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Justsomebloke
13-11-2007, 11:15
Achmed the Dead terrorist. Probably seen or posted before but still funny :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go
Creature
16-11-2007, 00:03
Brilliant :D
Watch the ones with Peanut as well, just as good.
I love it.. so totally wrong and yet so great at the same time :D
goldilocks
17-11-2007, 22:02
i just don't get why this is funny...
i only watched about a minute into it, so was it the end? did i miss the good bits?
is it because he is a ventriloquists dummy? i mean, they've been popular FOREVER!
is it because terrorism needs to be made light of? (by americans, especially... we don't want anyone to think it's still a serious issue)
or is it because it's a bit racist, but it's ok to laugh at it - as it's part of a comedy act?
i'd say i have a pretty open sense of humor - but i really didn't get it!
oh well. not every you tube video link can be a winner!
I think Garp has it right - its because it is wrong that it is amusing - the monty python "tribute" was nicely slipped in :)
Humour is individual to every person - there are some "comedians" who I just don't find funny at all yet I've watched friends crying in laughter at them
goldilocks
17-11-2007, 22:19
oh - i know that everyone has different tastes, and i do understand the concept that 'i shouldn't be laughing - but i can't help it'! this video has been sent to me by a few people who have been in stitches over it!
it just wasn't funny to me - and i think comedy like this is a bit insensitive and could be completely misinterpreted as very racist and insulting to a number of people.
it wasn't just a mic take on 'terrorism', it seemed to be mostly a mic take on the middle eastern accent
(but like i say, i didn't watch all the way to the end)
There were some actual "jokes" further into the video but yeah some of it was just extracting the urine of an exaggerated accent but then I've seen Billy Connolly do that kind of thing to an english accent and I've been equally as amused as I was by this
goldilocks
17-11-2007, 22:29
i just wanted to explain why i didn't find it funny, as it looks like i'm in the minority!
(it's a nice example - but i doubt billy connolly was taking the mic of the english accent when the english were still looking to do scotland some serious damage... that's been over for quite a while now!)
(it's a nice example - but i doubt billy connolly was taking the mic of the english accent when the english were still looking to do scotland some serious damage... that's been over for quite a while now!)
Maybe thats part of it - I can watch it without drawing views from current world politics - to me it would be amusing even if our countries were best buddies
goldilocks
17-11-2007, 22:52
the way i see it is, if it's not about the politics - then it's just a man, a dummy, and a silly accent...
i'm sure when it comes to light that 'men with puppets' are funny again - keith harris and orville will be reeeeeally pleased!
keith harris and orville will be reeeeeally pleased!
\o/
I wish I could fly... *BANG*
Sorry Feek, have your gun back.
;D;D
Anyway, while I can see why some people would make the connection to muslims, I saw it as poking fun at terrorists, and I have no objection to that. :)
It does make the assumption that ALL terrorists are muslims though. Which is obviously complete crap, as most aren't.
I saw it as a bit of tasteless humour but funny nonetheless. I probably have the closest ties to the middle east than anyone else on here but I still found it fun. If I took myself and things around me more seriously than I'd agree that I'd be a bit narked off by that - but to me that was just a bit of topical piss taking - nothing that ANY other comedian doesn't already do. Look at black comedians, jewish ones, gay, straight, generally ****ed up, irish, scottish, american - when are they EVER PC!? And FFS there's far too much PC bull**** going on anyway we need to kick back and be able to take the piss out of ourselves as a race no? (By that I mean the human race as I don't believe there are different "races" - there aren't, we are ONE race - human.). If we know where we're coming from (which most intelligent people do) then how things can be misinterpreted are solely down to people that feel they need to make a point or deliberation about things for the sake of it.
What was funny was his interaction with the ventriloquist and the crowd, the eye movements and the facial expressions and general banter - it was just fun.
Justsomebloke
18-11-2007, 18:08
As the one that posted it i will say this;
I didn't for one minute think about the Muslim tie. I've always enjoyed a decent Ventriloquist ever since a kid & i just thought he was Funny.
His Walter act is just as funny/good.
Anything that makes me laugh is nice to post & share & this was just another pass on the joke moment.
goldilocks
18-11-2007, 18:19
As the one that posted it i will say this;
I didn't for one minute think about the Muslim tie. I've always enjoyed a decent Ventriloquist ever since a kid & i just thought he was Funny.
His Walter act is just as funny/good.
Anything that makes me laugh is nice to post & share & this was just another pass on the joke moment.
as i posted above, ignoring the political implications (which i am aware a lot of people will do) it is just a man with a puppet
i wasn't in any way offended by the video, i just didn't find it funny - my sense of humour obviously isn't drawn to ventriloquism (bad ventriloquism especially!)
but i always wonder in what way the people who write sketches like this mean them to be taken
if he came out and said 'it's a blatant pee take of people of middle eastern origin' would people still find it as funny?
i like no brainer comedy, but stuff like this makes me ponder more than it makes me laugh!
Justsomebloke
18-11-2007, 18:52
Trouble is Goldi Everything is a No Brainer when it comes to me ;D
Being polite some would say i am somewhat Basic :p Being as basic as me keeps things nice & simple. It is only when someone else mentions something that i start thinking about it.
Each to there own though a :)
hodgeheg
18-11-2007, 19:15
I actually found this incredibly amusing! I honestly thought it was going to be awful, but those eyebrows...
I actually found this incredibly amusing! I honestly thought it was going to be awful, but those eyebrows...
Yeah, the facial expresions with the eyes and eybrows were great :D
Exactly - it was more the actions along with the voice and timing that did it for me, not necessarily the content :D
Helooooo I'm Lindsay Lohan.
For slightly different routine..
Sweet Daddy D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaybOwDhJZo)
I saw that one too, I watched a few of his vids - definitely likes to be a bit rique doesn't he?! :p
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