Only comedy can save Hollywood.

[@CallMeChato]

I think it was George Burns who said, "If you laugh a lot I'm a comedian. If you laugh a little bit, I'm a singer. If you don't laugh at all, I'm a satirist."

[@Arassar]

That's more clever than anything written in Hollywood in the last decade.

[@Navigatortrue]

Maybe a pilot section on Netflix where they could post the pilots and find real responses

[@patrickshannon4854]

Or a politician

[@JohnElizondo]

@@patrickshannon4854 Exactly!

[@nriqueog]

@@patrickshannon4854 Politicians laugh all the time, except they do it in private and are Laughing at US. Think about that.

[@tykotate9346]

Comedy is now a micro aggression

[@skyshorrchannel3474]

You nailed it, better than an entire book.

[@rgerber]

good one

[@derf_the_mule1405]

I disagree. Comedy is seen as outright deadly aggression. The Marxists morons see nothing micro about criticism of their delusional stupidity.

[@phlogistanjones2722]

@tykotate9346 HOW DARE YOU! ***clutches pearls VERY hard***

[@Badastro59]

Micro Aggression, The end of Western civilization

[@OpinionFactChecker]

Comedy requires intelligence, wit and a certain amount of self awareness, a rare commodity in modern Hollywood.

[@a_lost_one]

Haha, I didn't read this comment until after I posted mine... You're absolutely right, though.

[@silverjohn6037]

Hollywood is so worried about hitting down that they don't hit anything.

[@chichiboypumpi]

Amen

[@loriloristuff]

110%.

[@daikini74]

Truth.

[@nothanks3236]

I agree, only comedy can save them. The problem is the only comedians who can create funny jokes anymore are all blacklisted from Hollywood for not being PC.

[@TheThebigice]

The recent good ones didnt help, the majority of their jokes are just attacking the people they dont like and empathizing with a side of the current culture war, in doing that they become part of the culture war. The majority of comedy besides stand-up used to be wholesome family fun that had a "no politics at the dinner table" attitude. People watch tv and go to stories to get away from all the nonsense, but since they offer no real reprieve there is no point.

[@adampkalb]

It took me until I was 23 years old to fully realize the importance of comedy that can offend people without sounding too political. In very recent memory, 2 Broke Girls was a master of politically incorrect comedy that told funny, yet relatable storylines about Caroline and Max, the 2 broke girls in question, trying to start their own cupcake business to not stay broke for the rest of their lives. Whitney Cummings also created another situation comedy starring herself at the same time, but Whitney had a less successful run than 2 Broke Girl$ because Whitney Cummings was not good at being a funny lead actress like Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings in her other sitcom series to premiere in 2011. April 18, 2024, 1:37pm

[@s3.14dervision]

YES

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

BILL BURR is in their face, Dave Chapel even more than Big Burr

[@Lifesizemortal]

What was the funniest movie this year? Ricky Stanicky?? The comedy genre is truly dead

[@summaclogicae4653]

Hard to make a comedy in Hollywood when their current political bent allows for almost NO sense of humor

[@osaji922]

But where's the push back? Married With Children didn't make it to tv without resistance but Ron Levitt and Michale Moye fought for it.

[@tagir9123]

Enjoying yourself has become the 8th sin

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

They don't want you to be happy. THEY aren't happy... and they want to "share" that with you.

[@liljenborg2517]

The only humor allowed in Hollywood these days is what CS Lewis called “flippancy”. No one has to go through the trouble of actually making a joke (something that requires wit and intelligence) Everton assumes the joke has already been made. So, Jimmy Fallon leans forward, spreads his hands and says, “Donald Trump, am I right?” And the audience knows they’re supposed to laugh, even though nobody actually made a joke. Everyone knows they’re simply supposed to find the topic ridiculous.

[@frosty3693]

Most of the modern audience think one of the Marx brothers was named Karl who also wrote political manifestos.

