# "We all no that there's nothing funny about drunkedness" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041 "2004-06-07T02:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/1 "2004-06-07T02:55:50Z")
…one of the many ridiculous things Leonard Maltin was (I hope) required to say before the pontentially unchildfriendly cartoons on the otherwise amazing Walt Disney Treasures collection. While I found all of the disclaimers tiring and insulting (couldn’t they have put a disclaimer on the box, and in the included literature for ditzy mothers who didn’t understand that the monochrome tin with the tiny vintage picture in the middle meant it’s a collectors item for grown animation buffs, not a family fun-time product?), this statement was the most ridiculous. Drunkedness isn’t funny? Hello! It’s one of civilization’s timeless staples of comedy! Normal people suddenly acting boorish and sloppy- that’s _inherently_ funny! I could see if he said “alcoholism” instead of “drunkedness”… And BTW, the drunkedness that followed was, of course, hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/2 "2004-06-07T02:57:26Z")
you are funny, too. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/3 "2004-06-07T03:24:03Z")
Is “drunkedness” a word? ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/4 "2004-06-07T03:24:28Z")
> [@](#): > > “We all no that there’s nothing funny about drunkedness” Did he spell it this way too? “No”? “Drunkedness”? Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/5 "2004-06-07T03:26:21Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Is “drunkedness” a word? …I was always certain it was until now. “Drunkenness”. Huh. Must have been one of those words I’ve only heard and never read. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/6 "2004-06-07T03:30:12Z")
Honestly, I think I like “drunkedness.” I think it could carry connotations that “drunkenness” does not. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/7 "2004-06-07T03:34:02Z")
Ain’t language grand? A typo or misheard word can become a REAL word because it says something the correct word doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/8 "2004-06-07T03:38:37Z")
frunkedness is not dunny! I mean, funkiness is not bunny. Urp. You know what I mean. Funniness is not ducky. _pass out_ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/9 "2004-06-07T03:42:29Z")
Ain’t language grand? A typo or misheard word can become a REAL word because it says something the correct word doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/10 "2004-06-07T03:59:28Z")
> [@lambchops](#): > > “Drunkedness”? Jesus. Well… It _was_ his first miracle. Not the drunkedness. The wine. Or whatever it may have been. HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS! sorry, a liddle too much wine for me, apparandly… Hi, **vanilla**! ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/11 "2004-06-07T04:37:05Z")
God, I just noticed that I spelled “know” “no” in the title, too. Everyone just imagine that everything is right about the title. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/12 "2004-06-07T04:49:12Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > God, I just noticed that I spelled “know” “no” in the title, too. Everyone just imagine that everything is right about the title. Oh. I thought it was intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/13 "2004-06-07T05:06:14Z")
No wonder I never found Foster Brooks or Dudley Moore to be particularly funny. And here I thought it was just me. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/14 "2004-06-07T06:08:03Z")
> [@Mac Guffin](#): > > No wonder I never found Foster Brooks or Dudley Moore to be particularly funny. > > And here I thought it was just me. I also first thought of _Arthur._ ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/15 "2004-06-07T06:43:45Z")
I have to agree with the OP Drunkedness is a perfectly legitimized word. insert the obligatory it embiggens us all quote ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/16 "2004-06-07T06:54:14Z")
I am so drunked right now… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/17 "2004-06-07T08:08:28Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I also first thought of _Arthur._ When thinking of drunken comedy and Dudley Moore, it behooves one to focus primarily on [the _Derek and Clive_ albums](http://www.phespirit.info/derekandclive/), which feature Mr. Moore opposite Peter Cook, and have a distinct advantage over _Arthur_ in that they are actually (blisteringly) funny. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/18 "2004-06-07T09:43:27Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > When thinking of drunken comedy and Dudley Moore, it behooves one to focus primarily on [the _Derek and Clive_ albums](http://www.phespirit.info/derekandclive/), which feature Mr. Moore opposite Peter Cook, and have a distinct advantage over _Arthur_ in that they are actually (blisteringly) funny. Thanks for the link, I didn’t know he also did audio medium. If it’s even close to _Arthur_ ,(which I usually watch about once a month), I’m in for a treat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/19 "2004-06-07T10:24:17Z")
Drunks are crashing bores and rarely funny in real life. This I know. Dudley Moore’s “Arthur” is **not** an exception to this rule. And there is no such word as “drunkedness”, the word is drunkenness. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041/20 "2004-06-07T11:08:47Z")
> [@Futile Gesture](#): > > **Drunks are crashing bores and rarely funny in real life. This I know.** > Dudley Moore’s “Arthur” is **not** an exception to this rule. > > And there is no such word as “drunkedness”, the word is drunkenness. And everyone from the UK is sexually repressed with bad teeth. This I know. _Arthur_ is frigging hilarious. Get a sense of humor man! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-no-that-theres-nothing-funny-about-drunkedness/249041.md?page=2)