Why do people find these two funny, again?
(And don't say drugs. That's a cop-out.)
Mostly because you don't find them funny, so there's a sense of superiority in 'getting it' when you're too retarded to.
>>71134268
What is there to "get" about their act? They act cringeworthy on purpose. Nothing hard to grasp about that idea.
>>71134279
I never said there is anything to get really, they just like to think there is. It's like an inside joke fueled by an inferiority complex.
>>71134231
Parody of styles and sub-genres. Followed by Tim's irono-humour / anti-jokes. Followed by bad production or quirky / cheesy sound effects and music, oft times from cheap keyboards.
But most of all, a dedication to making the folly the folly it iself. Here in lies what I'm talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlSHYL9peVc
They have amazing comedic timing. Watch Tim's youtube skits where he does a cooking show and Eric comes in at the end to taste test the shit. Their fights are fucking hilarious.
Nobody finds them funny, their productions are all money laundering schemes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYUXOSxHtc
>>71134333
No, you're thinking of Adam Sandler.
>>71134279
>>71134298
No, there's certainly something to get. I really do think you had to grow up watching those awful late night infomercials to understand what they're going for.
Eric Warheimer as the viss president
Also, I'd add, the "they are literally ear and eye cancer" or "they're gods" is what helps keep the machine spinning. It's like two counterweights for a pendulum.
>>71134354
I've seen plenty of bad infomercials and public access TV shows to "get" the idea behind their shit, but T&E just aren't funny, regardless of the conceit behind their bullshit.
More classic T&E. One of their less famous skits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ9yBgTp9UQ
>>71134367
lel'ing @ this damage control
>>71134382
Damage control? I wasn't even arguing with anyone.
Also, that's a statement that suggests neither side is right but helps them in garnering interest.
>>71134377
muh nigga. One of my favorites
Bedtime Stories has been the best thing they've done so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtYMx9P0zgI
Also, the musical numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAAXrlt43s
On Kino is the best.
>>71134397
>but helps them in garnering interest
So, you're against their interests. So you've chosen which side is right, this isn't a neutral position.
>>71134375
That's fine if you don't find them funny. I was just explaining that there was something to "get" in their act.
>>71134435
I've chosen nothing in my statement. I added, in answering OPs question, that the diametric/polar opposites of the people who have opinions about them is actually a positive for them because it just keeps discussion going in varioius online circles when guys like you start a thread or post news about a new show they produce.
>>71134340
So was any of that supposed to be funny, because it wasn't.
This one absolutely kills me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-m7mBSw-5k
>>71134582
lel fundie mad his precious cuck king got made fun of
>>71134231
They're experimental. They try new things, basically throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. Not a whole lot works, in my opinion, but I believe they have a goldmine in the character of Steve Brule. They have an unsympathetic who is mentally unwell. It's an excellent way to convey disturbing comedy.
>>71134307
This. They have such amazing attention to detail, right down to the crazy posters in the background, fictional product brands lying around, etc. OP is probably a Chad.
>>71134377
>Premium?
>I'd say creamulum
They occasionally get a few good jokes. Other than that I think they're going for "ironic" humor and low-quality parody.
I don't really enjoy check it out or tom goes to the mayor.
Their show is something I watch late at night when I can't sleep. Not really something I'd go out of my way to watch otherwise.
>>71134231
David Liebe Hart and Pierre are 100% comedy gold.
>>71135121
old brule is better tho
The On Cinema Universe is one of the best comedic concepts ever and is up there with Monty Python etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH4p_MX4YG8
>>71134231
From what I've seen they're funny because they're actually fairly spot-on when it comes to parodying late-night shit from the 80's and 90's.
Whenever I see that "IT'S FREE REAL ESTATE JIM" commercial I keep thinking of something like https://youtu.be/_bXw4I6UqZs or https://youtu.be/SBs455jwb8w
They just fucking nail the style.
>talking shit about Tim & Eric
Sure is summer.
>>71136984
yes
It's garbage appreciated by hipsters
>>71137365
People like this is why they are popular.
It's just another reddit meme.
You could play a loop of monkeys screaming and people would swear it's hilarious if you convinced them most other people also find it funny
>>71137365
>People not liking what I like is summer
First time I saw Steve Brule I almost cried of laughter. The shitty way it looked, all those unexpected cuts
>SPORTS UPDATE
>old guy talking to the camera "You're waving your hands in all kinds of direction, what do you guys want?"
>END
This one killed me. I can't understand how someone wouldn't find this funny
I love absurdity for the sake of absurdity and some laughs.
