Anonymous sea_taco 9w

what is that? is it like a comedy show?

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Anonymous OP 9w

Yeah, it’s like a standup comedy talent show “judged” by actual comedians. A bunch of people sign up to try out their material in front of the audience, and then they pull names out of a bucket and hope for the best, the pro comics have some hilarious banter with the participants. TLDR: yeah it’s dumb humor but it’s still really damn funny

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Anonymous freestyle 9w

I think you are talking about the difference between punching down vs punching up. Punching down can be funny if it is done right but a lot of time it's just people laughing at other expenses. I was talking more about punching up/calculated humor. Something you'd see in a movie or tv show or book etc.

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Anonymous sea_taco 9w

interesting, i love stand up! what comedians have they had as judges? and like "dumb" humor still takes a level of intelligence to understand bc if you don't get why the bit is dumb you won't find it funny.

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Anonymous freestyle 9w

I also could be misinterpreting what ur saying. I think a gullible person can be unintentionally funny but i wouldn't describe them as funny if that makes sense. However i would describe a witty person as funny. It's kinda like the one stupid character in every show that all other characters make fun of bc the stupid character doesn't think they are stupid. I however personally don't find that type of humor funny. Which is why i don't watch shows like that fr

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Anonymous OP 9w

Tony Hinchcliffe is the host and they bring in different comedians (and other public figures) as guest judges for each episode. They’ve had Mark Normand, Tom Segura, Post Malone, Gabriel Iglesias, RFK Jr., Jimmy Carr, Theo Von, and many more Pretty much all of it is improv except the 60 second sets that all the people who signed up have prepared. Since the pros don’t have anything written down, they’re just running on pure wit and timing rather than jokes they’ve carefully crafted and honed.

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Anonymous sea_taco 9w

Ah interesting. So is it like "Whose Line Is It Anyway" or "Impractical Jokers"

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Anonymous OP 9w

It’s a unique formula, honestly. It’s on Youtube, they get millions of views on every episode. The one with Shane Gillis and Adam Ray in character as Trump and Biden has like 25 million I think

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Anonymous sea_taco 9w

interesting lol

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Anonymous seeya_space_cowboy 9w

see like to me your just punching down. he's funny to you bc he's stupid but if he doesn't understand why he's funny it's not the same imo

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Anonymous OP 9w

and how tf would you know that? he was intentionally funny and aware of it as well. he wasn't funny because he was stupid, he was dumb and also funny. maybe dont speak on shit that you dont know about next time

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Anonymous seeya_space_cowboy 9w

you're right i didn't. it was just in the phrasinf of your comment i thought the humor was in his super low ACT score, so that's why i interpreted it as you punching down. that's my bad

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