Why Do We Love Stupid? - Nostalgia Critic
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Sure it's the American way, but why? Why do we love stupid?
Originally aired on 5/13/2014.
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I've always had the impression that laughter is a response to absurdity rather than an instinctive response to undesirable situations. It's a pleasurable response to something intellectually rather than emotionally.
Why do we love stupid?, answer, we are stupid
Cubic Tube indeed, 🖕🏻my generation
Yes because no other generation has been stupid. Like when they thought Homosexuality was an illness. Or when Climate Change didn't exist. Or when evolution wasn't real. Or when vampires were real.
Hmm.
Cubic Tube lots of the kids of my generation have shitty taste or are just gonna grow up to be nothing good
Luke The Power Man Yeah, no. Kids of every generation have had obnoxious tastes. The music of the 80s and 90s was just like ours today, There were shitty mainstream pop songs that served no purpose and there was actual good stuff. Same with today. There is good music made today, you just need to look for it, like you have always had to. Now it is easier. There were tons of shitty games in the 80s and 90s, they just aren't remembered. There were tons of shitty movies in the 80s and 90s.
On the topic of kids never amounting to anything, that's full of shit. You don't know that. Education now is very good. We have the internet. There are many more jobs because of it. It's likely that this generation will be like every other generation before us.
Cubic Tube good stuff is still
Mainstream, like Tupac's album went number 1 in 1995
The best kind of humor is when it's a good mix of witty and stupid humor.
South Park?
Cahmeleon1 South Park was terrible this season. Boring and unfunny.
Yeah South Park has been lacking this season.
Like Tim&Eric
savagepug That humor is witty?...
"Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." This video explains why very well. A lot of times, I've told a joke that people did not get, and so I had to explain the joke. I love comedy. I LOVE comedy. So I pay great attention to it. When I need to explain why a joke is funny, I know how to, much like videos like these. However, in doing so, the response I typically get is "You are putting way too much thought into it." How? Comedy may be something we instinctively react to, but just because the reaction is quick and knee-jerk doesn't mean there is not a detailed reason for that happening.
It just bothers me how so many people who do not bother themselves with the "Why?" will demean the efforts to understand of those that DO bother themselves with the "Why?" It is why people who WANT to be funny may not actually be funny, because all they understand is "Be random and hope people like it." There is so much more to good comedy than that. The best comedians do not just wake up one day and _decide_ they want to make people laugh. They watch other comedians, take inspiration from others before them and their own motivations, and learn WHY people react to certain things. If someone tells you "It is just funny. You put too much thought into it." then GOOD! You're doing it right!
So, 5 years later, do you have better friends now?
I didn't get a laugh out of my first screamer, I was as pissed as I was every time after
The only thing I did was trying to react as if nothing happened. xD
*cough* bullshit *cough*
Cough Yes I agree. total bovine feseas cough
Screamers cause panic attacks in me..
I was so expecting another one I had my defenses up the whole vid
The idea of stupid hilariousness appeals to me so much that I still go back to watch Ed, Edd n' Eddy even as a 22 year old dude - probably because it's so ridiculous and outlandish that it feels timeless to me, it's totally my kind of humour.
Now you’re 28
I watch it as a 32 year old, why? IT IS HILARIOUS! Those who disagree...
CONFESS TO YOUR CRIMES STALE END PIECE OF WHITE BREAD!!!!
Now I have to watch Batman eating a hotdog.
I know right
This reminds me of veggie tales Larry's wonderful world of auto-tament. Larry makes jokes that thrive off of the unexpected. but soon learns that things don't have to be unexpected to be funny, and that more wholesome things like friend ship is much more important.
In the future, entertainment will be randomly generated.
We love stupid... Because people keep telling Zach Snyder and Michael Bay they are wonderful...
Reichenfaust099 no they just give them checks.
Reichenfaust099 Implying they aren't wonderful.
They're not stupid. They're just plain awful.
I agree on Michael Bay, though I fucking love Snyder
Reichenfaust099 Michael Bay the master of Action
damn now i need to go watch that he-man video again.
Greenboy28 I rewatch it every now and then
Greenboy28 z I watch the He-Man and the Undertale versions every now and then. I find both hilarious.
Greenboy28 same
I SAID HEY
W H A T S G O I N G O N
H E Y, W H A T S G O I N G O N?
Do... Do people actually watch five hour extended things to their conclusion? That's almost a quarter of a day gone.
***** You're joking right? Please tell me you're joking
Sparky Dood my neighbor plays her music really loud when I'm trying to sleep. So I decided to play the five hour loop during her sleeping hours. I think I got my point across.