[@gcrosheffielduk]

Comedy isn’t allowed anymore because a joke has to have a subject. And the subjects are too fragile to take a joke. It’s going to be a long while until comedy comes around again. Like flares. 👍👍👍

[@xXHashassinXx]

It'll come around. I hope I live to see it.

[@AAjax]

They have cis white men, which would suit their agenda just fine. But the writers don't have the skills to pull off a dramatic reboot, let alone something as artful as an original comedy.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

A safe world is not a funny world. Comedy mocks life and death and everything in between.

[@madelinebock6469]

bring back bell bottoms

[@acemax1124]

They need to exercise the walk mine virus and we know they can't and will not do this 🤔

[@HansKlopek]

Comedy requires HUMILITY. Thats why it's basically dead in Hollywood. They're lost up their own asses.

[@olafweyer859]

THIS. We are all human. Poking fun is poking fun at yourself. You can't make yourself exempt. It's an antropologival impossibilty.

[@MicahMicahel]

Noway! Chevy Chase and young Bill Murray were the opposite of humility. Jim Carey wasn't humble. I think you mean people that are saints. Saints are never funny. Funny people are often bad people or people that are mischievous. Seinfeld and the gang weren't humble! Humility is good... but it isn;'t a recipe for funny... in fact it's a recipe to not be funny more so.

[@nikhildeodhar143]

​@@MicahMicahel Not humility on part of the comedian. Humility among the audience. Something like - "I am not a special snowflake, and I can absolutely be made fun of."

[@johnhoar3036]

And lest we forget - what killed the sitcom? Reality TV. Cheaper to make, no writers needed, almost endless supply.

[@Art-is-craft]

Reality tv did not kill sitcoms. Reality tv grew because of the volume of narcissistic people that were allowed inside the city walls. They were barbarians at the gates. Sitcoms died because the quality of writing in the age of narcissism declined. TV news today is dominated by narcissistic characters and it leached its way into production as well. It is now at the point were the opinion of the person is more important than the facts of a story.

[@jakeviolet2195]

Reality TV also paved the way for fake news by conditioning people to accept fiction presented as fact.

[@alwallace4538]

Reality TV came about because of the writers strike. And that was a soft blow compared to the recent strike.

[@originaldarkwater]

I haven't watched reality TV since season 3 of Survivor. i.e. I haven't watched normie TV for a long time. I'll watch select shows and movies on streaming if I have it on good authority they are actually worth watching. A lot of those turn out to be Anime rather than Hollywood productions.

[@The_Ballo]

KZbin vlogs are killing reality TV

[@a_lost_one]

Comedy requires the ability to make fun of obvious absurdities, tolerance for criticism, and self-awareness... Hollywood not only doesn't have any of these aspects anymore, but condemn them vehemently while calling people 'ists' and 'phobes.'

[@dennisrounds1996]

Amen

[@ronniepatterson2827]

At last, it finally makes sense why right wingers & concervatives suck so hard at comedy. They have none of the attributes you listed. In fact, now that I think about it, not only do they not have said attributes, but they actually excell at just the exact opposite of them lol.

[@Plxlinixy]

But Uncle Chato, how can I as a member of the WEF continue the good work of making everybody miserable and be completely demoralized unless I remove all of the laughs out of the room! If the proles start laughing again in the Oceanic districts of Airstrip 1!? How else is anybody going to take us seriously at the Ministry of Truth if everybody starts laughing at us!? Continuously!?

[@dennisrounds1996]

All the CO2 emissions from our laughter will detrimentally impact the environment, not to mention that comedy is white privilege and could lead to the deaths of trans youth!

[@caldodge]

The Two Minute Hate isn't going to invent itself, after all. It takes everybody's participation, voluntary or otherwise.

[@บัวสีโรเจอร์-ศ9ฝ]

Stop taking the Soma and you'll be OK.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Jon Ronson looked into the WEF. It turns out that they've don't live up to the hype.

