Monday, March 7, 2011

MORE LIKE DOUBLE POSITIVE: A little while ago someone -- perhaps Matt? or perhaps not -- mentioned that Sepinwall had identified "Donald Glover crying" as something that is never not funny. I think that Sepinwall also had long ago named "Donald Faison dancing" as something that is never not funny (though it may just have fallen into the slightly broader category of "never not enjoyable").

It got me thinking -- what else is never not funny? I'd say "Leslie Knope listing things" tops my list, though "Raylan Givens talks people out of gunplay" and "fake band names by anybody" are up there too.

27 comments:

  1. I take credit or blame as appropriate for noting (in agreement with Alan) that Donald Glover crying is never not funny.  Agreed on Leslie (though my favorite is Leslie listing town slogans).

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  2. Alan Cumming Reacts To Stuff on The Good Wife is never not funny.
    Stanley Hudson raising his voice.

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  3. Adam C.4:27 PM

    STOP.....POOPING!!! is never not funny.

    Tobias Funke's dream to join Blue Man Group and all sight gags and filthy puns in service thereof?  Never not funny.

    I used to think Chris Farley falling down and breaking stuff was never not funny, but now it's never not sad.

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  4. Andrew4:27 PM

    GOB Bluth realizing he's made a huge mistake.

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  5. Benner4:47 PM

    Football in the groin!  Football in the groin!

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  6. Ramar4:55 PM

    Any H. Jon Benjamin line reading.

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  7. randy4:58 PM

    Stefon on "Weekend Update".  Seriously, he may be my favorite SNL recurring character since, like, 1990.

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  8. Tosy and Cosh4:58 PM

    Jon Lovitz in A League of Their Own

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  9. randy5:03 PM

    Also, watermelon to the face!

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  10. randy5:09 PM

    And along those lines, any Arrested Development character attempting to act like a chicken.  "Koo-koo-ka-CHA!  Koo-koo-ka-CHA!"

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  11. Jim Bell5:31 PM

    Lewis Black saying f**k.

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  12. Jim Bell5:31 PM

    Anything Daniel Tosh says in his standup.

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  13. Jim Bell5:32 PM

    Lewis Black talking about republicans and democrats.

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  14. Anonymous5:36 PM

    http://www.hulu.com/embed/AD2f6ZbkHbmR5L0rT6Hpag

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  15. Watts6:09 PM

    Joan Cusack losing her shit; see: Broadcast News, In & Out, School of Rock, etc.

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  16. Also, from AD--pretty much any appearance by J. Walter Weatherman or use of the phrase "And that's why you...."

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  17. isaac_spaceman6:59 PM

    Yes.  See? 

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  18. girard317:23 PM

    I double the Joan Cusack losing her shit nomination, especially the "Is everybody gay?" rant from "In and Out".

    When properly spaced, it's hard to see me thinking Brittany one liners on "Glee" ever losing their laugh power.

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  19. Kittens chasing laser-pointer lights?

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  20. Anonymous10:05 PM

    ...Grosse Point Blank...

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  21. Dan Suitor11:47 PM

    Any disturbing details about the mother/son relationship between Travis and Jules on Cougar Town.

    Anytime they ask Julie Bowen to do physical comedy on Modern Family (she's mildly underrated).

    Adam Savage's Jamie Hyneman impersonation on Mythbusters.

    The entire Vince Masuka character on Dexter.

    Pretty much every recurring joke on HIMYM (sandwiches, slap bet, the demented Marshal version of Minnesota, Robin Sparkles, Barney's modern anthropology lessons, etc.).

    The Scotsman character on Samurai Jack.

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  22. David Sedaris doing his Billie Holiday impression.

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  23. Rovinsky11:15 AM

    Gay jokes.

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