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Havin' A Laugh (The Comedy Thread)

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by DanOregon, Aug 2, 2022.

  1. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    More classic SCTV:


     
  2. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    And Rick Moranis as Dick Cavett was a joy to watch.
    Especially when he's up against immortal gasbag Bobby Bittman.

     
  3. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    I know Letterkenny has it's hardcore fans but to me it's nothing more than an attempt to replicate the success of Trailer Park Boys in northern Ontario. I will say this, the hockey players are easily the best part of it. I spent a dozen years working in junior hockey and they perfectly capture that dopey, self-centred, small town Jr. A donkey teenager I saw so much of in those days.
     
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  4. Woody Long

    Woody Long Well-Known Member

    Imagine those same donkeys to the Southern U.S. Now you know what working in the ECHL is like.
     
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  5. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Very true. Those donkeys grow up to be ECHL or SPHL players and they never grow up.
     
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  6. Killick

    Killick Well-Known Member

    Have never seen Trailer Park Boys. From the imdb description, I really don’t wanna. I laugh at the hockey guys on Letterkenny (“Fuck you, Shoresy!”) but the hicks (Wayne, Daryl and Squirrelly Dan) make me laugh even more. And Katy, the sister? Wow. (Or as the denizens say, “YEW!”)
     
  7. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

    My husband was just telling someone about this the other day. He will be happy to see this.
     
  8. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Oh man that driving test skit was an all-timer!,
     
  9. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Some? Sure.

    But others still harbor the dream of making good money to play a game for a living. The guess here is that some know they're delaying the professionally inevitable for another year or two and will hang on.

    Not much different than other professional athletes.
     
    Last edited: Aug 5, 2022
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  10. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    I worked with plenty of guys who went this route, not because they still had dreams of playing in the NHL - or even the AHL or the top European leagues - but because they didn't know what else to do with their lives.
     
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