You know you can do other things while listening to music, right? Although I would probably go crazy listening to the same song for 5 hours.
Drannion Entertainment I know, but just the idea scares me.
Sparky Dood
I once had a friend that listened to the full 10-hour version of "Amazing Horse" without pause. He was a changed man after that.
I'm OK with stupid now and again, but too much just annoys me, like the constant stupidity in Cartoon Network shows.
I can confirm that comedy is a defend against depression.. I had to put down my cat today and i've been 'roasting' myself all day.. Then again given the material i have to work with, HOW CAN I NOT!!
Dear man that is what is called self-deprication.
I am sorry for your loss
Not funny
Because it comes out of nowhere and you can't help but laugh at it. Of course, only if done right
I think the hardest I've ever laughed was the Stonehenge scene in This Is Spinal Tap. The dancing midgets around the 18 inch Stonehenge prop just sent me over the edge into being doubled over laughing so hard I'm literally unable to breathe and tears are streaming down my face.
Best in Show is also hilarious.
Why do we love stupid?
Because somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me I ain't sharpest tool in the shed...
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb in the shape of an L on her forehead
@@nerdsquid9951 Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now you’re an all-star get your game on go play
@@nerdsquid9951 Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
"There's Something About Mary" was hilarious the first time my family and I watched it that we watched it again right away, but barely chuckled the second time. We realized quickly that the hilarity was in the shock of jokes that otherwise didn't hold up.
The ending got me, tho I reacted the instant he didn't say "I remember it, so you don't have to" and instead it became "I remember it, because---".
Got a few giggles out of me.
The way they say "spam"=funny
When TTG says "waffles"=not funny
That's the first thing I thought of at that part too.
There's an episode of TTG that, if you *hate* TTG, you need to see it. They acknowledge how much HATE that they've received. It's actually pretty funny.
What makes that sketch funny is that "she" is listing the foods off and most if not all consist of SPAM. As "she" keeps listing SPAM becomes repeated over and over on a beat. Then, unexpectedly, the patrons of the restaurant join in by chanting SPAM in song. TTG just start randomly saying waffles and it gets really annoying. When told to explain how waffles is funny they just start singing an annoying song that consists of just the word "waffle." The audience is already annoyed with waffle when they created the setting for their delivery, and the delivery is just more of what annoyed the audience in the first place. It is funny at first because Robin is getting annoyed by it. But after that delivery the rest is just an annoyance. The song is not so unexpected because they are already repeating waffle. The song adds nothing new.
It has to do with the characters. In the show almost everyone is unlikeable and annoying.
Also all comedy is based on misery but when that joke goes on for to long its not funny its just stupid and senseless
I mean waffels?REALY?That was the best joke they could make.
Monty Python - Spam: 3 minutes 19 seconds.
TTG Waffles: 11 minutes.
Should be self-explainatory.
At least that ending wasn't a screamer
Yeah I really hate cheap jumpscares, it almost gave me a heart attack!
3:21 - Yes, but the first time I ever saw one, I was six, so I right near enough shat myself.
As a humour writer, I greatly enjoyed this. Already shared with my aspiring comedian friends ^.^
I like that you showed some Egoraptor. Nice.
How can someone take talk about stupid humor and not mention SpongeBob?
The reason I love watching your work is because even in things like this you manage to say something profound.
You're awesome. My little cousin Benny loves you sooo much! Thank you. He is so happy to finally have another person with autism/Asperger's syndrome to actually look up to. All he does it watch your videos, they're so great for him because he can really relate to the humor. Again, thank you so much for what you've done for our family!
We love stupid because we're all stupid.
Wise words
I think stupid is great because it's simplicity and the reason some peoples flavor of stupid is different is simply because of taste.
U ass, that screamer scared the SHIT outta me, I am watching this AT NIGHT XD
Jack Windrammer communism is a temporary setback to the road of freedom
Katarina Aguilar When did this become about Clinton and Communism?
Katarina Aguilar SAME I'M CRYING RIGHT NOW
+Norht American Spartan because of the congo jungle and its relation with the dominion republic.
software FG v7.0 Alright
The moment I saw Arin (Egoraptor) and Chris (Oneyng) lightsaber duel I could not help but just giggle a little xD I had totally forgotten those 2 clips. They still got me.
I got super pissed with the screamer because it legitimately scared me and its 12AM
In three words, the answer is "Ignorance is bliss".
Hi fellow fire emblem fan
The thumbnail is one of my favorite RUclips videos ever. Why?
Uhhhmmm............