Seriously one of my favorite shows of all time, and the movie was more of the same. 10/10
>>71138221
the way Brule fucks up words and his speech pattern is the main thing that gets me
John C Reilly is actually a ridiculous actor when you think about all the shit he's done
Watching it makes you feel slightly uncomfortable in a humorous way. Instead of thinking "lol that's random" you're thinking "holy shit are these writers okay?"
OP I never understood either. I think only hipster faggots think they're funny but that's just me. It's literally "lolrandumb dude weed" humor.
How can one man have so much talent?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjY11NtUceU
The only things I've liked from them were Tom Goes to the Mayor and Brule.
Only John C. Reilly could have been Brule.
Anti-comedy has been a concept since Andy Kaufman. If you don't get it or find it funny that's fine but don't act like it's some new hipster fad.
>>71134231
lmao, you probably think that the Fast and the Furious movies aren't satirical as well.
They're action satire comedies and the writers know EXACTLY what they're writing.
>>71140534
You didn't like Will Forte's character or their spoof of Cosmos?
>>71140490
>>71137474
>>71137714
Samefag please go and watch Big Zimbabwe Theory and Kevin Hart films because obviously T&E are so hard for you to understand tee hee
It turns out Eric Wareheim isn't actually funny. Tim has been better than ever since they started doing separate things. Eric is basically a third rate zach galifidkaknais character at this point. Just look at him on Master of None and then look at stuff like On Cinema, Decker, The Comedy. Bedtime Stories was great though.
https://youtu.be/-tPX06wJh4g
>>71140593
>T&E are so hard for you to understand tee hee
Like I said hipster faggots.
>>71140622
Humor is difficult when you're autistic.
Here is a guide for you:
http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/aspergers-survival-guide-humor-656721
>>71140622
>A style of comedy around since the 70s is only liked by hipster faggots
you have to be 18 to post here
>>71140653
>>71140666
t. butthurt hipsters
>>71134231
You just don't get the Absurdism movement. It's the same reason pic related was popular. It is a middle finger to the unthinking majority, and an absolute hysterical riot to those who are in the know.
>>71140600
>He's not funny in a show he didn't write so he's not funny
Watch interviews and podcasts where they both appear. They both can improvise their style very well
>>71140696
t. Robert Ebert
What is there to "get"? I've never seen any infomercials (not a thing here) yet I think the awesome show is great. Maybe it simply clicks or with you or it doesn't, there's nothing to "get" though
>>71140696
Don't invoke the god emperor with me, faggot. I have better images than you.
>>71140696
Dumb fucking trump poster
>>71140744
Nah f a m
>>71140622
Didn't catch the sarcasm there did ya kiddo?
TIME TO FLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XELKAaCerps
>>71140780
>Delta Force soundtrack
This is perfect
>>71140696
Trump supports the All-American CIA agent Jack Decker though.
>>71140711
I don't get why he hasn't been doing anything though. He seems dependent on Tim. His delivery in Master is absolute shit too and he does have control over that. I do think he's funny but Tim is more talented.
>>71140600
Eric is a great director.
>>71140780
>People actually think this shit is hilarious
>>71140744
you're relying on memes to backup your claims you cringey faggot. I was already cringing at the guy you were arguing against. just go back.
>>71140438
Pretty much this. They tread the line between obscure and ridiculous without necessarily going obscene/disgusting. It's a personal preference, but I find random and obscure humor funny. They do it well and mostly in a PG to PG-13 manner. Not relying on being too gross or crude, but instead on just uncomfortably awkward. They'll use gross when it fits, but they don't oversaturate their content with it for shock value.
>>71140903
>It's not funny!
>As he posts Facemaking Reaction Man from The Office
>>71140903
It's almost as if humour is subjective for each individual
>>71140780
why is anti-humor so unfunny?
>>71134231
Tim is an amazing physical comedian. Every fucking face and move he makes is gold.
>>71141031
>It's a "everything in comedy has to be funny to me because i'm so special" episode
>>71134231
But it's literally drugs.
>>71141031
Maybe Dane Cook talking about opening a door while making noises and prancing around is more your speed.
>>71141212
I prefer Bill Burr and Ari Shaffir
>>71141192
I dont find Tim & Erics Awesome Show funny when high.
I have to watch that show sober to be able to enjoy it.
>>71141192
nah, I never do drugs and love T&E
how can you watch something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlSHYL9peVc and not laugh. Every line is fucking gold.
>>71141234
>Ari Shaffir
>le amazing racist nigger joke man
sascha baron cohen does ari's one notable gimmick better. you probably shouldn't lecture people on what is or isn't funny. nigger. :^)
If you can't laugh at Paul Rudd's Computer you're probably joyless human trash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWX4GUYGQXQ
>>71141418
Sketch's called Celery Man btw.
>>71141418
I enjoy celery man, but hate all fans of celery man including myself
>>71141477
That's the Marvel movie Paul Rudd was in, anon. I think you're confused.
