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Comedic actors who are meant to be hilarious but you disagree?

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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My list could be rather long, I am not into what I call dumb ass comedy the sort of stuff Adam Sandler makes, so some "comedic actors" who I do not find amusing at all. Keen to hear others lists as well.

Adam Sandler
David Spade
Will Ferrell
Jim Carrey
Ben Stiller
Zach Galifiankis
Steve Carrell
Jonah Hill
Steve Martin
Chevy Chase
Seth Rogan
Mike Myers
Jack Black
Chris Rock
Chris Tucker
Jason Segal
Will Smith
Vince Vaughan
Rob Schnieder
Sacha Baron Cohen
Martin Short
Seth MacFarlane (Ok, he can be funny but his films are awful)
Whoopi Goldberg
Rebel Wilson
Ellen Degeneres
Amy Schumer

[–] Kowalski (76258) 5 years ago

THERE IS A LOT OF HATE IN YOU,CHAMP.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yep. I hate ordinary films and non funny comedic actors.

[–] harryfyhr (12) 5 years ago

Let me expand on that

Are there any female stand up comics that,.
Let me rephrase that;
are there any FUNNY female stand up comics
that doesn't talk abut their vaginas or resorts to talk about:
— being fat (if they are overweight)
— being a minority (if they are not white)
— being gay, trans,etc (if they are not "normal")

Bring on the hate

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Nope I cannot think of one that doesn't discuss any or all of those things. The ones that talk about or rely on fat jokes/skits bore me to tears.

Look, I am trying to run but I can't - I'm too fat!!
Look, I am dancing, don't I look funny - I'm fat!!
I'm trying to climb a fence, oops, it's falling down now - I'm fat!! (I actually saw that one in a shit Aussie film starring a fat female 'comedian'.

Oh and lets not forget...

"Look at all the stuff I'm eating?! It's all so unhealthy" - I'm fat!!
or as I saw in a recent ad with Rebel Wilson the opposite,
"All I'm having tonight is two sushi rolls, yep, that's it" - Because she's fat, get it, of course she would eat more than that!! Ha ha ha!!!

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Ha. Ha. A.

[–] Kowalski (76258) 5 years ago

ANY MALE COMICS THAT DONT RESORT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DICKS,BEING FAT,BEING A MINORITY OR GAY?..YOU DO REALIZE WHAT A STILTED OFF BASE ASSESSMENT YOU HAVE MADE,RIGHT?

[–] harryfyhr (12) 5 years ago

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[–] Kowalski (76258) 5 years ago

YEAH...THEY TOOK DOWN IMDB BOARDS FOR CAPITAL LETTERS...COULDNT BE PEOPLE LIKE YOU CALLING OTHERS C*NTS....AND JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR..FEMALE AND MALE COMEDIANS ARE GENITAL,RACE,APPEARANCE BASED IN MATERIAL QUITE HEAVILY AND EVENLY...TRY TALKING IT OUT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO INSTIGATE ARGUEMENTS.

[–] harryfyhr (12) 5 years ago

you win,'couse you are special

I'm out

[–] Ladronmc (176) 5 years ago

Yeah most Male comedians don't talk about any of those things.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

You probably haven't heard of her if you're not Australian (or maybe British) but Kitty Flanagan is a hilarious stand-up comedian. Observational type humour and Kitty is slim, white and straight so she shouldn't offend you too much.

She may have joked about her vagina, I'm not sure. But why not? Vaginas are funny.

[–] harryfyhr (12) 5 years ago

Lazy comedians who steals material from others offends me.
Tnx,I will check out her vagina
jokes

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I am Aussie and I do find Kitty to be funny. It's not about being offended (or not) though, I don't really find most dick jokes to be funny either. I guess delivery and other factors play a part too. Just hearing someone say vagina/dick over and over isn't all that amusing, to me anyway.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

All good, I was actually responding to harry's comment about female comedians, but yeah I agree there needs to be some wit there to make those sort of jokes fly.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7188) 5 years ago

Off the top of my head, Melissa Villaseñor. She does impressions that are spot on and hilarious. Her JLO is my life.

[–] harryfyhr (12) 5 years ago

whatever rocks your boat,
I think of her like the tolken snl,person.not funny aat all

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7188) 5 years ago

I'd say her comedy, separate from SNL, is good.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 5 years ago

Will Ferrell would be top pick for me..Many of the others on your list I prefer in dramatic roles.

The biggest question for me might be how many comedy films do I find to be hilarious...Hardly ever..

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I'm the same and probably why my list is so long. I find most of the ones I listed just try too hard to be funny. It's like "hey look at me, I am putting on a zany face! Look, I'm being funny damn it!"

[–] strntz (12466) 5 years ago

Will Ferrell would be top pick for me..

Bingo.

Unfunny and ruins everything he's in. I weep when I think how good Elf could have been with just about anyone else. Too bad they wasted a nice cameo by Bob Newhart.

I also think Adam Sandler is vastly over rated. See one of his films, you have seen them all.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 5 years ago

Will Ferrel while I can admit is funny sometimes I never understood the huge fuss over him, he isn't that funny. Also Seth Rogan is not funny at all.

I don't think I can think of a single comedy film that is funny all the way through, there are some comedies that are good all the way through such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles but that wasn't just a comedy it was also a drama about a very lonely guy trying to make friends. Clerks was also good all the way through but again it was also a drama.

I personally think Comedy should be restricted to TV shows, 22 minutes is a much more reasonable amount of time to be funny all the way through.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 5 years ago

Steve Martin is tantamount to a genius, excels at drama (The Spanish Prisoner) as well as drama, and has had the good sense to retire. I strongly disagree with your choice here. Everyone else on your list can go pound sand.

[–] zaq123 (2389) 5 years ago

Seth MacFarlane? Anything funny and good about the first few seasons of Family Guy (and probably American Dad as well, not as familiar with that show) were due to work of other people. People he got rid of.

[–] dmac8 (5050) 5 years ago

Adam Sandler
I like Steve Martin much more as the straight man than the clown.
Kevin Hart

but give us some examples of those you like

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

who do you find funny?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Bill Murray I like his dead pan, downer type style. Not everything he makes is good and when he had tried to do something more serious it doesn't tend to suit him but he is funny.

Eddie Murphy was pretty funny back in the day before he started doing kids films.

Bob Newhart, again that kind of deadpan style.

Johnathan Winters.

Don Rickles.

I like Jerry Lewis as well but he was best when teamed with Dean Martin as balance.

[–] Kowalski (76258) 5 years ago

SO YOU LIKE TIME MACHINE COMEDY...69 YEARS OLD,58 YEARS OLD,90 YEARS OLD,DEAD,DEAD,DEAD...

[–] harryfyhr (12) 5 years ago

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[–] Kowalski (76258) 5 years ago

NAUGHTY,NAUGHTY.