It's amazing how dog shit comedy was in the late 90's early aughts until Tim and Eric came along and paved the way for ironic humor. (hexbear.net)

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Edgy dipshit "comedians" that wanted to violently murder Barney in the 90's then shitty dude bro family guy humor in the early aughts.

I remember first seeing Tom Goes To The Mayor on adultswim and it being like a breath of fresh air. It felt like finally someone got how absurd it is to live in small town america.

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[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Kids in the Hall yo. They were doing jokes we do here now on Canadian public broadcasting and hbo for America. They even had a sketch called Fuck You, Taxpayers. Where they point out that part of their funding comes from the Canadian government and then intentionally waste money, Scott Thompson got to say 'Hi, I would like to use our publicly funded airtime to say that I should be allowed to masturbate in public." "WOW! What an opinion! One you probably disagree strongly with and didn't want to hear. But you still paid for it because...."

Studio audience: FUCK YOU TAXPAYERS

"And because the audience all had scripted lines in the sketch, we had to pay them all as speaking extras. They took home $500 (1992 money) just to watch a comedy show on your dime cause...for another speaking fee..."

Studio audience: FUCK YOU TAXPAYERS

Personal favorite monolgue is this:

https://youtu.be/mvBAtyFoFL8?si=Ce1Kqw-SGoAY215d

Favorite sketch with characters and stuff is this one

https://youtu.be/w7ApuaJrtck?si=G2VbwTAjJNyiY5f2