Plan B Forum

Serenity now, or Festivus for the rest of us. Thanks for making life a bit more enjoyable.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/us/jerry ... index.html

Was never my cup of tea. Neither is his son. Anne Meara, on the other hand, I could watch all day long.

Personally, I think they both did their best work when they performed together, but that was a long time ago. I also liked each as well well they performed solo, and do think Jerry raised the angry/crazy old man to a new level, both in Seinfeld and King of Queens.

I must be alone in having not been able to stomach either one of them. Never thought one thing they did was funny. UGH.

Give this a chance:

Really?

TPFKA@W wrote: ↑

Tue May 12, 2020 10:31 pm

... I must be alone in having not been able to stomach either one of them. Never thought one thing they did was funny. UGH.

Death is easy -- comedy is hard.

No doubt about it, it's a subjective art form. I really disliked Lucille Ball's physical comedy, but George Carlin and Steven Wright's brand of intellectual humor always had me laughing my ass off.

Absolutely; I like to pride myself on having a good sense of humor, but there are some comedians, including a man who made some barely tolerable (to me) films in the 50s and 60s (but is supposedly recognized as a "genius" in France) and some who are wildly popular in the present, who I don't find funny and even cannot stand. To each his/her own.

Big RR wrote: ↑

Wed May 13, 2020 1:37 pm

Absolutely; I like to pride myself on having a good sense of humor, but there are some comedians, including a man who made some barely tolerable (to me) films in the 50s and 60s (but is supposedly recognized as a "genius" in France) and some who are wildly popular in the present, who I don't find funny and even cannot stand. To each his/her own.

Qu'est-ce que c'est? Vous n'aimez pas Jacques Tati? Sacre bleu! Merde!

I think he is referring to someone whose work was a U.S. export to France.

Big RR wrote: ↑

Wed May 13, 2020 1:37 pm

To each his/her own.

de gustibus for the rest of us?

Perhaps, or chacun a son gout (or something like that, my French is very rusty).

The comedian that I find funny is rare. Steve Martin, back in the 70's, Rich Little when he was on Carson, Adam Sandler, the Not Ready For Prime Time Players on the first couple of seasons of SNL could get me going. The TV show Frasier would have me howling on occasion, particularly the actor who played Niles who had incredible comedic timing for my taste. Jerry Lewis might have made me laugh when I was 5, but as an adult I cannot fathom why anyone thinks he is/was funny. Milton Beryl, Laurel and Hardy, Bob Hope (singularly not funny) all those of that generation, not funny.