Humourisms celebrates the release of The Dark Knight Rises with a topic all too close to our hearts.
Written by Giles Brody and Kevin McGahern
Song produced by Conor O’Toole with the musical talents of Tom Whyte and Jon Hozier Byrne
Video featuring Team Humourisms
Video directed by Diarmuid O’Brien
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Giles Brody is a comedian and brother. He is on Twitter.
Justin Brody is another brother and comedian. He is also on Twitter.
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It’s a pop culture/high culture marriage made in heaven. 80′s pop star Ray Parker Jr’ performs his hit “Ghostbusters” with the assistance of the Milan Ballet.
Giles Brody is on Twitter and will be performing alongside fellow “Gangbusters” Kevin McGahern and Edwin Sammon in their sketch show at The International in Dublin tomorrow night at 6:30 as part of the 10 Days In Dublin Fesitval. Tickets are five euro. There Will Be Laughs.
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Comedy writer par excellence Diarmuid O’Brien very kindly allowed us to debut his wonderful new sketch on Humourisms.com. It stars the very funny Eoin Duggan. If you like laughing and have thirty seven seconds to kill then this might just be the sketch for you.
You can follow Diarmuid on twitter @DangerFarm and you should because he’s hilarious.
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Not anything like the actual microphone used to record the show
The Late Late Late Show is hosted by comedian Colin Chadwick and produced by Humourisms’ Damon Blake. It’s first episode was streamed live on Friday evening
and is available to listen to on www.colinchadwick.com. Here are some of the items under discussion from the first installment, on which I was a guest:
- How ‘Sideways 2′ morphed into ‘Spider-Man 3′
- Colin Chadwick’s enormous and enormously dysfunctional family
- ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ book report by people who have not read it and know very little about the story
- interview with comedian and scientist Maria Boyle
- Damon interviews Chris Nolan about The Dark Knight Rises
- Young Garda Scientist of the Year Exhibition special
- … and Colin meets his malevolent new house computer Duncan.
Join the debate over at:
www.colinchadwick.com
or follow on twitter
@colinchadwick and @damon_blake
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Student Teacher creator Giles Brody critiques a frightening joke book that was gifted to his family by a friend who was talked into buying it at a local petrol station. It was for charity and was (hopefully) written with the best of intentions. However…
The first page presents the author’s central thesis: he doesn’t like people from Kerry. He thinks they’re eegits. The only two homophobic jokes in the book are on this page as the author has bigger fish to fry.
More Kerry jabs. And who doesn’t hate Biafra, the famine stricken war zone which seceded from Nigeria and only existed for 3 years between 1967 and 1970? The author slightly shows his age here. And here:
The first of the “A certain Irishman” adventures which crops up throughout the book. In this thrilling installment our hero thwarts his mother-in-law’s visit by curtailing his cur’s tail. That’s the type of word play reading this book has reduced me to. A token bit of anti-semitism there just to make sure all bases are covered.
This duck joke appears three times in the book, possibly to hammer home the point that the Troubles being over is a good thing.
The first light hearted rape joke in the book, and some syntax problems.
Why does it have to be rape? Why couldn’t the sex between the mental patient and the washer have been consensual, it wouldn’t change the punchline. The author writes about sexual assault being carried out with the light hearted naughtiness of a bop on the head. This joke book was bought in a petrol station, Goddammit, where families spend time together.
Take that Kerry!
A certain Irish man is at it again, and this time his wife is joining him. I thought this was a riddle but it’s possibly a real joke with a few important points of exposition left out. Or its about how parents can’t take their eyes away from their newborn son’s penis.
Two more to file under “Huh?”
Three nice jokes in a row. Don’t want the reader thinking you’re getting soft, so why not put in a joke from Jeffrey Dahlmer’s comedy album.
Another shot at Kerry. The joke about the bank clerk proves conclusively that this joke book, just like this article, was written in a massive hurry.
Giles Brody is on Twitter and is currently writing/directing Student Teacher for RTE Storyland. You can vote for it at the Storyland website if you’re reading this before 10PM on Monday, the 4th.
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