Wednesday, September 20, 2017

You just need to hear this


Which is funnier? Ray's patronizing childspeak? Or Bob's aggravated slow burn? Both are such profound things of beauty.

2 comments:

semiconscious said...

talk about defining the concept of 'timeless'. may we never arrive at a time when bob & ray are no longer considered funny...

the comedy act we've been into most recently? penn & teller, via their 'fool us' series, which (via youtube) we've been going through one trick at a time. strongly recommended - bet you can't watch just one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRpz0zuAGVs

anyway, here's something from their heyday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzSz8ks1rPA

Ben said...

Bob and Ray will always be funny as long as there are people willing and able to slow down and listen. Which is actually a precarious situation, but we have to hope.

Magicians, of course, work their illusions by distracting you from what they're doing. Penn and Teller purport to lay all this bare by explicating their tricks in advance. And yet. The comical violence winds up distracting you even still. That's what's so damnably clever about them.