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Will Ferrell and the Anchorman team: apparently, not everyone’s a fan.
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HUMOUR is subjective — as we discovered here in the news.com.au office during a recent discussion about our favourite funny films and TV shows.
For every fan of The Office, there’s another who finds it too cringeworthy to bear. For every lover of American gross-out comedies, there’s another who considers them horribly crass.
Here, from our team, are the much-loved comedies and comedians that leave some of us thinking ‘How is this considered funny?’. Please, join us as we each mount our comedy high horses and ride off into the sunset, complaining all the way.
Warning: controversial opinions ahead.
Superbad:
Superbad lives up to its name, according to some.
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“The 2007 ‘comedy’ Superbad is the most disgusting movie I have ever seen. How anyone can sit through it is beyond me. Anything with poo jokes or period jokes needs to die a slow, painful death. This is my general feeling about all American comedy — besides The Hangover, which I loved for some reason.”
Jenni Ryall, Multimedia Editor
Will Ferrell:
Will Ferrell in Elf: childishly charming or just childish? Picture: AP
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“I know I’ll get slammed for this, but I have never found Will Ferrell funny. Not in Old School, not in Step Brothers and certainly not in Elf. The guy goes for cheap laughs — ‘Ooh look I can run around naked’, ‘Ooh look I can scream loud’, ‘Ooh look I can make funny faces’. You know what Will? So can a two-year-old.”
Melissa Overman, Group Features Editor
Rove McManus and Adam Sandler:
Adam Sandler: he dresses up like a lady! This guy is a comedy genius!
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“I always failed to appreciate the wit and humour of Rove McManus — if he’s still a person who works in entertainment. Also, Adam Sandler. To find his stuff funny you must have a negative IQ. It’s not even good slapstick!”
Two and a Half Men and The Footy Show:
Perhaps the Footy Show hosts should stick to, y’know, footy?
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“Look, Two and a Half Men is obviously an abomination — when one of the stars of your show repeatedly slags it off, you know you’ve got a stinker on your hands. But I also want to crawl into a hole whenever I catch any of the Aussie footy shows attempting a comedy segment — Sam Newman trawling the streets looking for people to humiliate with his vox pops, Matty Johns gooning around in a joke shop wig and a false moustache. Leave the comedy to the experts and go back to chasing a ball around, guys.”
Nick Bond, Entertainment Reporter
The Heat, 30 Rock and Big Bang Theory:
Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock in The Heat. They’re the original odd couple! Picture: AP Photo
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“The Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy film The Heat and TV shows Big Bang Theory and 30 Rock are the big three that everyone else seems to love, and I don’t. Although, one of my favourite shows is How I Met Your Mother so my views could be way off …”
Rebel Wilson:
Rebel Wilson is our biggest comedy export of recent years — but she’s certainly an acquired taste. Picture: Getty
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“The one so-called funny person everyone seems to be enamoured with, whose popularity is as confusing to me as quantum physics, is Rebel Wilson. Her drone-y voice, oh-so-awkward (but not funny awkward) delivery and general ‘aren’t I just so nice and effortlessly hilarious’ persona sends me running out of the room. Pizza? Not funny. Bogan Pride? Really not funny. Super Fun Night? Definitely not funny. She almost killed the otherwise gold Bridesmaids for me because of her cameo alongside the equally nauseating Matt Lucas.”
Seth MacFarlane:
Seth MacFarlane’s film Ted featured a sass-talkin’ teddy bear with a heart of gold. LOLZ FOREVER.
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“Anything created by Seth MacFarlane besides Family Guy. Sure, the man is incredibly talented, and his long-running animated sitcom starring the Griffin family is hilarious. In fact, Stewie Griffin might actually be the best animated TV character ever created – controversial? Maybe. But who has actually sat through an entire episode of American Dad! or The Cleveland Show? And don’t even get us started on Ted. A talking teddy bear that goes around trying to hump everything that moves? Not your best, MacFarlane.”
Jeremy Clarkson:
Jeremy Clarkson – you know when he’s done a funny because you’ll hear canned laughter. Picture: Bradley Hunter
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“I can’t stand Jeremy Clarkson, Monty Python and anything by American TV writer Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, Mom). They’re just painfully slow and obvious. I think the funniest stuff is when you don’t see it coming or you have to think ‘Wow, did they just say that?’ Like Lena Dunham or Ricky Gervais. You can pick everything Jeremy Clarkson says before he opens his mouth, and I can’t handle 15 minutes worth of canned laughter after each obvious crack.”
Victoria Craw, Business Editor
The Office:
Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington and Ricky Gervais in An Idiot Abroad — humiliating for the host, and the viewer?
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“I can’t stand The Office, or anything that Ricky Gervais does. I think essentially I don’t find rude, smug a**holes funny. Humiliating people is not funny, and it usually involves picking easy targets so it’s just cruel. His series An Idiot Abroad is a classic example where the whole premise of the programs is to make the host as uncomfortable or embarrassed as possible.”
Monika Jansch, Senior Product Manager
The Mighty Boosh:
Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding in The Mighty Boosh. Our lifestyle editor prefers a nice crime drama, thank you very much.
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“The Mighty Boosh has such a cult following, but I honestly can’t think of anything nice to say about this series. Each episode feels like it goes for a LIFETIME. I don’t think the writing is clever, I don’t think the jokes are funny, and it seems like whenever the writers run out of plot ideas, they resort to crass lines or someone getting hurt — cheap laughs, in my opinion. Imagine what glorious crime dramas the BBC could have spent their money on instead of this! Just check out the trailer as an example of the show’s unfunniness. Bear in mind this is meant to make people WANT to watch the show …”
So there you have it. Here at news.com.au, we can at least agree to disagree. What about you? Which comedies leave you cold? Let us know in the comments field below.
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