Is it even possible to make a mainstream comedy without toilet humor?
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Is it even possible to make a mainstream comedy without toilet humor?
I was wondering if there is any way to make a mainstream comedy anymore that would not rely at one point on either toilet humor or sexual innuendos for jokes. I have yet to see one do such.
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Actually, there weren't any toilet jokes in "Old School," though it certainly wasn't high comedy.
Personally, I don't find a poop joke to be any more childish or offensive than some ridiculous "comic misunderstanding."
Personally, I don't find a poop joke to be any more childish or offensive than some ridiculous "comic misunderstanding."
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Originally posted by ScandalUMD
Actually, there weren't any toilet jokes in "Old School," though it certainly wasn't high comedy.
Personally, I don't find a poop joke to be any more childish or offensive than some ridiculous "comic misunderstanding."
Actually, there weren't any toilet jokes in "Old School," though it certainly wasn't high comedy.
Personally, I don't find a poop joke to be any more childish or offensive than some ridiculous "comic misunderstanding."
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Originally posted by soxrule
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was very funny with not much toilet humor.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was very funny with not much toilet humor.
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I am talking about studio comedies, not indies like Tenenbaums or Greek Wedding.
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Heck, sexual innuendo as comedy has been around as long as they have made movies... Look at some of the Marx Bros. films, or Abbott & Costello...
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So is it possible to have mainstream comedy without either an innuendo or joke relating to flatulence or something like it.
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not sure.
I too find toilet humor to be nauseatingly dull and it is an immediate turn off for me........
but sexual innuendo??
come on!!! that's been the main basis of comedy for centuries!!
I too find toilet humor to be nauseatingly dull and it is an immediate turn off for me........
but sexual innuendo??
come on!!! that's been the main basis of comedy for centuries!!
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Originally posted by Dr. DVD
I am talking about studio comedies, not indies like Tenenbaums or Greek Wedding.
I am talking about studio comedies, not indies like Tenenbaums or Greek Wedding.
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Originally posted by Rypro 525
My big fat greek wedding is a good one that doesn't have any toilet humor.
My big fat greek wedding is a good one that doesn't have any toilet humor.
No toilet humor..... and no humor at all! Awful!




