god i love these guys so much.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 15:55 (two years ago) link
One great low-key joke in the new series: Mark’s dumb cop instructing Kevin and Dave to “Put your hands on your own head”.
― DAMAGED by Black Flat (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
yeah that slayed me. exactly the kind of pointless tossed-in joke i come to KITH for.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:20 (two years ago) link
That went right over my (own) head.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
KitH was my favorite show as far back as middle school (comedy central reruns also) because it was goofy and funnier than everything else I'd ever seen, don't really get the "theoretically funny" part because nearly every joke is still executed with maximum goof
― ✖, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
Like I didn't "get" the the God Is Dead sketch but the visual of mark holding god's dead body and saying "and he's really light!" was the funniest thing in the world to me
― ✖, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
For me it's about the small, unique turns of phrases and the line readings. So many are permanently etched in my head, and when they come out now no one knows what I'm talking about. :)
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
"I'll eat pancakes on your grave" is something i will never stop saying whenever i get the chance, regardless of the odds no one will have any idea what i'm quoting.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 17:41 (two years ago) link
fuck the bank i work for, fuck the baaaaaaaaank
― na (NA), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 18:01 (two years ago) link
really enjoyed the new episodes, including a few that seemed slight but popped back in my head a day later
they have this ability to concoct an utterly absurd premise, roll with it through an entire sketch, only to end it with someone saying something that's obvious or common sense followed by "oh, of course!"
the main thing that differentiates KITH from something like SNL at a basic level is that 90% of SNL has winking at the audience -- hey, we're your featured players doing these characters to get some laughs -- where KITH starts from the premise "we really are two ladies working in an office reminiscing about fax machines" and you can forget that they're acting
― mh, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
Started rewatching from the first season and got to the blackface skit. It was pretty weird because the blackface half of the skit is awkward and cringe but whenever it switches to Kathy the same skit is solid gold. The notion that THIS is the devil woman that the old bluesman is forever cursing is hilarious.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
That first ep is pretty amazing - Kathy, Headcrusher and Eradicator all make an appearence iirc.
mh I def think SNL is trash and KITH gold but I think the thing you highlight is more about format than comedic sensibility; the "live" aspect means the frisson that anything could go wrong at any second is built into SNL and so a higher amount of meta and mugging kinda comes with the territory
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 20:42 (two years ago) link
I think my point-of-view on Kids in the Hall was shaped by the context of contemporary Canadian TV comedy. At the time there were a lot of (not very hip) Canadian sketch comedies like "Smith and Smith Comedy Mill" and "Royal Canadian Air Farce" from which, I'm sure, the Kids wanted to distance themselves. So it seemed to me that their ethos was "avoid being corny" more than "be funny".
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
where they have a great idea and it's not really an obvious/easy laugh. not so much a joke that doesn't land – but a joke that isn't intended to land.
...ending up at the infinitely unpopular Point C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uSSobogtHQ
― andrew m., Wednesday, 18 May 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link
Checked out the new Prime documentary, weirdly split into two episodes. Mostly the fluffy lovefest you'd expect, but they do get pretty real about the bad vibes circa Brain Candy. Mae Martin talks a lot about how much it meant to her as a queer person, incl being attracted to Dave Foley's woman characters (nice to know that's not just a straight guy thing). Kind of deflates the comeback a little to see how many times they'd reunited before lol, but I appreciate the doc doesn't pretend they didn't. Overall would recommend.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 20 May 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
Only a whore weighs herself
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 23 May 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
Ep 4 was one great sketch after another: Super Drunk, french people who don't want to leave the couch, a Kevin McDonald sketch. The new season has been really enjoyable so far
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 00:37 (two years ago) link
finished it and the whole thing was pretty much a home run for me. feel like kevin was the all star for me in this season, particularly loved "hot-hot water" guy. if that had been in the original 90s run i can easily see myself having spent the last 20 years annoying my friends & family by complaining that things are not hot-hot.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 15:03 (two years ago) link
the hot-hot thing killed me
― mh, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 18:51 (two years ago) link
“friends of mark” had me dying
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
Between that one and AssAssin and a couple more I've forgetting, Mark has led some truly weird (and great) sketches this season
― Vinnie, Thursday, 26 May 2022 23:26 (two years ago) link
he's come a long way since being voted the worst kid by ilxor.com users 14 years ago
― ✖, Friday, 27 May 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
Not worst, least best.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 27 May 2022 03:17 (two years ago) link
Kevin and the cats omg
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 28 May 2022 00:37 (two years ago) link