[@dennisrounds1996]

We used to laugh at ourselves …and one another . Now as Anna Sarkkesian said “Everything’s sexist, everything’s racist, everything’s homophobic”.

[@casualcausalityy]

"And we must point it ALL out."

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

And Ana was a loud part of it.

[@VinnieRattolle]

I'm a gay dude and was rarely offended by gay jokes in movies & TV in decades past -- and some were really damned funny. One of my all-time favorite shows was a short-lived 2001 sitcom called "Some of My Best Friends," centered on a macho straight guy from the Bronx and Jason Bateman as his uptight gay roommate. It was hilariously wrong, and it would never get made today. I'm WAY more offended by the so-called "representation" that modern Hollywood is shoving down our throats. We don't need wall-to-wall queer characters in every-friggin-thing.

[@phlogistanjones2722]

@dennisrounds1996 Unfortunately I believe you MUST point out that the Sarkkk meant that QUITE literally with no shade of sarcasm or hyperbole. Peaceful Skies.

[@dingleberrysnigglefritz]

@VinnieRattolle Laughing at ourselves was part of it all. These people look back and remember our shells were cracked and our eggs were scrambled by all this meanspirited funnystuff. In reality most people were good eggs who could take a little bit of having our yolks broken.

[@Terry.W]

This is why folks are watching TV shows from years ago and movies from 20 years ago ..Blazing Saddles ..Airplane ...Naked Gun...most of which would not get made today....thanks goodness for DVDs..

[@ChipandTucker]

I’m 58 and I feel all of what you shared, Paul. The Philadelphia Story for cryin out loud!! Classic stuff!

[@robo5013]

Just watched it last week.

[@silverjohn6037]

Ted Turner has done a marvelous job preserving and restoring a lot of the old movies but they're still locked in their TCM cable channel format. A lot of the new generation just aren't watching media that way anymore and they aren't learning about those classics as a result. I really wish Netflix or one of the other streaming services would add that content or it could slowly fade away.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

Its a favorite

[@ddc163264]

The scene of Grant pushing her down to the floor alone, would be enough to get it banned! But in this age, if they remade it, the roles would be reversed so that a "independent boss babe" could do the pushing.

[@dennisrounds1996]

In the whole world agenda, humor is outlawed

[@wespaisley257]

The opening credits of in search of the holy Grail. Still kills me. They've all been sacked

[@MykeLewisMusic]

Llamas did it.

[@MrWhipple42]

I watched a KZbin review recently that pointed out that every. Single. Scene. in Holy Grail is not only funny but quotable and iconic. That movie doesn't have a slow part or a single joke that doesn't land. It's a damned masterpiece.

[@phlogistanjones2722]

@@MrWhipple42 It was terrible. It was horrid. It was slow and puerile! ...... Oh I've just received a missive.... ***mumble mumble mumble*** (the sound of a revolver being cocked offscreen) Well then.... ***AHEM*** It was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and everyone involved was a genius! ( I do so miss that flavor of humor) Peaceful Skies.

[@michaelfox1432]

Or The Crimson Assurance from The Meaning of Life. "...It's fun to charter an accountant. And sail the wild accountancy..."

[@SirBlackReeds]

Or have they? 🤔

[@jwatari]

"A Funny thing happened on the way to the forum", great film

[@wampacat6031]

Something for everyone

[@milcahreyes5287]

Starring Buster Keaton!

[@szfele2265]

Morals tomorrow, comedy tonight!

[@บัวสีโรเจอร์-ศ9ฝ]

1 million extra likes for Buster Keaton in the background!

[@MrWhipple42]

In his final role. And he's killing it every time he's on screen.

[@larrypatty8333]

Ah, that was the man in the middle. He looked familiar but I couldn't remember his name.

[@ttrev007]

You can't have comedy, it might offend someone

[@Otokichi786]

If memory serves, i recall a TV movie called "The Las Comedian," where not only was Comedy outlawed, but any Comedian was to be executed. These days, they are just "cancelled."

