tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4789333846457639180..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: SaversBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89308299751156628772007-11-04T07:22:00.000-08:002007-11-04T07:22:00.000-08:00“And yet I’m considered a genius in France.”jbryan...“And yet I’m considered a genius in France.”<BR/><BR/>jbryant <B>said...</B> <BR/><I>estiv, I think the only way to get a laugh with "Go fuck yourself" is to say it to a hermaphrodite. Should crack up everyone, except the hermaphrodite.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually it killed at the unisex hair salon.<BR/><BR/>Rob <B>said...</B> <BR/><I>…the response is often "That's funny"--but no fucking laugh. On the other hand, if Lorne Michaels would just say, "That's funny" and then let the staff know he was being ironic….</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>On certain occasions, and under the right circumstances, and from somebody entitled to the opinion, a “that’s funny,” can not only be appropriate, but actually somewhat reinforcing. Maybe I just don’t get out much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58702715651185301652007-11-03T17:50:00.000-07:002007-11-03T17:50:00.000-07:00I almost pissed my pants.I almost pissed my pants.Robert Rousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07029114161553100445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5688746969272996532007-11-03T17:26:00.000-07:002007-11-03T17:26:00.000-07:00Ken,Don't you find comedy writers can be a very to...Ken,<BR/>Don't you find comedy writers can be a very tough audience? I've known a couple stand-ups who expect everybody else to laugh at their every moronic comment but are too cool to laugh at somebody else's stuff. Even when they collapse the pretense, the response is often "That's funny"--but no fucking laugh. One guy was stone and I knew I finally got him when he couldn't take it anymore and double over and Pepsi flew out his nose.<BR/><BR/>The exception to this too cool to laugh guideline is when a comic is onstage and a bit really bombs and another comic at the back of the club let's out an insane BWAAAHAHA!which is just mean rather than trying to save him. It can be nasty out there.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if Lorne Michaels would just say, "That's funny" and then let the staff know he was being ironic, maybe we'd be spared the sketches on SNL that go on...and...on and...fucking...on.<BR/><BR/>Much like this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56360090808974663752007-11-03T17:00:00.000-07:002007-11-03T17:00:00.000-07:00My saver has always been: "Or..."My saver has always been: "Or..."Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76417564812530464152007-11-03T16:43:00.000-07:002007-11-03T16:43:00.000-07:00And of course, the ultimate saver and perennial cr...<I>And of course, the ultimate saver and perennial crowd pleaser – Go fuck yourself.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, that's a good one for daily living too. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67254237503998924082007-11-03T10:34:00.000-07:002007-11-03T10:34:00.000-07:00And of course, the ultimate saver and perennial cr...<I>And of course, the ultimate saver and perennial crowd pleaser – Go fuck yourself.</I><BR/><BR/>You know, I've never gotten a laugh with this line.estivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736355730705116526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57033301883238199672007-11-03T08:58:00.001-07:002007-11-03T08:58:00.001-07:00Or...(turn to the writer seated next to you)"I TOL...Or...<BR/><BR/>(turn to the writer seated next to you)<BR/><BR/>"I TOLD you they wouldn't like it."Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03755505827111205330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55825476635664193172007-11-03T08:58:00.000-07:002007-11-03T08:58:00.000-07:00"Once again, I'm too hip for the room.""Once again, I'm too hip for the room."Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03755505827111205330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80017025768574746352007-11-03T06:37:00.000-07:002007-11-03T06:37:00.000-07:00"I'll just get my coat, shall I?""I'll just get my coat, shall I?"blogwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362291687463326731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31177882483920262182007-11-03T06:20:00.000-07:002007-11-03T06:20:00.000-07:00a friend of mine had a laugh track in his cell pho...a friend of mine had a laugh track in his cell phone. he'd pitch, it would flop, he'd hit the laugh track, hold up the phone and say "see, they get it!"The Minstrel Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697821546165315014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85119397894120091382007-11-03T05:59:00.000-07:002007-11-03T05:59:00.000-07:00Well it was funny when Pee Wee Herman said it.Well it was funny when Pee Wee Herman said it.Gail Renardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388455755408650770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47179491198293040112007-11-03T04:29:00.000-07:002007-11-03T04:29:00.000-07:00There's always..."Let me finish."and...."Criticism...There's always...<BR/><BR/>"Let me finish."<BR/><BR/>and....<BR/><BR/>"Criticism from the guy who pitched (fill in the last idiot thing pitched by the person making fun of your joke.)"Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03755505827111205330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80892836377480615562007-11-03T02:09:00.000-07:002007-11-03T02:09:00.000-07:00"A laugh track will make the audience simply think..."A laugh track will make the audience simply think they aren't 'getting' the joke!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>*you say joke* <BR/>*silence*<BR/>"... would be a really stupid joke to put in the show... Am I right or am I right!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Your turn"<BR/><BR/><BR/>"That joke sucked on purpose. This is an opportunity for us to fix it up! You call yourselves WRITERS, don't you?"<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Yeah? Well it's better than *insert opposing writer's bad joke*"<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Let me repeat...-"<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Jerry Sienfeld told me it was funny. He'd know, 'cause he just had his movie, 'BEE MOVIE', come out and it's making a killing in the boxoffice! Go watch it at a theatre near you!"<BR/>...<BR/>*dial cellphone*<BR/>"Hey Jerry, I did it. Yeah, of course they all heard. What, you think one of them dozed of- LEVINE, WAKE THE FRACK UP. Sorry 'bout that. Yeah, Ken fell asleep again, you guessed it. What? No, they didn't 'laugh'. What do you mean, 'why not?'! It was a stupid joke. Yeah yeah, I know, Sienfeld Sienfeld Sienfeld, you're funny, I'm not. Well, I want my 5 grand soon, I think I'm losing my job here..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4398079223330594042007-11-03T00:54:00.000-07:002007-11-03T00:54:00.000-07:00You can add.."I walked a picket line for this?"You can add..<BR/><BR/><I>"I walked a picket line for this?"</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com