>>71141516
Total one bagger.
>>71140852
His main gig is directing music videos now, not comedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJA3gQ6jmxc
I've watched every video in this thread so far and not a single one has made me laugh. These guys are hacks, only an angsty teen or a misanthrope could find this shit funny.
Maybe in 10 years this'll be funny, or maybe not.
>>71141945
Why do you care what other people like / don't like? Humor is subjective famalam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCzq-uCSvfY
HOT!
Unfortunately all the deleted takes of this from the DVD aren't on youtube.
>>71134231
You probably just don't get it 2bh pham. That's literally it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmmLr5nEGLA
>>71142000
So is morality, and yet there are crimes and punishments.
>>71141945
>I came here to say this is NOT funny and only bad people could possibly enjoy them
thanks for the novel contribution champ
>>71142039
Not all humor is tailor-made for you specifically, professor.
My friend with aspergers loves them. Dies laughing at pretty much all they do.
He also laughs every time a sound is repeated too long and at farts.
>>71142073
I don't think they're bad people, I was just stating those are the types of people who this appeals.
Normal comedians think some things are stupid, and make fun of those things, and the audience laughs because they, too, think those things are stupid. These guys, however, think everything is stupid, and thus make fun of basic human behavior. Thus they only really appeal to people who think everything, even themselves, are stupid. It's like an ironic defense mechanism.
It's absurdist humor. That's it. Some people find it funny, some don't. The ones that don't, seem to be really bothered by it and keep bitching about how they don't get it when there's clearly really nothing to get. It's instinctual. You either laugh or you don't.
i just think people acting like total fucking weirdos is funny
>>71142134
You could use that in defense of anything, which is exactly the kind of wishy-washy postmodern attitude their skits have.
>>71142237
I think you're throwing in the defense mechanism thing because you feel the need to make it something more offensively bad than it actually is. Part of the humor of some of the characters they play is the insecurities built into them, but it's all done in service of absurdity and silliness. You're trying to make it something it's not to justify your over-the-top opinion.
>>71134231
they're a meme factory
>>71142334
Do you listen to music you probably know you'll dislike and then complain about it afterward? Just move the fuck on, poindexter.
>>71142440
I don't think it's offensively bad, or even necessarily bad. It's niche humor for insecure people. I just they're hacks because they appeal exclusively to the insecure. Insecure people are the ones most likely to latch on to things in search of strength. Like, look at this:
>>71142231
Of course someone with asperger's would love them, because it's difficult for them to understand human behavior. This shit puts it on full blast, it doesn't make any clever jokes or explain itself, it just displays human hypocrisy. The confident and socially well-adjusted isn't troubled by this, so it's not funny to them.
These guys have a unique, offbeat style of humor and decent delivery/execution, especially the blonde one. If they injected some sincerity and value into their works they would be really funny, I think, although still niche.
>>71142686
Yes, because it could always turn out to be good. It's pretty narrow-minded to go "I don't like this, there's no way I'll like this" and just avoid it forever. Non-coincidentally, that's symptomatic of personal insecurity too.
>>71142827
>they appeal exclusively to the insecure.
can you explain how you came to this conclusion
>>71134473
"We're talking about it, right guys!"
Hurrrrrr. Get fucked.
>>71142237
>These guys, however, think everything is stupid
There is a pretty constant theme in Tim and Eric stuff though. The idea that celebrities, advertisement and television is pretty absurd in itself. They usually have characters that are overly professional and compensating for some miserable, dark side behind the scenes. You can see this a lot in On Cinema.
>>71142827
So they're hacks that appeal to the insecure, but they're also not in your opinion bad at what they do? You're using really aggressive and contradictory words to basically say they suck and the people who like them suck while trying like you're somehow above it all.
They dabble in some dark observations, but their ultimate goal, if you actually watch their stuff, is absurd comedy. I feel like you hate their fanbase and so you feel you have to put them down to invalidate anyone who likes them. To me, that sounds pretty insecure.
>>71134307
pretty much this desu
>>71142827
>It's exclusively for insecure people
>Provides no substantive evidence or reasoning for his thesis
>Writes all this garbage about the TV show equivalent of shitposting
Faux-intellectualism is a hell of a thing
>>71142255
Its pretty much the same thing with Eric Andre.
Tims funnier on his own, the fat hippie kike was holding him back
>>71143217
I liked Eric's presence but Tim was always the brains of the operations for sure.
It's funnier that their humor actually makes people feel so insulted. Like plebs really just can't let it go, they HAVE to let you know they don't like it, they can't possibly just be stupid fucks.
