There are many things in this world which are designed to make people laugh and I fully understand that humour is a subjective thing. For instance, I hate the Three Stooges, but I fully understand what they do that people find funny. But, there is one ‘comedian’ who I completely fail to understand. That comedian is Pauley Shore. I have watched him multiple times and have NEVER understood what is funny about him. It’s not that I don’t laugh because the jokes are bad, it is that I don’t laugh because I don’t perceive any jokes AT ALL! So, teeming millions, what exactly does Pauley Shore do that is supposedly funny?
I have nver found him to be funny. This is just a WAG, but I think maybe you have to be stoned.
It is too clear, and so it is hard to see.
Well, once I cracked a smile at a Pauli Shore joke, but I was shit-faced drunk at the time, and probably would have laughed at a reading of the phone book.
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I saw him in Son-In-Law and I laughed my butt off…I love that movie. I’ve watched it over and over. I don’t know why – I didn’t think he was that funny in any other movies I’ve seen him in
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There’s no accounting for taste. I’ve never understood why people think Lucille Ball was so fucking funny, but there it is…
Man I’m so hep to the jive… I thought Pauli Shore was female…
You are not alone in your confusion. I have absolutely no idea why people think Pauly Shore is funny.
IMHO he is about as amusing as a car wreck!
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I find him mildly amusing. He was popular while I was in high school, and the reason I found him funny was that he reminded me of a spoof of several people that I actually knew. Sort of like how Spaceballs was an amusing movie. You laugh AT him, because it is more accepted than to laugh at people directly for being complete morons.
I met Pauly Shore, while shooting a Limp Bizkit video last summer. ( 1998 ). He was thoroughly unfunny, sullen,and petulant. I couldn’t WAIT for him to leave.
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Um… Well, since CMC International, the record company I work for, is launching a comedy division wwith a record by Pauly Shore, I damn sure HOPE some people think he’s funny!
Yer pal,
Satan
So basically, nobody thinks he’s all that funny except for a couple of people who don’t know why and one person who thinks he’s funny because Pauley reminds that person of a colleague…
The mind boggles.
Oy. Good luck!
Wouldn’t you be more successful with William Shatner singing rock songs?
Hmmmmmm… Let’s see here, now…Pauly Shore, one of the least funny people on the Earth, signs a record deal with a company that has Satan working for them. Makes sense, eh?
So, Satan, how much did you pay for this guy’s soul?
Actually, I don’t think Paulie has a deal with Satan, he just has a loving mother. IIRC, Paulie’s mom owns one of the hot comedy clubs in LA where a lot of real comedians got their careers going, like Leno, Letterman, Seinfeld, etc. I think a lot of Paulie’s success is due to her connections. The ones who “made it” must feel they owe her a lot - giving her no-talent son a job is one way to show their gratitude. Then again, maybe she’s blackmailing them all into it.
Pauly Shore is rich and dates supermodels. I am not and don’t. You are not and don’t. Get it?
Me neither.
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Satan, if you’re paying that man more than a dollar, and he gets all that and he’s who he is, then I want my soul back!
I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail.
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Nope, it don’t help a bit.
Peace,
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And
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I was watching an old episode of Seinfeld yesterday, one of those that was framed by his stand-up routine. And wow was it ever not funny! I guess his comedy dates badly, or something, because I was stunned at how lame it really was.
And I haven’t enjoyed anything with Pauly Shore in it, he has less interest to me than Adam Sandler.
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