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Mahalo Comedy Playoff: Round 2 - Classic Comedy3
In Round 2 you can vote for one of the following..
Competitors - Votes - Voting still open
Bill Cosby - 3
Woody Allen - 2
Lucille Ball - 1
Andy Kaufman -1
Charlie Chaplin
Carl Reiner
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To Vote: Answer the question by posting a video and/or image of who your voting for. Your post will count as 1 vote for that person. The SNL Player with the most votes will move onto the semi final.
Best Answer: Best answer will be determined by who has the most "Helpful" votes, if there is a tie, I will determine the BA.
For information on upcoming challenges, check out the original thread
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/funny-videos/mahalo-comedy-challenge-what-comedians-should-be-included
Here is the updated bracket, John Belushi moves onto the 2nd round.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33749589@N07/3476452623/
Competitors - Votes - Voting still open
Bill Cosby - 3
Woody Allen - 2
Lucille Ball - 1
Andy Kaufman -1
Charlie Chaplin
Carl Reiner
To Vote: Answer the question by posting a video and/or image of who your voting for. Your post will count as 1 vote for that person. The SNL Player with the most votes will move onto the semi final.
Best Answer: Best answer will be determined by who has the most "Helpful" votes, if there is a tie, I will determine the BA.
For information on upcoming challenges, check out the original thread
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/funny-videos/mahalo-comedy-challenge-what-comedians-should-be-included
Here is the updated bracket, John Belushi moves onto the 2nd round.
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Okay, let me first say that I think it's unfair to have Chaplin here, because he was really a filmmaker and actor more than what we'd think of as a "comedian," so comparing his work to that of Bill Cosby or Andy Kaufman is just...difficult...
But having said that, I've got to go with Woody Allen. Even if you leave out the 500,000,000 amazing one-liners from his movies, the guy was just a genius stand-up. Honestly, we could have an entire competition just for the best line written by Woody Allen...
(My vote: "I was kicked out of college when they caught me cheating on a metaphysics final. I looked deep within the soul of the boy sitting next to me." Genius!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWPKyqvDEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OwJXbfElVE
But having said that, I've got to go with Woody Allen. Even if you leave out the 500,000,000 amazing one-liners from his movies, the guy was just a genius stand-up. Honestly, we could have an entire competition just for the best line written by Woody Allen...
(My vote: "I was kicked out of college when they caught me cheating on a metaphysics final. I looked deep within the soul of the boy sitting next to me." Genius!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWPKyqvDEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OwJXbfElVE
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Cosby, Kaufman, Caplin, Ball, Allen and Reiner have all had exceptional comedy careers so to pick one is very subjective.
So, I think that this match has to go to the person who has been the most influential.
I believe this narrows the choice down to either Chaplin or Ball. While Cosby, Kaufman, Allen and Reiner have all been very influential (and funny), Chaplin and Ball have both influenced comedy as we know it today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvoz7cpUaZ4
Lucial Ball narrows out Chaplin and the rest of the competition because to this day, she continues to define episodal comedy. Her revolutionairy style of comedy ushered in not only an era of sit-coms but also topical, relevant sidelines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q
Not only was Lucial Ball funny, but she revolutionized one the ways that we consume comedy today. Episodal sit-coms changed television, refined advertising, and continue to inspire generations of comedians.
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/5956/ilovelucy114.jpg
So, I think that this match has to go to the person who has been the most influential.
I believe this narrows the choice down to either Chaplin or Ball. While Cosby, Kaufman, Allen and Reiner have all been very influential (and funny), Chaplin and Ball have both influenced comedy as we know it today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvoz7cpUaZ4
Lucial Ball narrows out Chaplin and the rest of the competition because to this day, she continues to define episodal comedy. Her revolutionairy style of comedy ushered in not only an era of sit-coms but also topical, relevant sidelines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q
Not only was Lucial Ball funny, but she revolutionized one the ways that we consume comedy today. Episodal sit-coms changed television, refined advertising, and continue to inspire generations of comedians.
I'm going to have to go with Woody Allen too, though in defense of Chaplin, he really developed the idea of physical comedy. I already posted some great Allen sketches, but we can go for quotes.
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."
Come on guys! Where's the Bill Cosby love?! The Cosby Show was one of my favorite shows to watch reruns of! One thing I love about him is he's so physical and his facial expressions are just crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMktzmxGu5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMktzmxGu5Y
The Chicken Heart That Ate New York
When you hear a comedy skit that was only available on a record player when it came out - and you haven't heard it since then - and you listen to it now..........and you can remember it once again when it is playing just like it was yesterday, and it is STILL hilarious now with no moving pictures, and on youtube now it gets a perfect five star rating, and when you see the old album cover now you remember.......and it gets a perfect five star rating at amazon.com ..... and you must have been a kid back then..... now THAT is CLASSIC COMEDY!!!!!!! Bill Cosby takes the cake! That is true wonderfulness!
Wonderfulness (the original album)
http://www.amazon.com/Wonderfulness-Bill-Cosby/dp/B001O54NLW/
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We still love you Bill!
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But then Bill Cosby just kept right on ticking by entertaining more and more
generations, in more and more media - his family tv show, his Fat Albert cartoons, the list goes on - just take a look at his imdb listing
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001070/ with enough work completed for FIVE professionals!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SxhxJK51_M
When you hear a comedy skit that was only available on a record player when it came out - and you haven't heard it since then - and you listen to it now..........and you can remember it once again when it is playing just like it was yesterday, and it is STILL hilarious now with no moving pictures, and on youtube now it gets a perfect five star rating, and when you see the old album cover now you remember.......and it gets a perfect five star rating at amazon.com ..... and you must have been a kid back then..... now THAT is CLASSIC COMEDY!!!!!!! Bill Cosby takes the cake! That is true wonderfulness!
Wonderfulness (the original album)
http://www.amazon.com/Wonderfulness-Bill-Cosby/dp/B001O54NLW/
We still love you Bill!
Creative Commons by devriesm
But then Bill Cosby just kept right on ticking by entertaining more and more
generations, in more and more media - his family tv show, his Fat Albert cartoons, the list goes on - just take a look at his imdb listing
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001070/ with enough work completed for FIVE professionals!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SxhxJK51_M
Bill Cosby is a national treasure; this man has been reducing us to tears of laughter of over forty years with his signature story-telling style.
Bill Cosby knows people, and he knows how make them laugh; he is also one of the greatest storytellers in the world. Always family friendly and always hilarious, you need some of his best works to add smiles to your daily routine.
This Bill Cosby's Dentist sketch is easily one of the funniest things I have ever heard!
Bill Cosby knows people, and he knows how make them laugh; he is also one of the greatest storytellers in the world. Always family friendly and always hilarious, you need some of his best works to add smiles to your daily routine.
This Bill Cosby's Dentist sketch is easily one of the funniest things I have ever heard!
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Maybe I'll get to digging up some quotes and vids later.