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....This is Not the Comedy Store

posted 14 years ago by ishotjr_81
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Guy in a bar says:

"I used to own this place. I built it up from nothing. But do they call me John the Bar Owner?

No.

"I owned the biggest farm in the county for years. I looked after animals and crops. But do they call me John the Farmer?

No.

I ran for Congress. Sat in Washington representing the people. Do they call me John the Congressman?

No, sir.

You *beep* one sheep...."

*LONG PAUSE*

I guess a joke's like a lady getting out of a car.

Sometimes you see it, Sometimes you don't?

If it bleeds , we can kill it..

[–] brassintheed 14 years ago

Oliver Platt delivered these lines brilliantly!. I was well impressed. He actually was funny, excrutiatingly funny. But it was so intense, and so dark, it was completely lost in the vegas hall.

Brilliant moment that really set the tone of the film.

[–] ishotjr_81 14 years ago

Totally, I posted this because i saw a video of Paul McCartney paraphrasing the Sheep Dog joke in a one to one interview.
A lot of the delivery was lost compared to Platt, not only in because Platt's an actor and can tell it better, but the intensity of having a room full of people that aren't laughing, and in fact look very distressed and awkward, as you said makes the scene even funnier and sets the whole tone of the film

Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!

[–] brassintheed 14 years ago

good to see he's a fan at least ;-)

I love that there's allsorts of ways of looking at this. In reality, Tommy Fawkes has completely inherited his dad's talents, just like his half brother. But it's the environments and experiences they've faced which has sent them in completely different directions.

George Fawkes was genuinely funny early in his career when he wasn't rich and succesful, when he had to work in Blackpool just for a living, along with the Parker Brothers (at lease you'd have to assume this). But when the money came in, he got lazy and became a joke man.

But what he got wrong in his speach is that they all had funny bones, all of the fawkes and parkers. Fathers, sons and brothers. It just took the tragedy, and the desperation to really make it work somehow. After all the entire concept is that true comedy is just tragedy flipped on it's head.

[–] dsrtrosy-1 11 years ago

I actually thought the absolutely most painfully funny line in the entire show--the crux of the matter, if you will--was when, after he delivered the awful repeat of George's joke and people looked at George and tittered, he whispered into the microphone:

"Did I say something funny?"

Whole wonderful movie in a nutshell.

[–] ishotjr_81 11 years ago

LOL, that is the cheery on the top, priceless.

Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!