Unfunny comedy tropes

[DioWallachia]

and by star wars..star wars references are fine..I mean in some show where the joke seems to be PEOPLE LIKE STAR WARS AND THATS FUCKING HILARIOUS.....liek the movie bench warmers

Now I AM the one who doesnt get the joke. So the joke is like:

"Liking star wars? that is sooooooo from, like, the 80's and shite"
or
"A NERD liking Star Wars? Who could possibly see that one coming?"
or
"He likes SW? Well, better check out your bills AND your basement maam, because that kid just ordered a slave girl from Russia and she is being captive right now in the creepy basement so he can do HORRIBLE things to her...........like bitching about the prequels and making a video on the Internet about it!! THE BASTARD!!!!"

 

[DioWallachia]

Shows that constantly throw a wink to other shows/books/movies/video games. I love it when it's subtle and you might not notice it at all unless you know the source, but some shows decide to put their little wink on a pedestal and shine lights on it so we all know that THIS IS THE TIME TO LAUGH!

How about "spiritual references" to a work? like how someone in MY story talks about a concept that is similar to another one that inspired this one but is actually relevant to the plot and not just to reference it like saying "i am taking my time to talk about this like in a fucking commercial, because you, little insignificant mortal that still lives with his mom, SHOULD read this other story. Because it good for your pathetic life to have something to brag about and here is one of them"

Sounds good to me. Pretty much all written forms of art are based on inspirations from other shows. Though, I got a bit confused, do you mean directly referencing it but keeping it plot related, or using the ideas of the other work(s) in your story?

More like: saying something that, if you replace some words on it or cut and paste it in the original work, would work just as well in this plot like in the other. Because both have similar themes.

One of the crappy stories i am writing have this:

And addresses this other thing in a similar light to "The Wheel Of Fate":

I also plan to have someone with a similar voice JUST to get my point across

 

[Vault101]

Now I AM the one who doesnt get the joke. So the joke is like:

"Liking star wars? that is sooooooo from, like, the 80's and shite"
or
"A NERD liking Star Wars? Who could possibly see that one coming?"
or
"He likes SW? Well, better check out your bills AND your basement maam, because that kid just ordered a slave girl from Russia and she is being captive right now in the creepy basement so he can do HORRIBLE things to her...........like bitching about the prequels and making a video on the Internet about it!! THE BASTARD!!!!"

I guess you could just say its the "typical" nerd joke...like THERES A NERD!! NERDS ARE FUNNY FOR SOME REASON

and I dont find it funny at all....I guess because it all seems so normal to me (like having tons of merch and action figures)

 

[Vault101]

I love Barney Stinson. They could have done him so wrong. I think it's that in his earlier point, he did sleep around quite successfully, but it was implied he isn't always successful. And there's just the sheer ridiculousness of his attempts, like faking being a surgeon, everything in the playbook, and the bit in the first episode where the security footage shows him coming out of a suitcase.

Plus his childishness, like the laser tag, and such. And the gags about him working for an evil organization.

And, as you said, they fleshed him out and gave him issues that he actually fixed, unlike some characters where it's just the same issue played for laughs. *cough*Charlie Harper*cough*

I usually HATE "sleep around" charachters....but yeah, Barney is cool

HIMYM is actually pretty good for an American sitcom,

 

[sextus the crazy]

This is mostly an anime/ manga problem, but I hate romance/ harem comedies where the humor comes from the main character's romantic obliviousness. Very few people would be this oblivious to flirting and such, especially when most of these characters are teenagers and would be going through puberty.

 

[The Funslinger]

Oh God. Sometimes when I'm bored, I watch 2 and a half men on CC whenever.

Focusing on Alan for extended periods of time pretty much induces depression in me. It's mildly sadistic is what it is.

People in the show call him a freeloader, and a leech, and cheap, and stuff, but from what I've seen, if he didn't do that, he'd be financially worse off than people on the dole, despite having a perfectly decent career.

I remember when I bothered to watch an episode of the new season, and he thinks he's Charlie, and starts acting like him, and being good at it, and stuff. I think in the unlikely event that happened in reality, I'd just let him stay like that.

OT: Seth McFarlane's phoned in musical numbers.

We get it, you want to make it as a singer. Now fuck off.

I think Alans move from "guy down on his luck" to "freeloader" was part of the "evolution" that ocures in alot of long running shows

like when jake stoped being a cute chubby kid they made him a dumbass, and charlie became more of a jerk ect

is the show even still running anyway? usually they don;t last long after a big "shake up"

Well, it's my understanding that they've also abandoned all pretenses and started implying he's perpetually broke, with no prospects.

 

[The Funslinger]

I love Barney Stinson. They could have done him so wrong. I think it's that in his earlier point, he did sleep around quite successfully, but it was implied he isn't always successful. And there's just the sheer ridiculousness of his attempts, like faking being a surgeon, everything in the playbook, and the bit in the first episode where the security footage shows him coming out of a suitcase.

Plus his childishness, like the laser tag, and such. And the gags about him working for an evil organization.

And, as you said, they fleshed him out and gave him issues that he actually fixed, unlike some characters where it's just the same issue played for laughs. *cough*Charlie Harper*cough*

I usually HATE "sleep around" charachters....but yeah, Barney is cool

HIMYM is actually pretty good for an American sitcom,

The moment I saw this scene, I knew I was sold on the show:


And the rest of it, the suitcase full of condoms (and a power bar) etc, but that's all I could find on short notice.

 

[tmande2nd]

Well:

When a woman is an abusive, rude, and arrogant snot and her actions are supposed to be funny.
Debra from Everybody Loves Raymond.

My god...who finds it funny to watch a woman abuse her husband?
Even though yes Raymond is a dumb ass.

But I never found that funny.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Well:

When a woman is an abusive, rude, and arrogant snot and her actions are supposed to be funny.
Debra from Everybody Loves Raymond.

My god...who finds it funny to watch a woman abuse her husband?
Even though yes Raymond is a dumb ass.

But I never found that funny.

I'd go a step further and say any double standard. If it would offend a large group of people if the genders were reversed, it isn't funny the way it is. Female on male rape, e.g. "40 Days and 40 Nights", is not funny. Female on male abuse is not funny. If you are willing to go both ways for comedy, then I will at least admire your belief in the concept of dark humor, even if I do not find it funny. But most of the time, that doesn't happen.

 

[the December King]

I've never found musical/song comedy to be funny.

Arrogant Worms and all that stuff, I just don't find them humorous. It might have something to do with the idea that these people had to constantly practice and refine the songs- I think I like my humour a bit more spontaneous than that, maybe? And most of the sort of songs that they sing are irritating to me.

Another one I usually don't find funny is 3D movies. I'm usually focusing so much on the spectacle of the '3D- ness' that I don't process the joke in an easy, relaxed manner. And again, the idea that thousands of dollars and weeks of animating/rigging/lighting/sound FX just went into two or three seconds of delivery... I guess I like my humour to be delivered, I don't know, more spontaneously- or at least with that illusion maintained.

 

[Gone Rampant]

I fucking hate laugh tracks. I mean, I hate with with a loathing.

Also, a lot of the jokes Peter makes make me feel sick to my stomach. If family Guy had nothing but Peter, the show wouldn't have been brought back after Season 2.