[@haroldwood1394]

British comedy legend, Graham Lineham, writer of Father Ted, Black Books, the IT Crowd to name a few great shows, was cancelled from the Edinburgh Comedy Festival because he doesn't agree with puberty blockers etc for minors. 'Woke comedy' is an oxymoron; the true believers are killing comedy, along with so much more.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Yes, it's always someone else's fault, isn't it? 🙄

[@contumelious-8440]

The IT crowd is awesome! Chris O'Dowd is my favorite male actor. Erm, guess this didn't have much to do with the topic.

[@slyjester3315]

Hollywood is too preoccupied with self-insert tragedy to give people an honest comedy

[@matthwe3468]

Comedy died out in 2010's, if I want a laugh I'll stick a DVD on.

[@andyandreson3989]

Agreed.

[@carlbieler9039]

Chato. You are a man of mirth and merriment with such a memory for jocularity and jest. Truly a man for our times!!

[@jenniferhanses]

I agree with you. If nothing else, good comedy makes you laugh at yourself. And some people really seem to need that. And smart comedy makes you think about things in new ways . Also something we could use some of.

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

Comedy was about punching up, not punching down...and no group was safe... equal opportunity for all.

[@CallMeChato]

Not punching. I call it inclusion.

[@jacotromp59581]

I miss that feeling about being excited for a movie to come out in the cinema or VHS/DVD. When SE7EN was in the cinema I couldn't see it, I was too young. When it was released on VHS, it took me 3 months to get a copy and the wait was well worth it!! Now a movie gets released, you watch it and forget about it. Streaming killed the excitement of actually waiting for something. The joy of finally seeing something was both frustrating and amazing. The industry has turned into disposable diapers. You use it once and throw it away.

[@CallMeChato]

Anticipation was important

[@osaji922]

Not only has streaming killed everything but its own model kills itself. I mean creating endless shows with the intent of only bringing new subscribers and then ending those shows 2 or 3 seasons later. This makes the shows as you said, disposable diapers. They don't matter and ultimately are nothing but a footnote. It's sad that this is allowed to continue because you're not going to get people rewatching any of these shows. I LOVED Mindhunter but I'll never go back to watch its short two season run. Oh and I think there was like 2 or 3 years between season 1 and 2. Absolute madness this industry has turned into.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

SE7EN was an amazing film. Saw it in the theater on my 18th birthday. Just watched it with my daughter last year. She dug it as well.

[@markmunroe-hz8rf]

​@@osaji922not to mention only 10 episode seasons.

[@jacotromp59581]

@markmunroe-hz8rf I am rewatching Star Trek Voyager and there was between 24 and 26 episodes per season. I miss those days

[@Truth_Teller_101]

For every George Carlin there are a 1,000 Stephen Colbert's dancing in front of vaccine needles.

[@SirBlackReeds]

George Carlin was part of the problem. He pulled that same stunt that far too many standup comedians pull where they pretend they're just an average schlub despite making millions. Riddle me this, do you think Carlin wasn't in the club?

[@DeepWebDiary]

I find myself watching movies and shows of yesteryear all the time. If I could buy a time machine, I'd go back to the 1950s when families were a thing.

[@luiznogueira1579]

Ditto

[@SirBlackReeds]

They weren't a thing in the 1990s?

[@DeepWebDiary]

@@SirBlackReeds Thats about the time it started to change. They kicked the man out of the house with Title IV-D.

[@Icedxylophone]

It's time for a new movie or series in the essence of The Naked Gun, Police Academy or Tropic Thunder.

[@donovanmedieval]

I like the episode of "Keeping up Appearances" when Hyacinth tries to go out of her way to impress somebody who doesn't care about her, and her sister Daisey and her husband, Onslow, somehow get involved, and ruin all of Hyacinth's plans. Did you ever see that one?

