Fat people funnier?
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- de4k
Are fat comedians funnier?
I have a theory that we are more inclined to laugh at 'fat' comedians than their slim cousins.
On the basis that we are generally less threatened by the heavier person and therefore laughter is much more achievable.
any takers?
- Anarchitect0
man you're funny!
- MR_T0
catch crowded public transport with fat people, and then see how threatening they are
- clerk0
or it could be that fat people more often tries to compensate the fact that they're fat by being funny.
- MX_OnD0
I knew this guy once, a friend of a friend, who was a chubby plumber with chubby little plumbers fingers and a chubby little plumbers face.
Our mutual friend told him regularly he was only funny because he was fat. Poor little chubby plumber.
- watt10
I wanted to put your mum's funny but had to stop myself...
Frank Skinner is quite funny... but your right all I can picture is fat funny people...
- skt0
Fat and a plumber, some peolpe just have no luck
- watt10
But if we didn't have fat people does that mean we'd have no-one to laugh at?
- de4k0
thats not funny man
- MR_T0
Fat people are walking batteries...stick em on a treadmill I say!
- MR_T0
looks like MX_ond said that first!
- watt10
Would it be a special treadmill that feeds them doughnuts? Need to keep them fat or it wont be funny...
- de4k0
no: starve the guy..
he'll get thin and thnk u for it.
load next funny fat guy.
he gets thinrepeat to fade
(get them to do comedy while jogging)
- MX_OnD0
I'm not trying to be funny man,
opening and closing the fridge door is not enough exercise for anyone.
- watt10
So how many skinny people are funny then?
- MR_T0
be fair, they do drag that fat asses from the couch to the fridge and back again.
And pressing the remote does build up quite a sweat.
- MR_T0
Eddie Murphy is skinny.
- de4k0
hes not as funny as les dawson though...
- Kuz0
genreally i dont think fat people are great comedically - as in standup or in wit. Skinny, or average are more prolific (Chris Rock, Steve Martin etc..). However, as a spectacle fat people are perceived funnier.
For example a fat person falling over, a fat person being hit by a custard pie, a fat person running - is generally perceived funnier than say a skinny person falling over, or being hit by a pie, or running.
Because fat people look fucking ridiculous!
- MX_OnD0
derek and clive
avid merion
bill hicks
denis leary
monty pythonnone of the above are obese