Comments on: Entertainment hypothesis

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By: mawado

mawado — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:08:02 +0000

Couple of counter examples:
Any of the Hope and Crosby on the Road pictures (well, except road to singapore). Hold up well and good deal of the comedy is when the actors interact with the audience.

Marx Brothers – pick any. The brothers always seem to be in on the joke. Margret Dumont, not so much.

By: davidw

davidw — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:08:28 +0000

I’m not sure Rush Hour is old enough to be known to escape the iron jaws of my hypothesis.

I saw a Burnett snippet recently and imo it confirms my almighty hypothesis.

Ed, we’d have to watch old concert video, but I believe the Hypothesis of Steel does not apply to concerts where the musicians are having fun. They’ve got to be winking at the audience, too, but I don’t know how musicians do that.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:56:29 +0000

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off does a lot of winking at the audience and still works for me.

By: Ed Blachman

Ed Blachman — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:23:19 +0000

The Carol Burnett Show, perhaps? Though I haven’t re-watched any of the jillions of shows in which they cracked each other up in mid-sketch.

And… is it more proof of what you’re saying, or a counterexample, that concerts are more fun when the band is visibly having a good time?

By: Mark Federman

Mark Federman — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:51:52 +0000

Jackie Chan, especially Rush Hour

By: Jay Fienberg

Jay Fienberg — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:54:23 +0000

“Pink Flamingos,” and John Waters’ movies in general.

By: Doug Fort

Doug Fort — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:35:03 +0000

Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in “Jeeves and Wooster”