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Who is the reigning champion of Musical Comedy/Satire?

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tsarstepan
 
Reply Fri 26 Dec, 2014 06:18 pm
Who is your favorite musical satirist?

Are he/she/they highbrow like PDQ Bach? Political like Mark Russell? Legendary like Weird Al Yankovic? Come in pairs like Flight of the Chonchords? Estrogen heavy like Oates and Garfunkel? Master networkers like Lonely Island? Fiercely independent like Jonathan Coulton? Someone else altogether?
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farmerman
 
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Reply Fri 26 Dec, 2014 08:16 pm
@tsarstepan,
FOR ME its

1. MEL BROOKS THE PRODUCERS, but only the original with Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shhawn and that guy who played the SS playwright.

2. ANYTHING by Gilbert And Sullivan. Its really not so gay, and it can be appreciated no matter how many times you see their shows.
roger
 
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Reply Fri 26 Dec, 2014 08:21 pm
Victor Borge could be funny with that piano of his.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 06:06 am
It has to be the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.

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djjd62
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 06:17 am
@farmerman,
what about Gilbert O'Sullivan?

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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 06:44 am
@tsarstepan,
Btw, the last word I would use to describe Weird Al Jankovic is legendary. He doesn't do anything that schoolboys don't already do. The tune is exactly the same, he just changes the words. I remember singing "Five minutes with your Uncle Fred," to The Stranglers Five Minutes (and you're almost dead,) when I was a teenager.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 06:46 am
There's always Billy Connolly's ultimate C&W song.

jespah
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 09:21 am
Tom Lehrer.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 09:37 am
@farmerman,
voting with the fman
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 11:40 am
@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:

FOR ME its

1. MEL BROOKS THE PRODUCERS, but only the original with Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shhawn and that guy who played the SS playwright.

Not exactly what I was asking about. Sorry for the confusion. I was asking standup comics.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 27 Dec, 2014 11:46 am
@tsarstepan,
Nick Helm standup enough for you?

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Kolyo
 
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Reply Mon 29 Dec, 2014 02:05 am
The very underrated Hugh Laurie...

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glitterbag
 
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Reply Mon 23 Mar, 2015 03:27 pm
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

There's always Billy Connolly's ultimate C&W song.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ilEIypWbo[/youtube]


I've only seen Connolly on talk shows and in a movie, I knew he was funny but his country music parody had me in stitches. The languid pace made it even funnier.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Mon 23 Mar, 2015 04:00 pm
@glitterbag,
He was a stand up for a very long time before he branched out into acting.
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Wilso
 
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Reply Tue 24 Mar, 2015 07:19 pm
Tim Minchin. Should be a crime to have that much talent.
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