A noble spirit endrunkens the smallest man.
that’s funny for so many reasons.
You’re going to have to explain the connection then. I don’t see it.
The connection between drunks and bores is pretty straightforward.
Look! He’s drunk! Funny! He’s giving a lugubrious , tedious and repetitive monologue on “people today and the trouble with my family” Genius! Oops! He’s fallen down! Somebody call a doctor, I fear my sides have split with mirth! It’s comedic gold! Now he’s vomited all down his front! Aaaarg! Help me! I can’t breathe!!
:rolleyes:
Well, I wouldn’t expect it to be exactly like Arthur in tone or content if I were you :). Or at all like Arthur, for that matter. And don’t forget Not only… but also, which was the TV show that made Moore and Cook famous, and Beyond the Fringe, the radio show that started their careers. Cook is simply the funniest man who ever drew breath, and coincidentally was a real alcoholic to boot.
We all know that there’s nothing funny about falling off a cliff, or swallowing a stick of dynamite, or being hit by a sledgehammer or a falling anvil…
Drunks are pretty funny…provided you don’t have to take care of them or clean up after them.
Classic
Evening, occifer. 
Really? You need an explanation? Perhaps you shouldn’t assert that you know the disposition and level of entertainment of EVERY DRUNK on EVERY OCCASION. My friend Joe is drop dead hilarious when he’s drunk. He tells great stories, is very affectionate, smiley and we have a great time.
Let’s see if I can remember any funny drunk stories . . .
Once, at a baseball game, we witnessed a drunk who sat in the first row above a walkway. He had an enormous, lightweight inflatable baseball bat, about 6’ long. Every now and then he would bop one of the walkers over the head with it, exhibiting that deliberate, wobbly concentration that only a drunk can accomplish. The passerby would stop and glare at the guy, see that he was bombed, and move on. After awhile, all the crowd sitting in the seats up behind the drunk started watching the fun. Each time he would bop someone, the crowd would laugh uproariously at the poor boppee’s expression. Once, the drunk bopped a fisticuff-inclined tough guy, and the tough guy tried to grab the inflatable bat away. The drunk tossed it behind him, and the people cooperated by crowd-surfing the bat up several levels out of reach. Tough guy glared ferociously at the crowd, who all yelled derisively back at him. He moved on, crestfallen, accompanied by catcalls.
Now, that was a funny drunk. But a lot of the time, I agree with Futile Gesture – drunks can be crashing bores. And Charlie Chaplin did a much funnier movie drunk than Dudley Moore.
Damn, you need a drink! Lighten up!
Drunks can be funny. I can be a funny drunk. In fact, I had a funny drunk experience the other night, though the same thing would have happened if I would have been sober, 'cuz I’m a clutz either way. We were grilling out at a friend’s house and we had all had a few drinks. My friend’s kid wanted me to chase him around the house, so I obliged. One of the times I came around the house, he had “stolen” my chair. So I went over and was going to sit on him (lightly, of course). Just at the moment I was going to sit on his lap, he tipped the chair over backward from laughing so hard and my ass hit the ground. He and I both laid their laughing for a while, and then I noticed that he’d scraped his elbow. We got him a Lilo Band-Aid and he was fine. My butt still hurts.
Leonard Maltin is a known idiot. Possibly a Commie stooge. How he got the gig doing reviews for Playboy, I’ll never know.
I have more fun watching other people get drunk. Especially in the SCA. Especially the time when our local camp drunk drank the equivalent of 5 bottles of hard liquor over the period of a few hours and then became convinced he was Batman. He held his cloak open and made flying noises running all over our camp.
Oh, and it’s funny as hell when the belly dancers fall into the fire pit but only when they get right back out again. 3rd degree burns are NOT cool!
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted a drink more in my life than I do right now.
Oh, you probably have, at one time or another. You just don’t remember due to all the blackouts. 