[@donovanmedieval]

I think Hyacinth is in charge of the entertainment industry right now. She's hoping riparian entertainments will replace the demand for comedy.

[@natehoustman]

Comedy has migrated from Hollywood to the Internet. I'm talking about MEMES. By gar, they fill the hole in my heart The Far Side left behind.

[@nunyabizness6595]

"You're arms off!" "Have at you, you fairy!"😂😂😂😮😮😮

[@originaldarkwater]

"We're still quoting Airplane" Surely you can't be serious!

[@1dcondave]

I was born a poor, black child, then I turned it up to 11... NIII!!!

[@MykeLewisMusic]

close captioning says "Hello Dennis of the Internet" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@inkermoy]

Is your name not Dennis?

[@TimoRutanen]

We're all Dennis

[@ButcherSevenActual]

Props for mentioning “Dave” - that’s a hidden gem

[@MrWhipple42]

"He has the power / that's why he's in the shower." 🎶

[@loriloristuff]

FACT.

[@TheRDFloyd]

Excellent! Well said! Makes way too much sense. They'll never do it.

[@minorityofthought1306]

I really miss Newheart. I wish there were more episodes. Also Faulty Towers. So many of the old comedies had me in stitches.

[@sonoftheredfox]

I remember watching that final episode of Newhart and the whole twist at the end. It was quite possibly the perfect ending to any show ever.

[@loriloristuff]

Yes, please both shows!!!!

[@MicahMicahel]

there were three Newhart shows! so there were a lot of episodes. each series was kind of the same but with a different group. everyone but Bob was an idiot.

[@rackinfrackin2883]

Laurel & Hardy still makes me laugh out loud!

[@davidconnellan6875]

Don't doubt yourself. We're not allowed to be happy, we have to be kept in a constant state of anxiety and anger. No escapism no joy no love, no laughter. "Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves." O'BRIAN 1984

[@Nicksonian]

I haven’t seen “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” in years. Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers…what an amazing group of funny men.

[@DisGruntledPeon-be7iq]

"Do you believe in the hereafter....then you know what I'm here after... owwww". Thank you Rowan and Martin's Laugh In. A Boot to the Head is never boring either.

[@fordprefect80]

Death Of Stalin is the best comedy movie of the last twenty years.

[@oldgoat142]

Real comedy is still out there, you just have to go back in time via videos, old movies, and old TV shows. Foster Brooks has always been one of my favorites along with Sinbad and a host of others. SCTV, the original Night Court, and the first few years of SNL were hilarious. I still have that at least. RIP, comedy.

[@john-paul9804]

Zero, Buster and Jack. Chef's Kiss. Does anybody remember laughter?

[@ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑ-ε1ω]

DYING IS EASY BUT COMEDY IS HARD

[@mphSpinningMarble]

By Grabthar's Hammer the death of comedies shall be avenged

[@TimoRutanen]

And once it has been done, we'll all cheer how Captain Taggart has avenged them.

[@SuperChicken666]

Boy, the way Glenn Miller played - Songs that made the Hit Parade - Guys like us, we had it made - Those were the days.

[@ovaltinejenkins7428]

When I was a kid, they used to show Animal House, Porkies, etc, on TV -- edited, of course -- and that's where my love of comedy started. One day, my aunt said 'you boys want to see funny?' and showed us Up in Smoke. I was around 10 years old. They'd probably try to throw her in prison today.

[@charvelgaming2975]

Porkies was absolutely hilarious

[@loriloristuff]

Up in Smoke. CLAASIC.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is one of my favorite productions, stage and movie. Buster Keaton's last movie.. Everybody ought to have a maid...

[@nedmerrill5705]

*Law & Order,* the comedy of Jerry Orbach and Jessie L. Martin. A year of comedy only ... that would be neat. Sort of like the old film _Death Takes a Holiday._

[@williamreymond2669]

Chato I love you man, but I don't think you understand how bad the situation really is. Young Americans younger than say, 25, have no knowledge at all of American culture before their birthday. They know a lot of *lies* about American culture but they have no cultural knowledge of American culture prior to Shrek [2001].