>>71142827
i think you should be careful about using the word insecure when you're responding to everyone using things you only kind of learned from Psych 102
>>71142934
I thought I did a good job of it here:
>>71142237
Insecure is kind of a net word, but I'm talking about a specific kind of insecurity developed in socially maladjusted people (not, like, body image issues or whatever obviously). Another explanation would be that basically they don't understand why normal people like what they like, so they latch on to stuff like this, because it's the opposite of what normal people like. Rather than make fun of things humans do that are absurd, it assumes human behavior is itself absurd.
>>71143082
Which would be okay, if their work didn't lack any semblance of values or sincerity. Like, what do Tim and Eric actually like? What do they think is fundamentally good? Other than making fun of things, of course.
>>71143086
I'm not trying to put them down, but it's pretty hard to acknowledge the positive aspects of something that is sort of malicious. If everyone in the world was mentally healthy and socially well-adjusted, these guys would be the weird cashiers whose lines you always pick at the supermarket cause odds are they'll do something odd or funny while you're there.
>>71143145
>TV show equivalent of shitposting
That is only sort-of true, but I always like to respond seriously to shitposting regardless. And I think I've provided a decent amount of evidence for my opinions. If you think it's worthless just say that but I think I put enough out there.
>>71143352
>Psych 102
I never went to college desu
>>71143354
>Another explanation would be that basically they don't understand why normal people like what they like, so they latch on to stuff like this, because it's the opposite of what normal people like.
So basically only normies don't like it because it challenges their world views?
>>71143383
Clearly. Because if you did you'd hear other people say the kind of nonsense you're spewing and you'd realize how your hollow philosophizing is derivative, overly cynical bullshit.
>>71134231
I thought Tom Goes to the Mayor was pretty good. What I saw of their later work (commercials for their shows, mostly) indicated that they went all in for lolzrandumb shit, though.
>>71143354
You seem to have a strong biased against "abnormal" people. It's pretty dangerous and as you put it "malicious" to sincerely believe that there's one strict identification of what constitutes a "normal" person and to make the assumption that the fans of Tim and Eric and Tim and Eric themselves are somehow not "normal" when the entire premise of their style is absurdity (i.e.- explicitly not normal). Its actually such a generalized critique that you could apply it to all of comedy in general. Seriously, this is the function of comedy: to show the folly of man. You are honestly inflating this into a moral attack on two goofy dudes approach to comedy and the people that laugh at them, and yet you keep distancing yourself from it by being like, "I'm not trying to put them down, but it's pretty hard to acknowledge the positive aspects of something that is sort of malicious." That reeks of some personal insecurities that you seem to have about people who seem to think differently than you.
>>71143556
I still want to go to Pipe Camp...
>>71143556
I quite enjoyed the nuance and something actually resembling normal human dialogue but they did go full retard and recycle back to sincerity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0QtJMKt1s
dont tell me you didnt laugh
>>71143582
Capping this for later
>>71143354
Wrapping a low-effort, no evidence argument in a lot of verbiage doesn't make it any less of a low-effort argument. You seem to get-off on people responding so here's another (You)
>>71143556
>lolzrandumb
There are better, more relevant examples of this on Adult Swim. Perfect Hair Forever, for example.
>>71138221
The way everything just seems like it could fall apart at any minute really is amazing. I don't know how they're able to achieve that INTENTIONALLY. Normally it would come across as horribly forced and lame when something like that is done with the intention of it looking amateurish and messy. But they use it to perfection. I guess a lot of it lies in the people they hire, some of the things that happen just aren't things you can direct, it just comes from these peculiar people they hire.
There's also the way in which they build a universe, it's very slow but it's consistent and despite popular consensus it really isn't a "Randumb" show at all. It's very sure of itself and doesn't deviate from the established rulesets of the universe it persists in. There are so many little details and ways in which the universe grows with every episode that makes the show so much better. I think I prefer the side-characters to Brule himself at this point.
>>71143627
>we put all this wicker out, just for you
>>71143354
>these guys would be the weird cashiers whose lines you always pick at the supermarket cause odds are they'll do something odd or funny while you're there
What the hell? Maybe this is something YOU do, you actual fucking weirdo.
>>71143627
>What is this, ice?
>>71143627
why was the vodka movie so good and the mall movie was terrible
How is it ?
>>71143887
I think their written stuff works better in short form.
>>71143941
>i'm not getting paid, i'm just getting a lot of free mustard
>>71143959
They drag that shit out too. They have e good ideas but fuck it up a lot by spanking out, which is why people consider them random but it's just self indulgence
>>71143494
No, normal people don't like it because it is their world views pushed to their natural limit. Maladjusted people laugh at it because it's what they've thought about the world all along. It challenges no one.
