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Offline noisyturtle

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Re: Just saw dat Last Week episode on Amazon Slave Drivers
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 01 July 2019, 20:00:48 »
I'm not a big fan of John Oliver's comedy style. He uses analogies far too much. An absurd analogy isn't a punchline, you are just getting laughs due to the unexpected comparison and not an actual joke. He'll say something like, "The reformed GOP tax bill is like a hamster trying to fight a banana with a boomerang!" That's not a ****ing joke John, it's just nonsense.

He's a decent interviewer though.

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Re: Just saw dat Last Week episode on Amazon Slave Drivers
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 02 July 2019, 06:52:52 »
I wonder if, if there hadn't been comedy to take the edge off things, most of the subjects would be too depressing to hear about.
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Re: Just saw dat Last Week episode on Amazon Slave Drivers
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 02 July 2019, 09:29:03 »
I'm not a big fan of John Oliver's comedy style. He uses analogies far too much. An absurd analogy isn't a punchline, you are just getting laughs due to the unexpected comparison and not an actual joke. He'll say something like, "The reformed GOP tax bill is like a hamster trying to fight a banana with a boomerang!" That's not a ****ing joke John, it's just nonsense.

He's a decent interviewer though.

I'm just torn about possibly all the TV-deals. !!


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Re: Just saw dat Last Week episode on Amazon Slave Drivers
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 02 July 2019, 15:32:09 »
What do you mean?