[@Mikethemerciless11]

That background picture is Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, and Jack Gilford, from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. I just love the song Bring Me My Bride.

[@CallMeChato]

It’s a great picture

[@Mikethemerciless11]

@@CallMeChato I had a commanding officer who apparently played Miles Gloriosus in a play when he was in college. He had a great singing voice and sang Bring Me My Bride from rote memory. He had us all laughing, especially when he trumpeted, "I am my ideal."

[@BillPeschel]

Thank you. I recognized Keaton and agree: Forum was wonderful.

[@stephensmith9439]

Besides the most excellent hamming and singing of Miles, the antics of his hapless legion trying their best to follow him through the congested streets of Rome all the while the citizenry pelt them with produce....it doesn't get much better than that! Haven't seen the movie? Please pull up the KZbin clip of the scene and see how it's done!

[@LifeTheUniverseAndEverything42]

And don't forget that "everybody ought to have a maid... everyone should have a working girl..." A long time ago I recommended this to some conservative relatives and they... freaked... out! Great, great musical! I doubt we shall ever see it's like again. What's the matter with kids... these days? I shall covet my DVD of it till my day's end.

[@elucidator1277]

Comedy will remain dead, as long as woke and puritanical culture leaves us on egg shells. And ultimately, too many of us can't give up using egg shells, both on the left and right.

[@dalevalentine1721]

Memorable lines: "Its the StayPuft Marshmallow Man" Best delivery ever. Also, from the Dirty Dozen: "Never heard of it"

[@MrWhipple42]

It really is all in Aykroyd's delivery, isn't it? His descending vocal register just sells it. Imagine if just yelled it out in terror; all the humor would be drained from the line.

[@nicholauscrawford7903]

One of my favorite comedies of all time is Blake Edwards' The Great Race with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Natalie Wood!

[@TheDavidPoole]

I think all the "writers" have painted themselves into a corner by trying to write a "dark, gritty sitcom for a new audience". They are all too hatefull. Look at "Velma" ffs.

[@hilanddoug]

Absolutely spot on!

[@LoserUser72]

Irrelevant, but: I love that the predictive closed captioning says “Hello Dennis of the internet”

[@TimoRutanen]

Dennis is the main target audience!

[@brentparker7359]

Sounds like a "modern, relevant" reboot of "Dennis the Menace." 😂

[@rileyjfosbre6383]

Comedy really is an under appreciated genre. Writing a decent comedy is a lot harder than it looks, because it’s hard to be funny. And as the “Fred the Movie” trilogy taught me during my formative years, nobody wants to sit through a bad comedy.

[@nalublackwater9729]

There is no more comedy because most millenials (and those who came after) cannot laugh, they can only be offended. And I say this because I'm unfortunate to be one of them.

[@SHTMusik]

Lady Ballers was the last recent comedy movie that made me laugh. I watch old stuff now. Currently watching WKRP in Cincinnati and All in the Family.

[@chrisw6164]

Yup. We haven’t been allowed to laugh about the circus for many years, and it started before 2016.

[@judgedrekk2981]

it was always a circus.....they just hid it better before....

[@SirBlackReeds]

What's this "we" crap?

[@judgedrekk2981]

@@SirBlackReeds there is only crap...there is no we crap lol

[@HerrDark]

You forgot one, I Married a Witch. The comedies of the silent era, '30s, and '40s were some of the best comedies of all time and still an influence. Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my all time favorites. Thank you for mentioning it. Gen X was lucky to get to watch all these plus more growing up watching OTA TV.

[@Jim-Mc]

PREACH! I was a teen/college age in the early 2000s and I desperately miss even mediocre comedies like Dodgeball and Old School. People still say "that's a bold move Cotton let's see how it works out..." The impact comedies make is tremendous

[@nufosmatic]

0:47 - "Boot to the Head" - might be my favorite from Doctor Demento...