>>71143505
>your hollow philosophizing is derivative, overly cynical bullshit
Maybe. Although I definitely think I'm the one being not-cynical here, while Tim and Eric are extremely cynical. I'd rather be the one giving my best effort at hollow philosophizing rather than simply identifying other's bullshit while presenting no sincerity of my own, which is basically the ethos of their comedy.
>>71143582
>this is the function of comedy: to show the folly of man
I agree completely. I think Tim and Eric's comedy is a little different though: they're essentially stating that man is folly. They're not making fun of the mistakes and hypocrisies of man, they think that man is mistake and hypocrisy, and that this is funny. People who agree with that notion also think this is funny. The reason I think they're a little bit malicious is because what's the end goal of that thought process? That man is fundamentally stupid and broken? Either that we should all kill ourselves or we should waste away and live in pure hedonistic fashion. Tim and Eric basically profit off this ideology.
I don't have a bias against "odd" people, but people who can't get along with society need, well, not necessarily to get along with society, but an ability to find inner strength (which will probably lead to them getting along with society, I think). They definitely don't need humanity that perpetuates misanthropy.
>>71143801
I go grocery shopping too much.
>>71144029
>Spazzing out
>>71143941
I always use just a touch of Pitzman's™
1. Check It Out!
2. On Cinema
3. T&EASGJ
4. TGTTM
5. JASH/Online content
6. Bedtime Stories
>>71144051
is that you tim?
Anti comedy is poorly written and paced comedy for edgy teens, Kaufman was a hack and I can't believe his legacy of throwing how unfunny you are back at the audience pretending that's the joke still lives on.
>>71143941
>Let me just create a lane here
Tim and Eric are an experimental gem of creativity in a sea of Western sewage. If you can't appreciate their comedy then you're likely a woman.
>>71144051
>I think Tim and Eric's comedy is a little different though: they're essentially stating that man is folly.
I think you are extrapolating this from dark elements that they use for effect. I also feel you don't fully understand the stylings of absurd comedy. Tim and Eric are just a few in a long line of absurd comedians. Someone earlier reference Andy Kaufman, who is totally an influence of their's. Their comedy is meant to display the absurdity of all aspects of life whether they be silly or strangely tragic and dark. The goal is to achieve humor. Your assumption that fans of this style would somehow be convinced to say fuck society and kill each other or waste away and be hedonistic monsters is a gross oversimplification of the expectations of the average viewer. People can enjoy dark and tragic things in the same measure that they do comedy and be discerning as well. I think what you're opinion is amounting to is, "I get comedy, I get dark comedy, but I think it's dangerous to let psychotic, broken people watch this stuff because it'll make them psychotic and broken." I hope you see the fault in this thinking.
>>71140600
Eric is the Eric Idle to Tim's Cleese. They both are great apart but only truly masterful when together.
He's also the one responsible for the aesthetic of T and E, which is half the fun.
>>71134231
Because it makes them laugh
>>71144261
The only edgy people in here are the ones endlessly stating that they don't get it like it's some amazing unique signifier of how normal they are. Get over yourself.
>>71144496
Being unfunny is not a joke in itself no matter how desperate you are to be "in" on it and "get it".
Same shit that with Kaufman, it makes people expecting actually funny stuff uncomfortable so it must be hilarious! Haha!
Pathetic fucks, there's absolutely nothing worse than comedy hipsters.
>>71144261
Every time one of these threads come up it's the "I don't get it!" crowd that ends up being actually edgy and juvenile.
>>71144598
Except they make things where people laugh and are supposed to laugh. Anticomedy should be used for people like Bill Hicks and Stanhope
>>71144598
What is funny?
Not understanding their subtle brand of avant-garde humour is a good indicator of autism. Artists tend to react with hostility toward such bizarre and new experiences.
>>71144693
Wit. Actual wit.
>>71144598
>If someone laughs at something I personally don't find funny, they must be a hipster
It must be tiring to be this actively fucking dumb in daily life.
>>71144362
I didn't even know their comedy was dark, I've only seen the skits posted in this thread. And I think I get "the stylings" of absurd comedy (at least as far as Tim and Eric portray it), I just don't like it. It's not really fair to make fun of everything, cause then nothing is actually good or bad. It's using irony as an omnipotent defense mechanism, and that only gets you laughs from others who do the same thing. I think humor is more relatable, and therefore more funny, when the comedian is making fun of something to achieve some sort of goal, or present some personal value, other than "making fun of things" itself being the humor. A person with no sincerity is really hard to get along with.
And I don't think it's actually "dangerous" just a bit malicious in the sense that I'd rather them not be making their livelihood with this stuff. In the same way that a lot of people claim Wall Street bankers are malicious for making money by contributing nothing, although I don't think.
>>71144709
>Artists tend to react with hostility toward such bizarre and new experiences.
Hey, you said it, not me.
