Posted by CrescentFreshDude at apx-1-115-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net on December 27, 2000 at 20:49:12:
About "Dude, Where's My Car?" - You are missing the point ENTIRELY. DWMC
was pointless, poorly put together, had a shitty plot, and was a film for
those who laugh at complete stupidity. In short, it DID NOT BELONG IN A
THEATER. Such is it's brilliance. It was a waste of money, because it was
of poor quality. That's ONE of the reasons I LIKED it...
As for YOUR examples of "total nonsense humor": You are a fucking fool.
BASEketball = Not nonsense humor. Airplane = Not nonsense humor. Those fall
into a different catagory. Spaceghost and Sifl and Olly are, indeed,
nonsense humor. For example: Any Spaceghost fan who has watched the episode
entitled "Jacksonville" can tell you that it makes little sense. Of course,
if you haven't seen it, that statement is of little relevance.
Let me approach this from a different angle: Humor that isn't SET UP, that
doesn't follow a formula, that is, in fact, the OPPOSITE of general humor
is what nonsense humor is defined as. I am going to cite an example from
DWMC - When they goto a tailor and put on two custom Fila suits that they
had apparently bought the night before, one pulls a dove out of his pocket.
That is one example of what I am talking about. Or, there is a point in the
movie when they goto a pizza shop. A man tosses some dough up into the air,
and, in oppose to CATCHING it, it lands on his face and he simply stands
there. There are many other moments I can think of, but I have a feeling my
argument is rather futile.
In closing, don't knock a genre of humor that you don't fully grasp. You
don't grasp it because you're looking for TOO much, when there is acually
nothing behind the funny moment or the punchline that you just heard or
saw. Those who seek reasoning do not like nonsense humor.
-Garett W. Strickland
(Brak is the king of