HEYYYYYYYYYY YEAAAAAAAAHH YEEAAAAAAAAH YEEAAH YEEAAH
i personally prefer smart comedies, which are incredibly rare, sadly...
keiichimorisato98 If by "smart", you mean subtle and thought-provoking, then no.
Not everyone agrees. I do enjoy both kinds.
Made me remember something I saw when the IMDb forums were a thing. Someone was discussing the movie Troll Hunters, which is an awesome movie. But the person didn't like it, because it wasn't a piss-your-pants-from-laughter comedy, and thus it was stupid. Seeing that person trying to defend their cause was cringe worthy.
I was suppose to be playing game of war but this one player keeps kicking my ass!
Happy lieke is it thelegend27
skip
yeah, thelegend27
Happy lieke is it thelegend27?
Happy lieke YES! THELEGEND 27
Damn Daniel got popular but that wasn't funny
Damn, Daniel
Invisibilly I understand. it's unfortunate your humor can't be seen.
Invisibilly So did Amy Schumer, she's popular, but her comedy is painfully unfunny
Locals
I think that a lot of vines became so popular because they were so quotable
Why was this video reuploaded?
Because reasons
Because we love stupid.
Because it's stupid!
For reasons of quality usually. What resolution did the original video go up to?
Why not?
For the memes jack...
We love stupid, for the memes... XD
Thanks for this repost when sometimes we need to be reminded as the Weird Al song goes to "Dare to be Stupid." Having seen and participated in comedy bits with you, it's appreciated. Whether comedy is improvised or scripted, it's no science as far as being exact but it is science as far as needing trial and error to find the right result least for some if not all to enjoy.
Very glad to hear you admit that not all comedy comes from misery. It is playing with expectation. Much comedy uses misery to pull this off, but not all.
I feel it's usually funnier if you can relate to. We laugh to relieve anxiety. So if a joke is related to something similar to something you have experienced or something you imagine could happen to cause you anxiety, you will feel empathetic anxiety. People tend to laugh to defend against embarrassing moments. If you fall in the mud and ruin your new shirt you loved you laugh so you don't cry. I feel that if Heman were real, he could sing that song and feel embarrassed at seeing that someone recorded it. Since Heman (the character not the show) is usually more serious since he is only around when someone needs help. He would laugh to prevent those feelings. If you have a sibling or kids then you know what it is like to be in a car with a horrible noise maker and since in dumb and dumber they are doing it to the "bad guy" we think "Finally, someone who deserves it." I love these videos and this whole channel, especially the commercial vids. Thank you!
"Something you can't explain, you can't figure out but it just makes you laugh" Sounds like Gintama to me
This is why I like YTPs. You don't kniw what's coming and yet you laugh at it. I really like this breakdown on humor and why we laugh. I find random humor to be my favorite kind of humor along with satire. So in all honesty if I were to be a comedian I think people might enjoy my humorous stories again and again. Thank you Doug for the years of laughter!
Because it's hilarious, it distracts us from pain
Actually this was the first time I saw a screamer and I didn't react at all. Probably from the constant attempts to scare me from my brother. I'm immune.
Never thanked Nostalgia Critic for showing me "who's on first".
Thank you.
Comedy can also another man's anger issues. This is why many stand up comics, including George Carlin are angry on the inside.
And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what's in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take A deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs,
What's goin' on
And I say hey.... hey....
I said hey, what's goin' on
And I say hey.... hey....
I said hey, what's goin' on
Ooh, Ooh, Oooohh, Oooohh, what's up...
Ooh, Ooh, Oooohh, Oooohh, what's up...
And I try, oh my God, do I try
I try all the time in this institution
And I pray, oh my God, do I pray
I pray every single day FOR A REVOLUTION!
And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out, what's in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning and I step outside
And I take deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs,
WHAT'S GOIN' ON!!
And I say hey.... hey....
I said hey, what's goin' on
And I say hey.... hey....
I said hey, what's goin' on
And I say hey.... hey....
I said hey, what's goin' on
And I say hey.... hey....
I said hey, what's goin' on
Yeeeeah!
Damn i love your reviews. Ive felt your passion for comedy in every review youve made. would like to know what your favorite comedians are :)
Team america world police - good example of this entire narrative
As strange as it sounds, personally I think it's part of what makes us as a species intelligent. We're driven to find patterns in things and part of that comes from us finding things that challenge our expectations to be funny, it draws our attention to them and helps break us out of false patterns that we might be stuck in.
Sometimes I think the joy we get from pure nonsense, such as the He-man head-bopping clip, is from the knowledge that there is no pattern to find, no deeper hidden meaning and absolutely no puzzles to solve. It gives us a moment of relief from the endless struggle of understanding the world around us.