[@jdcyber6217]

I quite enjoyed your Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire' style of rant, but with comedy movies.

[@quehacesfede]

We've already had some "Avengers" comedies. Caddyshack and Tropic Thunder come to my mind.

[@GhostofFHBradley]

One of the most joyously silly things I ever saw was the BBC's _'Allo 'Allo!,_ a smutty sitcom set in occupied France with an ensemble of camp German soldiers, sexy Resistance girls, absurd British airmen and so on, all orbiting around the main character, a cowardly but likeably roguish French cafe owner. I suspect it would be impossible for many scriptwriters to think, let alone write, such a thing now.

[@JoelAdamson]

Hundreds of Beavers! That movie is the way forward.

[@timnordin6230]

"You could...hear the cigarette smoke." Now that's craftsmanship.

[@bobkitchin8346]

Another outlet that's MIA are the comic strips. I miss strips like The Far Side, Bloom County and Calvin and Hobbes. Kids don't have a clue how much impact Peanuts and the Charlie Brown Christmas had.

[@CallMeChato]

Yes and it was something to aspire to do. There's like nothing out there any more.

[@earlsmith7428]

I miss Bloom County too. Breathed puts it out so irregularly these days. I miss Opus.

[@richardcathcart2952]

I miss meekness: a la TV's "Mister Peepers" and "Our Miss Brook's" etc. Too much today is pure adult-style arrogance and meanness.

[@earlsmith7428]

Bless you. Would you consider Don Adam's Maxwell Smart "meek?"

[@richardcathcart2952]

@@earlsmith7428 I enjoyed that series, but it got to be too repetitious, too predictable comedy. However, I really laughed my head off when they used "THE CONE OF SILENCE"!!!

[@jackiekjono]

There is probably a reason why Friends is one of the most popular shows on streaming. The most recent decently funny sit coms for grown ups I remember seeing have been Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Good Place and those aren't exactly new.

[@4mn10n]

No professional comedian could even dream of coming close to your current gouvernment. The US comedians are totally defeated. Same here in Europe.

[@BanazirGalpsi1968]

Quark, parker lewis can't loose, moonlighting , northern exposure, the gone wrong show, mr. Mom, Mork and Mindy, are you being seved, keeping up appearances, justvsome i like. Red dwarf even!

[@Saikotic]

Anecdotal ray of sunshine. I was chatting with the kid of a friend who LOVES old sitcoms and comedies. 3 Stooges, Lucille Ball, etc

[@loriloristuff]

My youngest has a big thing for anything Lucille Ball, also anything Paul Henning (Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres). She's an adult Gen Z.

[@JakeSweeper]

Speaking for myself (and I am unanimous in this), I think "Are you being Served?" was an excellent British Comedy. :)

[@CallMeChato]

That was a classic.

[@quatore-5886]

The biggest roadblock to creativity is fear. And the people making decisions aren't the people with talent, they're the business men with money - who fear not making more money (or worse, losing money). I have to speculate that there was a time when actual talented people were brought into consult before making major decisions in the entertainment industry.

[@luiznogueira1579]

I get you, and I believe that's essentially true. But how do we account for Disney's debacle, where they insist on making films and series that lose money?

[@MrWhipple42]

I don't know if that's true anymore. The people at the top appear to be concerned about THE MESSAGE above all else-and "all else" includes profits.

[@Mazalinda]

In the UK old comedies carry warnings about inappropriate views and language that might upset the modern audience

[@MrHouseparty6]

Leaping Lizards! I totally was not thinking in (lack of) comedic terms. @CallMeChato btw love that you called out that jackass fallon for not launching anyone of note.

[@williamclarke2020]

I do believe that comedians of the stand up variety are the last defenders of free speech. And JKR too! Some reporter asked Jerry Seinfeld what if their comedy offended someone. His response is golden..."then be offended!" Thanks for sticking up for free speech, Paul!