>>71144721
Explain.
>>71144598
It has more to do with comedic timing and loose associations than deliberate attempts at being unfunny.
>>71134231
It's good background noise while gaming.
>>71144331
>woman
I've never met a single one that didn't like them, only a couple actual faggots and one spic.
>>71144598
When you eventually move out of the house you'll realize that some people just have different taste than you and they'll exist regardless of how much you cry hipster.
>>71143941
French cooking shows love their mustard.
>>71142827
The great paradox: trying to find out what Tim and Eric (really though, just Tim if you know anything about the both of them) actually like and approve of. I see a lot of people get caught up in this and get almost uncomfortable when they can't easily find an answer. People were weirded out by The Comedy because they believed Tim was doing it to make fun of the very fan base that made him popular.
The mundane reality of it is they're honestly just pretty normal dudes that just like ragging on things and being weird. The old episodes of Awesome Show have some clips where they do legitimately break down and laugh at their own absurdity, and then of course there's the bloopers which are just as hilarious as the sketches and then some because they provide that sigh of relief of 'phew so they realize how absurd this stuff is'
It's the same thing with Filthy Frank an how people get so nervous about the idea of the stuff he does when the answer is really just simply that these comedians do stuff just because it gets laughs and they find it funny. There is almost never a deeper meaning of legitimate criticism behind it.
People thought they were being the ultimate irony in making the Totino's ad but in reality they made the ad because they were offered to do it and made money off of it. They're just like you and I, they just try different things than most people are used to.
>>71144768
Not being intentionally unfunny as a meta joke that only makes your comedy club friends laugh is a good start
Not being so offensively unfunny that the audience feels alienated would be a plus.
Basically no Kaufman-esque shit, no "HA HA GUYS COMEDY IS SOOOOOOO LAME, I DON'T DO ANY DESPITE YOU EXPECTING IT SINCE THIS IS A COMEDY CLUB, ISN'T THAT IROOOOONIIIIIIIC?"
It's just silly absurdity and mild satire. You either like it or you don't. Nothing deep about it truthfully.
>>71144721
Give us an example of a comedian you like doing what you describe.
>>71144867
I find Eric the most handsome.
>>71144867
The audience enjoys their stuff, YOU feel alienated. Probably because you're the normie cancer that is responsible for actual unfunny things like Zambinga show passing as humor because it makes the audience feel comfortable like they're in on the joke against strawman nerd characters.
>people get sick of the 'you just don't get it' argument
>they have to write thread long diatribes explaining that they DO get it and why it's amoral or wrong to like them or some shit
This is why people say you don't get it, it's not because you're beneath it, it's because you think you're so above it
You're making an ideological stance out of two goofballs making spoofs for the sake of it
>>71144934
Not falling for that decade old b8, we're discussing anti comedy hacks, not my preference in actual comedians.
>>71144867
So you're being intentionally vague and inflammatory to distract people from the fact that you have no actual argument, you just dislike it because hipsters, the audience, and other smokescreens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lei2iNKSeeg
Which was the best part? I liked Relevant myself
>>71144941
Missy?
>>71144898
Could you kick up the 4d3d3d3E
>>71144867
It's not intentionally unfunny. It's just satire on how terrible low budget tv is. They take it further and make it hilarious in that it is only one step from reality. The joke is in the shows that they're spoofing. Again, I compare it to the Fast and the Furious movies. Fast and the Furious is also a satire on action movies. What makes those even funnier is that they are doing a high budget version of Tim and Eric instead of a low budget version.
>>71145000
The triple zeroes are extra-appropriate here
>>71144966
>if you don't like anti comedy you like bad comedy
You pathetic tim and eric hipsters are a riot, pretending that there's only unintentionally unfunny and intentionally unfunny and nothing in between.
>>71144761
>hey guys, you've got a decent following with this talent you have for satire. But I think it's malicious so you shouldn't be making money off of it.
Do you understand how malicious YOU sound saying that
I'm almost sensing some jealous undertones here now
>>71144898
can i get a hat wobble?
>>71145000
>"They aren't funny!"
>Won't provide evidence of what something actually funny is
>"This isn't a good movie!"
>Won't provide an example of a good movie
>Rinse, repeat on any other subject in media
the classic shitposter cycle
>>71144625
No! You're all hipsters I swear!
>>71136984
I honestly think I like Tim and Gregg's dynamic more than Tim and Eric's. Tim is such a perfect villain and Gregg is so gentle and passive that he makes a perfect victim for Tim's constant abuse.
>>71145131
>anon this mad over someone not falling for the "let's check YOURS then" excuse to b8 and shitpost and divert the discussion
>>71145099
>if you like t&e you can't like other forms of comedy
No one said that either moron.
