The Goodies- Ecky Thump

Clip from Kung-Fu Kapers, 1975

Clip Belongs to the BBC.

WARNING

Someone did die laughing at this episode, it's that funny.

• Category

  Comedy

[ienjoypaninis]

This skit killed somoene

[mygaffer]

To be fair there is quite a bit of cultural reference that one must share to find the humor in this short. So don't assume it is "just not funny" because you are not equipped with the necessary cultural understanding to know the joke. Not only is culture specific to geographic regions and peoples, but to time also, so that given enough time a modern citizen of the UK would also be unequipped to fully relate to the material.

[Nico Bantjes]

*shit

[hYpNoXiDe]

No. What you find funny is subjective. What is actually funny is objective based upon majority. I can call you all the names I want, it doesn't detract from the argument itself. Try harder.

[stockfischlorenz]

The majority is not relevant at all. It's not even a question of a critical mass of people finding something funny. "funny" is a judgement you make for yourself and you might base it in whatever you want (maybe even in the majorities opinion).

You shouldn't call people names on the internet. It is a bad habit and it takes all credibility from you. Except of course if you just want to annoy people. If you want to annoy people you should definitely do that.

[hYpNoXiDe]

You must be a moron if you think the definition of funny isn't based upon what the majority enjoys.

[stockfischlorenz]

No, you don't need to say anything. The joke was a random example. You must be a very unfunny person if you just enjoy what the majority of the world enjoys.

[hYpNoXiDe]

You think Chuck Norris jokes are humourous. Need I say more?

[stockfischlorenz]

not funny to the majority of the world. Many good jokes need some special knowledge to be funny. Everybody knows some work- study- or hobby-related jokes who wouldn't be understandable if you didn't share the specific knowledge of your surroundings. e.g. the best chuck norris joke i know is: chuck norris fluently speaks several private languages (and one might add: ", including private languages of others." but with that part it's not necessarily more funny).

[hYpNoXiDe]

So then if the majority of the world don't understand it then.... it's not funny.

[dawn whyman]

Still funny after all these years.

[skybluemonty]

Is that because you didn't understand the references that made this hilarious?