crafted stand up also relies on pointing out the absurdities of life. The first time I saw Spike Milligan's 'Tribute to Elgar on the B-flat garden hose and armpit' sketch, I literally could not breathe for laughing. Situational comedy, such as 'The Office' just makes me squirm with discomfort. I rather think that, as autistic people, we have suffered so greatly from embarrassment in social situations throughout our lives, experiences that we still remember with awful clarity, that depictions of similar situations just hurt rather than amuse.
I'm with you..too cringe...too uncomfortable.
I actually enjoy watching all the older shows like only fools and horses, open all hours, keep up appearances, porridge, are you being served and even friends. I can’t say many shows are as funny now in my opinion. I mean ok maybe political correctness plays a part which I can understand I guess.
I can't stand that, it makes me wince and cringe and feel really uncomfortable. There's something about watching someone in humiliating situations that I find really uncomfortable