So in some ways the stupid clip is better than the Dali Llama. He tries to explain with words how to seek a state of perfect Nirvana and end the constant struggle of material existence, whereas for a single moment of perfect absurdity the He-man clip achieves it for the viewer.
it's kind of insulting to lump spaceballs in with the starving games
He wasn't---he was just saying that The Starving Games was trying to imitate the style of humor that Spaceballs had.
No no, that wasn't the point. Mel Brooks and the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team pioneered the movie satire genre in the 70s-80s, and did it so well that all the attempted wannabes today come off as cheap ripoffs because they're just recycling the gags. As well as misunderstanding *why* the pop-culture references in those movies were funny, so they just include pop-culture refs without the absurdity or juxtaposition that made them work in previous spoofs.
Nirrith Spaceballs and The Starving Games were perodies of popular movies
I can see why you're insulted; but he has a point. They're both parody movies.
But Spaceballs is considered a classic, while nobody likes Starving Games. This because a lot of effort was put into spaceballs to make most jokes unexpected (at that point in time). But for the last ten years it seems like Parody movies just aren't working anymore. Most jokes are repeated until they're no longer funny; no risks are taken and at the end, you have a bland and unfunny movie.
Heck, nowadays a lot of RUclips channels are doing parody better than parody movies themselves.
... and I think I'm repeating one of Doug's Editorials on Parody movies.
Nirrith fuck you
MR BEAN FENCING AGAINST A FLY!
THAT WAS BRILLIANT!!!
This is why Dada and Performance Art works.
Martin Alianelli Dada was (/is) kinda awesome. The history and rationale behind it is very interesting, and it helped lead to several (or many) different kinds of art, and of different styles and mediums. Industrial music is one I can think of, and a fusion genre of it is one of my favorites
"Okay but how does something like this connect to misery?"
Masters of the Universe: Revelations be like "hold my beer"
Let's start a lyric chain!
SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM! SPAMMITY SPAM!
ham
SPAMMITY SPAM!!!!!!!!!!
Umm.. Something that starts...... with spam? Is that right?
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!:D
What classical song is that used in the background? One of my favorite melodies.
I thought this was already on Channel Awesome. What happened?
pacguy64 it got taken down for... reasons.
It's the The Berenst(E)ain Bears Conspiracy Theory
+Quar Tutorials might be
Look in the Description
The description doesn't explain anything all it lists are some unrelated links and the date it was originally aired.
Avengers Endgame broke boxoffice records...
8:47 OMG ONEY
I really do learn from these I want to get into film and this really does help me and like you guys talked about in this video the difference between pure randomness and stuff that acually funny so thank you guys I really enjoy your guys work
stupid is as stupid does
I love these videos. It’s great to hear your analysis on these subjects. I know they don’t as many views as some of your other works but I hope you keep doing them.
What's stupid is that the original "heyeayeaheyeayea" video only has 1.1 million views and the rip off has over 14 times as much
Am I the only one who found that Batman eating a hotdog DRAWING way funnier than I should have?
When i was a kid, The great wakkorotti almost killed me with laughter.
Dude I've seen so many screamers that it doesn't even phase me anymore
For me,it's Eggman's announcement
8:37 for me there's 2 that immediately spring to mind. the first which always causes everyone around me to magically jump on a high horse and suddenly claim maturity is Farting Preacher, yes it's a childish bit of video editing but I find it hilarious none the less :P and the second is easily forgotten but I still think is brilliant; Mei Terumi "shutup or die" moments in the English dub of Naruto Shippuden, it makes barely any sense but I still find it funny
why do we love stupid? because we dare to be stupid!
Ultimate Dog Tease and Cat-friend vs Dog-friend are some of my favorites. Also Vine compilations.
I bet Arin wasn't happy when you used his clips.
DarkHero Gamer ?
Dusan Pokimica Egoraptor. That animation with the fat kid was animated by somebody named Egoraptor. He doesn't really animate anymore however he does play video games with his friend Danny on a channel called Game Grumps.
@@pepperjackmusic Doug and Arin met each other..I’m sure he’ll be fine. The video is still up isn’t it?
Well in Greek we have this word for joke that you also kinda use in English "anecdote". Its definition is "not published"or better fitting "not known". Some things are funny because they are unexpected like the punch line to a "Why did the chicken pass the road?" joke.
Dragonsballpee is one of those short videos that is so stupid i laugh everytime lol.
WiffyLight same
"In the future, entertainment will be randomly generated"
We need a Sibling Rivalry next week on " Collateral Beauty "
1:25 And here we witness the mating call of the famous "Egoraptor". Its shriek is so powerful it is heard by its mate no matter how far apart they may be. They will mate and sleep through the night.
