On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 01:09:47PM +0200, Telmo Menezes wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:49 AM, <ghib...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The late Bob Monkhouse was way before my time and never trendy. But aft er
> > he died they looked at his jokes, which were just simple and so funny they
> > decided he was a genius. Here is one of his jokes that makes me laugh every
> > time: He's a stand up comedian and he says to the audience:
> >
> > "When I told them I wanted to be a comedian they laughed in my face. Well
> > no one's laughing now"
> >
>
> Nice :)
> I have a theory: a culture cannot be simultaneously good at comedy and
> gastronomy. Case in point: the British vs. the French.
>
Not sure about standup, but the French do do a good farce. Examples: La
Cage aux Folles, or Topaz.
(The American version of La Cage aux Folles ("Birdcage", IIRC) was
rubbish compared with the French original).
Cheers
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