>>71144761
You do know that you can make fun of things you actually like, right?
>>71144388
Tim is consistently great no matter what he does. Tons of stuff he does on his own has been genius.
>>71144761
>It's not really fair to make fun of everything
I don't think fairness is the point of art/entertainment. I think your belief that they are insecure and being defensive is damaging your argument. You're basically presupposing what they're both like in real life based on cartoon versions of themselves that they display for the sake of absurd humor. To call them malicious for making something absurd is in itself absurd and I'd like to think you are aware enough of that. Your argument basically leads to the assumption that you'd be okay with censoring Tim and Eric. I mean that seems like the only fair response to something you deem malicious because they're making a livelihood from "insecure, insincere and defensive" comedy. You may not intend it, but you come off like someone who wants all art/entertainment to be controlled in a very specific way. I'm sure that's not actually your belief (at least, I hope not). If you don't like what they do, that's fine. Not liking what they do because you sincerely think what they're doing is somehow morally wrong or "malicious" isn't fine. You're creating a dangerous way of thinking and the only way I can see it, is that it's coming out of you wanting your disliking of them to somehow be right when it's just an opinion. Much like how my belief that they're funny is just that, an opinion.
>>71144863
Honestly this is very well put. People confuse themselves too much and forget they're people. Being a big fan of the two of them it is very clear where the act ends and the person behind it begins. It's not that confusing. They've stated multiple times that they're against the label "Anti-comedy" Tim hates that word because he doesn't believe in it. They have been, since the very start, been doing things they find funny. They just happen to be slightly outcast and "weird" their material was never gonna appeal to the mainstream at large and that's OK. Just because it doesn't, doesn't mean it comes from a wholly cynical and mean spirited place, where neither of them have any attachment to humankind as a whole.
Their work may in part come from dark places, I mean certainly Tim is a guy who sees a lot of bad shit in the world, and Eric too, to a lesser extent. So that obviously influences their work, but at the end of the day they make it because they find it funny.
>>71145189
It's mostly your fault for only making 1/4 an argument. You don't like something, congratulations faggot. At least the guy who talked about Tim and Eric being only for insecure people had an actual discussion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDgsvRQDVrA
>>71140600
The funniest things Eric says are usually never in the forefront. His best moments are blink and you'll miss them kind of things.
>>71144867
You didn't explain wit here, though.
>>71145000
>I'm not falling for that old b8
Asking to know what you actually like is bait now?
lmao
Youre the kind of guy who says "I don't like that pizza place or that pizza place" then gets buttflustered when somebody asks what pizz you do like and says "I like lots of different pizza!" then finally admits to liking Pizza Hut (tm).
Yes, that literally happened to me with somebody. Pizza Hut is dogshit and so is your taste and you know it.
The entire Jim and Derrick episode is gold.
>>71145288
Go and keep watching unfunny anti comedy skits, you're so smart for laughing at the brilliant jokes they could be doing but don't, the jazz of comedy, I will never know such joys, I'm stuck with blatant garbage that makes sense like Arrested Development, Blackadder or Peep Show
>>71145274
Tim has said he uses social media and media in general to fuck with people, he could be a communist or Trump supporter and you'd never know
>>71145341
Most of the people who take that tack of not revealing what is good to them by comparison are usually embarrassed by what they actually like. Or they're just actually bitter faggots that hate everything.
>>71145371
>Go on and keep laughing at things that make you laugh and not me YOU ASSHOLE
>>71145371
How old are you?
>>71145371
It's a skit show, theres no narrative. Do you hate Mr Show or The State?
>>71145371
I like Peep Show too. It's as if I'm a person with a wide variety of things to enjoy, including Peep Show AND T&E.
What's the point of acting this much like a militant dumbass?
>>71145446
>there's no narrative
Or funny stuff for that matter, unless intentionally bad production values are hilarious for you.
>>71145497
You're right, you really don't get the jazz of comedy. Excellent comparison. The phrasing goes over your head. Stick to pop punk.
>>71145371
>The baseline British comedy show telling you where to laugh is so patrician, you'd never understand
>>71145570
Confirmation that T&E fags are comedy hipsters that laugh at the thought that nobody else is laughing.
>>71145497
But they're making run of cheap TV, you probably don't remember before you could even see the name of the show when you turned the station, or cable access.
>>71145497
Or, you know, there just is funny stuff, and maybe humor is subjective and different people find different things funny and its not a big deal???
>>71145605
Some people legitimately are smarter than you. Stick to Bo Burndum and Aziz Anzari
>>71145570
why didnt you shit on arrested development. blackadder, peepshow, and T&E are all better than that show
>>71145631
>if you dislike anti comedy you like this awful """musician""" and the poster child of racemixing
My favorite stand up comedian is Pryor, just so you know, timing, inflections, and just the right amount of physical comedy.
