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[_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)06:00 No.2690392
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>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)06:12 No.2690397
What the fuck?
I kept watching it and waiting for the punchline. But there was no punchline, it's just
meaningless regurgitation of buzzwords and sayings.
I think the joke is supposed to be about how modern life has no meaning or something, but when
you've lost track of which sayings ARE modern anymore then I think you've lost the right to try
and criticise any of it.
How the fuck is this comedy?
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)06:15 No.2690399
>>2690392
;-;7 RIP
>>2690397
He's having fun with the language, you superfaggot.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)06:19 No.2690400
>>2690397
>when you've lost track of which sayings ARE modern anymore then I think you've lost the right to
try and criticise any of it.
Are you really going to criticize a guy who died six years ago in his 70s because some of the
language he used in something he wrote ten years ago isn't modern anymore?
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)06:29 No.2690406
>>2690397
Not everything needs to be condensed into a single, easy to digest punchline for it to be
humorous you fucking moron.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)06:37 No.2690410
>>2690397
>you're the punchline, anon:
>>2690399
>>2690400
>>2690406
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)07:23 No.2690426
thanks a lot OP, i didnt know this
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)07:34 No.2690430
it's funny because he's old and he is using advanced words.
and you have to like it because he is dead, so if you say anything negative about him you are a
poophead.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)07:37 No.2690433
>>2690397
Man, the joke went so far over your head it just bombed ISIS.
Holy shit I got a sentence captcha. Google are really going all out.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)07:40 No.2690436
garbage
dont post this again
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)08:56 No.2690467
>all these tears
What's the matter, wordplay and poetry too advanced for you?
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)09:03 No.2690472
>>2690397
I was just wondering, don't you have an extra copy of newspeak dictionary?
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)09:14 No.2690478
>>2690430
you don't get George Carlin, you're too young
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)10:54 No.2690526
top kekkers at the buttmad in this thread, calm down kiddies.
You need to stop harping on everyone who speaks anything but praise or good things about him in
this thread. Why don't you learn about what comedy actually means, maybe research it a bit
instead of taking it as granted as stupid shit that you watch on your shitty youtube clips.
George Carlin was just another hack who thought he was some sort of counter-culture prophet by
making such profound statements such as "Man, humans suck, dude." and "Religion is bullshit,
amirite?" and "Them corporations keepin' us down!" You cannot get even more edgier than this.
And by the way, this particular sketch isn't comedy as much as it's an attempt at poetry. He
often had these moments where he'd start some awful melodramatic rhetoric in the middle of his
show as if he imagined himself to be in a theatre play or something, it's rather pathetic
actually.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)10:55 No.2690528
Second, the majority of his prose is a plethora of appeals to linguistics, emotional responses
and just a simple "holy shit I can't believe he actually remembered all those words" kind of
reaction, so there's nothing quite so elaborated, clever or impressive about it aside from the
fact that it is mildly entertaining, just like the rest of his routines.
Meanwhile actual comedians are engaging in observation and reflection, but none of them (save
Dylan Moran, Monty Python, and maybe Demetri Martin) actually attempt to engage with humanities'
intellectual heritage on any fundamental level. For the past half of the century most comedians
are seeing comedy as very grungy, working class, if not completely anti-intellectual, and it does
not have to be that way. But until there's the masses of plebbies like you defending it, I guess
that will never change.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)11:01 No.2690533
>>2690526
>>2690528
Underrated post
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)11:18 No.2690538
>>2690526
>>2690528
>good thing are good only when I think they are good
>I am the herald of good comedy, leave your inferior opinions on the footsteps of my cathedral
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)11:23 No.2690540
POST!
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)11:24 No.2690541
>>2690538
>oh no they have actually provided concise arguments against my stupidity
>I know! Just cry out "muh opinions", that'll show them!
Time and effort is the only difference here. Just like you'd be told to lurk more on a board
you're not familiar with, you should lurk more before you judge what is and what isn't heralded
as good comedy.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)11:35 No.2690545
well that was just boring.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)11:37 No.2690546
>>2690541
Or perhaps Carlin was and still is a respected comedian. Maybe you might not enjoy his particular
style, but that doesn't negate his influence on comedy. Your post is basically undermining his
style based on gross oversimplification and the pretense that his set of skills doesn't matter.
>Second, the majority of his prose is a plethora of appeals to linguistics, emotional responses
How are these irrelevant to good comedy? These are basically the building blocks of standup.
>Meanwhile actual comedians are engaging in observation and reflection
He didn't? You specifically said he thought of himself as some "counter-culture prophet"
> none of them actually attempt to engage with humanities' intellectual heritage on any
fundamental level
Do these words have any meaning beyond blatant pseudo-intellectualism?
An authority on good comedy you're not, kid. Your opinion is as good as anyone else's, so don't
try to pass it off as gospel.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)11:57 No.2690563
>>2690541
Yes, such as the classics, four naked men. The height of comedy.
Pfft piss off.
Recent /f/ has been filled with the worst, shittiest children.
I'd be surprised if most of them even had an internet connection before 2010.
>> [_] Anonymous 02/16/15(Mon)12:25 No.2690583
70s carlin > edgy old fart carlin
