Stuff to Make Us Laugh

[copper123]

*American journalist goes to Afghanistan in 2000. Everywhere he goes he sees men walking ten feet in front of women. He asks an Afghani guy about it, the guy responds, "this is our culture, where men are superior to women, and that is why they must walk behind us." Journalist shrugs and goes back to US.
Five years later, in 2005, same journalist goes back to Afghanistan. Everywhere he goes he now sees women walking ten feet IN FRONT of men. Journalist gets really excited, goes to talk to an Afghani guy. "This is an amazing cultural shift, and step toward gender equality!" journalist says. "What prompted this change?"
Afghani guy shrugs. "Landmines"

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[Peckris 2]

I'm really intelligent  so f*ck off.

[alfnail]

A Geordie was told by his wife to go and buy a carpet........he came back with a Ford Fiesta. 

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[terrysoldpennies]

A little Christmas cracker joke .    What do you call a Duck on Drugs     A  QUACKHEAD

[terrysoldpennies]

I have rung the wife and told her I my be a little late home 

[Peckris 2]

nice bit of Photoshopping! Though I can see where they got each letter from

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[copper123]

WOT NO EDINBURGH OR GLASGOW 

 

Edited June 25, 2024 by copper123

[copper123]

On 6/25/2024 at 10:44 AM, secret santa said:

one of the best sketches ever 

Edited June 26, 2024 by copper123

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[blakeyboy]

On 6/26/2024 at 7:48 PM, copper123 said:

one of the best sketches ever 

Well, interestingly, I played a lot of American friends the Mr. Preview sketch, and they all enjoyed it.

However, when I played them the Cleopatra sketch with Glenda Jackson, that were all absolutely bowled over.

You watch it again- its full of ad-libs, it's very fast paced and more like US comedy.

Jackson, herself, has a masterful comic touch throughout.

 

Incidentally, when Eric throws the grapes on the floor, treads them, then picks up a glass of red wine, he necks it in one,

and coughs and stares at the glass, because it had been ribena in each rehearsal, and the production staff switched it for a strong red wine as a joke....

[blakeyboy]

Oh yeah- in the Mr. Preview sketch, they do a lot of chat with Previn in front of the curtains.

Eric was really really worried- Previns plane was late, so there was no time for a rehearsal,

they had never met him, and it was live in front of an audience.

 

During the banter, when Previn says he needs to go get his baton, and it's in Chicago, _watch Eric_.

He's jubilant and punches the air, because he realises that Previn understands comedy, and that's when he decides

it's safe to ad-lib later in the Greig sketch, and grab him by the lapels, since he felt, to his immense relief, that Previn can be trusted.

I always enjoy the orchestra laughing behind them, who cannot believe what they are seeing.....

 

 

[blakeyboy]

Oh- I forgot to mention that when Eric and his family watched the Mr.Preview sketch at Christmas, at home ( I meant, above, to say it was in front of an audience, and there was really only time for one take- it was recorded, not live) he turned to his family and said "We can't top that"....he just knew it was the peak of his career.

Previn had such a tiny amount of time to rehearse with M+W, they were pencilled in for a five-day rehearsal, which didn't happen because Preving mother was ill  in the US, but was his wonderful wit that sparked his lucrative career in the UK music scene.  He had his own beer glass in his local pub with "Mr.Preview" engraved on it.....

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[Paddy]

Spotted this sign at auction. Can't believe they ever got away with this!

[oldcopper]

Interesting! It's a make of jeep apparently - I didn't know that!

[blakeyboy]

On 1/20/2021 at 7:54 PM, blakeyboy said:

Donald!  Duck!

3 1/2 years  too early....!

 

It's weird- Trump makes Reagan look competent, and Biden makes Reagan look young!

 

Who'd have thought......?

 

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