When it comes to humor, I have been told I have a “strange”
sense of it. Probably because I fluctuate being stupid funny to dark, gallows
humor. Sometimes my humor style is downright WRONG. I enjoy being very
trickstery and borderline asshole-ish with my humor, but I always try to keep
my edge dulled enough that it's good natured...until someone crosses a line.
Humor is how I have evolved to deal with things like rage.
Growing up, I was a terribly angry kid. I had many good reasons for it, but
mostly I was just full of so much passion I didn't know how to direct it. So I
didn't have an innate gift for humor. As I matured and grew up though, I
realized humor, like rage, could be a weapon I could use to protect myself. I
also realized it was a way I could laugh at my own bullshit, and it really
helped make me take my own stick out of my ass. Because I didn't like pushing
people away with my rage, and I was WAY to serious about my own stupid shit.
I made Grumpy Cat look happy.
All and all, I LOVE a good laugh now. Hell, even when I am
furious, I try to crack a joke to deflect my own fury, mostly so I don't
implode internally from it. It helps to have a steam-release valve. If I stop
joking about shit, that's when people should really be worried.
UNLEASH THE KWEENY KRAKEN!
Anyhoot...on with the list of funny! In no particular
order...
Kweeny's Top Ten
“Stupidly-Awesome” Comedy Favorites
1. Ferris Bueller's
Day Off
This is a classic tale
of a kid who scams the system to have an amazing day off school with his
suicidal best friend and girlfriend. The crap this guy get's away with is the
stuff of legends, and we all wanted to be Ferris when we watched this as kids.
2. Bill and Ted's
Excellent Adventure/Journey
I hung out with a lot
of metal heads and goths growing up, and in the 80's and 90's, we all had
friends like Bill and Ted. Sadly, none of our friends had time machines. Or had
the chance to play twister with Death. Because damn it, that would have been
tubular! *air guitar solo with hands*
3. Wayne's World (1
& 2)
Wayne's World was
another awesome film from my childhood. Everyone I knew could sing Bohemian
Rhapsody thanks to that movie, and we all loved Garth's fantasy woman and
his rendition of the song “Foxy Lady.” (The quotes mean something if you
have seen the movie.) But my favorite part is when the boys see and meet Alice
Cooper. They really weren't worthy of such an honor. WHOA!
4. Invader Zim
This cartoon is not
only beautifully and twistedly drawn, but full of sharp wit and dark humor!
It's completely INGENIOUS! It's fun to watch the failed Invader alien Zim think
he's good at shit, all the while he has to interact with all these crazy
characters. Everyone in the show is interesting and quirky. Including the
creepy-bitch face teacher Mrs. Bitters. Seriously, she's a creature who eats
fear.
5. All incarnations
of The Addams Family
It's no secret that I
enjoy The Addams family. They were the family I wanted as a child. I saw the
black and white as a small child, and in my early teens watched the remakes as
they came out with wicked glee. They made my black little heart feel less alone
in the world, all while making adorable and quirky jokes about death, murder,
and other taboo subjects. And who didn't want to have a relationship like
Mortica and Gomez? They were a happily married couple that did it right. Still
passionately in love, still blissfully uncaring that their world was
unconventional. So romantic.
6. Troma Films
And for those of us
with a taste for madness, gore, disgusting bodily fluids and tits smeared in
all that, we have Troma. Troma studios is like the punk rock of the horror
genre, and I love them for it. They do things their way, and always with a
dark, snarky sense of humor. I love a lot of their films like Toxic Avenger,
Killer Condom, and my favorite of the moment, Poultrygiest: Night of the
Chicken Dead. Yes, they are as bad and awesome as their titles suggest.
7. Troll 2
Unlike Troma films
that are intentionally funny, This one is the opposite. Troll 2 is one of those
movies that wasn't meant to be funny, or horrible, or horribly-funny. But it
is. There are so many really awesome moments in Troll 2 that I laugh my ass
off every time I watch it. From bad acting, bad scriptwriting, silly set design
and props...the list goes on. It's got a cult following for a reason. When you
watch a horror film that was meant to scare you and it's no where even close to
it, sometimes it comes out the other end hilarious instead.
8. Black Books
This show is
AMAZEBALLS. Seriously, if you love British humor, and DARK humor at that,
you'll love this show. I love the quirky characters, the way they interact
around customers in the book store, and the really sharp and perverse humor
that goes on. It's got a really evil streak to it, one that tickles me to the bone.
Bernard is my favorite jerkface. He really has no fucks to give about pretty
much...everything.
9. Clone High
This show sadly only
aired in Canada and had one season! BOO! It was so good, and I didn't expect a
show about cloning famous people and making them go to high school would be
funny. It's hysterical! Some of my favorite moments I still quote from the
show. I believe it got canceled because of it's portrayal of Gandi, which is a
shame. Some people get really sensitive about things. In my opinion, if you
can't laugh at something, (even if you think it's inappropriate to do so) then
you're taking life to seriously.
10. Metalocalypse
Every metal head I
know loves this show. Because while it does make fun of metal heads, it's so
AWESOME about it! It knows exactly what it's doing, and because it is so true
to us metal fans, we can see the humor in ourselves and laugh. It's dark, it's
crude at times, it's gory, and it's fucking BRUTAL!
Now this list doesn't count my favorite comedians, as that
would be quite a long list. I love comedy. It helps lift me out of bad moods
and helps me blow off steam.
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Speaking of comedy shows, I need to finish up this trainwreck
of Supernatural. Fuck it's glorious! I want to turn away, but it gets
worse and better at the same time! I
know what you're thinking. It's not TECHNICALLY comedy. But it sure as hell
makes me laugh when I watch it! Have you seen the convention episode? FUNNY
SHIT.
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