Be honest internet, how many of you did the exact same thing I did and immediately rewatched the He-man video (after NC's video was over of course.)
laughing isn't a defence mechanism. it's thought to be a primal way of agreeing with people
slop humanoid I guess that's why relatable comedy works so well.
I would've respected it even more if he'd admitted that even his sense of humour has a formula/pattern.
more importantly, why do you have a download button on youtube
This is why I keep coming back for Nostalgia Critic even when I say I am done with his stuff. I love the intelligent deconstruction done with love. And while I am no youtuber, the over done productions, the side characters and the attempts to put in all the "story" into the videos take away from why, at least myself, watch the videos, for the comedic deconstruction of the movies or the topic at hand. Thats not to say the occasional cameo cant be done entertainingly well (See Linkara and Fat Grandma in the Cinema Snob Silent Night Deadly Night reviews), but most of the time is just gets in the way of the "review" and I find myself fast forwarding, rolling my eyes and sighing. Still, great video!
Thanks for explaining why I used to admire your videos and now I watch and say, "Why should I care?"
Comedy isn't misery. Some comedy is *influenced* by misery, but it's not some bedrock truth.
You were a little closer with saying comedy is defying expectation, but even then that only encompasses most comedy, not all of it.
The only bedrock principle of comedy... is timing (cue Casper).
A fart at the wrong time? Gross and immature. At the right time? Still juvenile but people won't care because they're laughing so hard they're crying.
To reiterate, the only truly absolute, categorical, fundamental, bedrock principle of comedy is
Timing!
I think the llama might say that humor is the spice of life or something. He might've seen the video too.
The reason Dumb and Dumber and things like it are funny when things like Biodome aren't funny is because Dumb and Dumber is clever stupid, while Biodome is stupid stupid.
Yeah, same reason why Hot Tub Time Machine was better than the sequel. The original was a dumb movie with a smart direction whereas the sequel was just a dumb movie with a bunch of sad stuff and dick jokes that make no sense.
I love that I can remember this coming out
because actually thinking about life just makes you sadder. i mean look around you. you've got war's, hunger, racism, etc.
sadly, people laugh about those things
Taco Irvin i don't think it's sad that people laugh at those things. as the video explained, the point of humour is to look at those things and laugh at them.
Positive things about life exist! :D
Alienrun ok then.
can you think positive about hunger in Africa?
Khalid Alamer Is this question a joke?
Please tell me its a joke?!
You have to look at the big picture here. Bad things happen in life because people choose to do bad things which causes suffering. But because we have that choice of doing bad and good, there is more reward for when good triumphs over evil!
What might look like suffering to one person might not be so bad to the person that its happening too.
A starving person could be thankful for what he has, and yet a rich dude might be super lonely and sad.
It's all about perspective...
...We all feel a distinct need to find something to belong to, something that is bigger than ourselves, but the reality is we can't do it by ourselves.
It's our job to help each other find those answers and to inspire that hope to make the world a better place! We need to be brave enough to look deep into our own souls, we need to not shy away from the hard questions in life and seek the hard answers that come with it...
It's easy to just say "f**k it" or "life sucks" or whatever. But I and many others belive that if everyone could see the beauty of a soul without sin...then there would be no sin!
Find a goal that goes beyond death and find others to help you help others to find that same goal and you should be fine! :D
0:31 & 0:59 That RUclips download extension though.
You are a naughty little critic Doug; i think Robot Santa is going to pay you a visit this Christmas.
All this video did was remind me of a time when Egoraptor put out content with some amount of energy instilled in it.
When was that?
Before the second Pokeawesome bombed so bad he just gave up on animating to do let's plays forever.
Its time to get over it.
My friend is bawling rn cuz the thumbnail was changed. He said it was “sacred.” For a guy called the Nostalgia Critic you sure are taking the Nostalgia out of these videos.
the first 30 seconds didnt age well as of a few days ago
What's that video with egoraptor playing with lightsabers? I may be showing my age but I haven't see that before. I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED!
A reupload?
read the desc
thangq
The viking ship part of the Spam sketch always cracks me up.
"What is Love?" ))
Doug Walker has become a philosopher. Now I seen everything
and I say
HEEEYEAAAHYEEAAHH YEAH YEAH
HEEEYEAAAHYEAH
Doug and I have the same taste in humor. Today was a good day now that I know that
Is it stupid, or is it brilliant?
I can't help but feel we've got the android Data trying to explain comedy to us.
I had to come here after watching “do you have the right time old man”