[@SirBlackReeds]

They aren't. Standup comedians live in such an insular ecosystem that all it takes is unintentionally offending a single audience member who just so happens to a friend, or related to, the club owner.

[@yumyumeatemup]

Couldnt have said it better myself Chato! Thanks for keeping up with providing soluble solutions Be seeeeeeeeeeeeeing you!

[@chrisw6164]

The Blues Brothers.

[@MrWhipple42]

One of the greatest comedies of all time. And the car chase scene is so gloriously over the top that it's never been outdone.

[@doctoratomic]

@@MrWhipple42 "Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers... has been approved."

[@MrWhipple42]

@@doctoratomic "𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦??"

[@jbx30001]

Neighbors with Aykroyd and Belushi was panned but was one of my favs,

[@jeremyusreevu237]

I agree. We need more comedies!

[@SirBlackReeds]

No, we need more _good_ comedies.

[@caldodge]

Failed pilots? The one I remember best was one with Fred Gwynne as a chemist. In the pilot episode he turned his mother-in-law into glass.

[@singerap]

The last comedy I remember seeing on TV (and liking) was the Rosann show. And the hyperactive cancel weasels took care of that. Think is, I don't even have the ability to receive broadcast TV now.

The first thing fanatics lose is humor. Every sentence is judged with religious vigor. Hard times for comedy.

[@shuntguy]

Young people don't understand comedy because they did not grow up watching Warner Bros. cartoons.

[@jakeviolet2195]

They have been told that they were violent, sexist and racist.

[@trishw229]

My Favorite Year. Peter Otoole

[@jeffreyforsberg5144]

"Reality" shows killed network tv sitcoms. To the point that the last of the great sitcoms used the concept of reality tv as a framing device.

[@markgriffiths5289]

I agree. The trouble is people are so serious these days, especially the woke crowd 🤦‍♂️ But I do believe we should have a new wave of Independent comedy makers, NOT Hollywood or Disney. Woke doesn’t have a sense of humour 😱 Keep on smiling 🤪🤪🤪

[@davidmartin8211]

This video reminds me of a friend's observation: if I laugh at you it's comedy, if you laugh at me it's insulting!! I would love to see thoughtful and insightful comedies like barny Miller.

[@burntthesis]

Agree with this 100%, comedy makes everything around it better, problem is that comedy is hard and modern writers now are easyminded and have no depth.

[@sleeperyjeemtoybox]

Nice to here a shout out for Dave, sits on my wall alongside Animal House, Groundhog Day, As Good as it Gets and Carry on Up the Khyber (i am British after all).

[@anonygent]

Comedy is not dead, Hollywood is.

[@b.dangerfield6499]

I was told by an executive from one of the major studios to “remove all the jokes” from my romantic comedy…. I’m not joking!

[@neilrusling-je6zo]

Peter Sellers was a genius legend.

[@JimmyDsRecRoom]

I wonder if sitcoms will ever re-surface. Imagine Faulty Towers coming out today. On a completely unrelated note, I heard on Midnight's Edge you're getting a flight in a vintage bi-plane at CWHM! You'll either be in their Stearman or the Tiger moth. I've got over 800 hrs in Tigers and a whopping 36 mins in a Stearman. Either way, I've got some unsolicited advice. Seeing as it's late April, early May, dress warmly! You'll be up there for an hour, and after the initial adrenaline wears off (10 or so mins in) you'll start to feel the cold. It'll be loud and windy, but they should give you a headset and a cool looking flying cap that'll keep your head warm. Go wee-wee before takeoff, or pop on some depends. Make sure you've got something in your belly to settle it. I don't recommend swords (I've been watching Shogun). Lastly, please enjoy!

[@johnkretz7734]

Imagine trying to get Blazing Saddles or Gumball Rally or any of the fun things we used to laugh at past the iron DEI wall. Waiting for the dark web to start black market comedy trafficking.