>>71145605
We're all laughing at you, don't worry.
I like them. Some of their stuff I don't get and I don't like their extremely gross-out bits but the rest is funny and the music/songs are actually really good. Anti-comedy sounds like made up hipster nonsense though and I bet they despise the term.
>>71145728
>DUDE PUBLIC ACCESS TV HAS LOW BUDGET: The Show is the pinnacle of comedy, only smart men like me could understand
>>71134231
>anti-humor
>funny
>>71145718
He's standard dad comedy. I laughed at him when I was a child.
>>71145760
It's pretty funny familia. Does that bother you?
true T&E fans know how much homeboy contributes to their work through ideas and superior editing
>>71145744
I despise the term. It's normal comedy. Anti comedy would be hard drama.
>>71145811
>dad comedy
Comedy hipsters are worthless
Chaplin and the three stooges are still GOAT slapstick, Pryor didn't stop being great just because your dad listens to him.
>>71145784
There was a really bad orchestra, and a man dropped a cymbal
The conductor said"Who dropped that?"
Hey im your new dancer, Tayne.
>>71134231
I find them funny when they're actually doing smart humor with effort put into it (i.e. Tom Goes to the Mayor) but then half the shit they do it just really lazy half assed shit where they just make stupid noises and it's like supposed to be wannabe Andy Kaufman "anti-humor" where it's funny because it's not funny and they're just saying fuck you to the audience but really they're just being lazy hacks. I hate that shit.
>>71145605
>T&E fags are comedy hipsters that laugh at the thought that nobody else is laughing.
There is SOME truth to this for me but not entirely. The bits they do that I find the funniest are the observational humor that is generally too awkward for most people to even entertain. I guess to be more accurate, I laugh at the jokes that trigger people who are so concerned with saving face or their sense of identity into deactivating like robots. To me it's like watching a lizard hold completely still in the presence of a predator that is completely aware the lizard is terrified, except instead of a lizard it's normal people and the predator is the intentionally tactlessly subversive entertainment.
4chan needs to delete all art/subjective media related boards
There is an almost fanatic devotion on this site to objectivity and applying it obnoxiously to every fucking medium
Preference is a word in the English language no one cares if you don't like something or if you like something and if they do who gives a shit
>>71145866
No, he stopped being as funny because 50 years ago humor was a lot more simple and predictable with no message. If I hadn't grown up watching stand up after stand up maybe he'd make me smile. But he's boring to me now. The stooges were funny when I was a kid too.
>>71146018
>4chan needs to delete all art/subjective media related boards
>>71146018
>There is an almost fanatic devotion on this site to objectivity
No there isn't. There is a fanatic devotion to appearing to be some impartial arbiter. I rarely see anything close to objective here.
>>71145958
I like the sound effects. Because it makes you notice how fucking stupid sound design is in movies and television. A lot of sounds make no fucking sense like when guns cock for no reason.
>>71145841
Yeah, they are comedians. They are trying to make people laugh. It must drive them nuts to be told that what they do is 'anti-comedy'.
>>71134634
delightful
>>71144761
I think you're thoughts are well stated and really appreciate you taking this discussion seriously in spite of retards putting you down.
I however believe that you're observations are misplaced Tim and Eric aren't against human behavior in general they find humor in the absurdist nature of being human especially in relation to the media. All the shows they produce are in some way an attack on the media as a whole Eric Andre talks about late night shows and Nathan for you criticizes the nature of reality television for instance.
Someone who is totally cynical towards humanity is Sam Hyde who actually is incredibly bitter and has disdain for a world that obviously rejected him. His intelligent counterpart is Chris Morris who is likely a complete Darwinist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJP4dr_mioA
>>71136984
tim's best is bottle of wine. had me rolling.
>>71141711
What was he going for here? Was that social commentary on the usa?
>>71136984
>when the chicks at the bar are clapping out of sync with the beat
>>71134461
No, he NEEDS TO MAKE SURE that you don't find them funny. That's their thing. No one can find them funny.
>>71140517
That's three spoofs in one. I liked the Greg Alman first bit
>>71146148
> it makes you notice how fucking stupid sound design is in movies and television
Sorry bro I only watch movies and tv with great sound design so I can't really relate to this sentiment. What kinda stuff are you watching? Capeshit? NCSI Miami SVU criminal victims unit?
>>71134340
>you bet he does
>>71145821
his shows are fucking great
>>71146660
I doubt I wouldn't notice something out of place in the sound design in any movie.
If anyone is interested, here's a fabulous interview with T&E where they are completely genuine the whole way through. (skip to 15:20)
https://youtu.be/zbDd9kDd79E?t=920
