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Humour and comedy

TheCatWoman

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.

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  • 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.

  • in reply to Martin

    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.

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  • in reply to Martin

    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.

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