Comments on: I Don’t Think Funny, but I Am Funny

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:52:26 +0000

[22] Yes, Toyko households are very quiet, aren’t they? . Things like you mentioned you don’t really appreciate until you leave NYC.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:28:15 +0000

[22] I'll be sure to incorporate Wepa! and As-Salaam-Alaikum into the rotation next season >;)

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:06:27 +0000

[21] Jeez..reading that back it looks like such a cliche-a-thon/stereotype..but all 100% true. God, I really miss NYC today…

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:04:37 +0000

[16] Yeah, I think if you grew up in NYC you can appreciate Jewish humor without being Jewish..I grew up in Brooklyn so feel totally at ease in any Jewish household (“What do you mean you don’t have Entenmanns in your house? Who doesn’t have Entenmanns?!” RIP Mrs. Levine…), Italian household (“You call that cannoli? You got to drive to Bay Ridge to get real cannoli!” OK, Mr. DeGennero) African-American household (“Hurry up, Soul Train is on!” You got it Milton, be there in 5), Latin household (Mother yelling at us in Spanish, follwed by lots of food and Cachao on the record player, always fun at Alfredo’s house.)

Going inbetween all these friends homes was so totally normal as a child, only now can I really appreciate how lucky I was to be exposed to so many cultures. It’s what I miss most about NYC…

By: gary from chevy chase

gary from chevy chase — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:45:44 +0000

What’s also amazing about MB and CR is that their humor is ageless: my kids (when they were 6 or 7 or 8) were absolutely crazy about the 2,000 YOM. 25 years later, we still fall apart when someone says, “There’s somebody bigger than Phil!”

I, for one, think the original Mostel/Wilder “Producers”was perhaps the funniest movie ever made (with George Segal’s “Where’s Pappa?” coming in a close 2nd.)

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:00:30 +0000

[18] Dunno, though I wouldn’t be surprised either both were true.

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:39:31 +0000

[17] never caught the theme similarities. Do you think Mel’s composer was goofing on the Redskins, or does the Skins’ fight song just sound like the theme to every western ever made?

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:09:20 +0000

[16] Hey Sliced, have you ever noticed that the theme song for Blazing Saddles and Hail To The Redskins sound remarkably similar?

Mel Brooks always had a way of weaving Jewish humor into the mix in a way that you feel it after you laugh at the absurd and screwball comedy. Blazing Saddles was comdey genius because it mixed ethnic humor around the same way and had you laughing throughout; you felt like you were part of the inside jokes.

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:51:47 +0000

[1] Blucher! [horses whinney]
YF definitley my favorite… until BS is on… and back and forth it goes.

I’m a non-Jew with a Jewish-ish funny bone (if you were raised in one of the boroughs you probably have this by default) , so I think I hear the jokes the same as my brothers in the Tribe. I’ve had to look up some Yiddish phrases, or have them explained to me over the years, but probably not unlike a Jewish kid might have to.

But I don’t think you have to have a Jewish sensibility, or Jewish blood to laugh at Mel Brooks’s work. His best gags require no translation. Hell, you could laugh at his movies with the sound off.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:46:16 +0000

[14] shhhh… Gene Wilder’s taking a nap… >;)

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:40:00 +0000

[11] HEY WAIT JUST ONE DAMN MINUTE….

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:25:07 +0000

[12] No worries... >;)

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:01:14 +0000

LOL, feeling a little dense today anyhow…

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:52:24 +0000

[10] Not really, just a pun… (O)YF, BS… tho it’s not a great one if you have to explain it. :’

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:42:47 +0000

I did? Who did I call out?

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:30:51 +0000

[5] Agreed. Btw…

…but they aren’t as good as YF and BS.

I think you inadvertently called out someone we all know and, well, appreciate… >;)

By: Yankee Mama

Yankee Mama — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:25:00 +0000

Sorry Gene. My bad.

[5] I agree with you completely. YF and BS are the funniest of his films.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:22:53 +0000

My dad’s first girlfriend after my parents divorce had Young Frankenstein on video tape. We watched it again and again. I’ve probably seen it over 50 times. LOL

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:13:39 +0000

[4] Some creeps created an obit for Gene Wilder to promote their site, apparently...

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:09:21 +0000

I think Young Frankenstein is the most accomplished-looking of all his movies. It is the most restrained but still has him at the top of his game. Laugh-for-laugh, I like Blazing Saddles just as much but it is close. The Producers has some moments but is grubby as hell. The Twelve Chairs, also played straight, wasn’t memorable. Everything else has some moments–History of the World Part One, High Anxiety, and the lesser, Spaceballs and Silent Movie, but they aren’t as good as YF and BS.