wayneholt
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"Hey. Did you see the latest Family Guy?"
"Oh yeah! It was well funny!"
"Yeah man! You know the bit when he did that thing?"
"Yeah! A B…B…B…BIRD BIRD BIRD! THE BIRD IS A WORD!"
The above conversation took place with myself and a friend discussing an episode from Seth Macfalane's "Family Guy", which continues to be one of the funniest shows on television. The conversation ended with us quoting most of the jokes out of the script just to remind ourselves on what we had seen. A reasonable conversation you may think but the next day something happened which caused me to look at the above discussion in a different light.
As I was travelling to work on the bus (101 Hanley Roolz Ur Endz) as some pasty skinned foolish gent scrawled on the bus shelter, I heard a conversation between two young adults. I can't quite remember the nature of it and you probably think I was just being nosey, but the boy turned and quoted the line from the aforementioned episode of Family Guy like he came up with it! On his own! Like a young Spike Milligan just throwing out one heavyweight whimsical anecdote after another! Like he could literally ejaculate an award winning script onto a table, which would then be stolen by me and passed off as my own (thats how I write these articles incase your wondering). Needless to say, the girl was lapping it up (not the jizzy script juice) and was laughing hysterically at this presentation of epic comedic genius. Like her panties literally gushed with hilarity due to the sheer magnitude of this scrawny smug faced little chuckle mug. My blood literally boiled to the point of no return. I think I had a mild stroke.
I imagine your response is along the lines of "You cantankerous fart. Is the joy of people sharing jokes that alien to you? Die you arse faced prick!" My problem is the rise of the "cool kids" creating a scene out of almost anything remotely original to the point in which it becomes their own. A fine example being "individuals" listing things they "like" on social networking sites created by other people. The guys walking around with their Flight Of The Concords T Shirts singing "Sugar Lumps" every five seconds to show their "individuality". The boys dressing up like Noel Fielding to express their "individuality".
"Arrgh yeah man. You seen Tim Minchin's latest stand up?"
"Downloaded it the other day! I posted how much I liked it on Facebook!"
I feel that this could potentially take real credibility away from the shows. Due to these mindless popularity drones, I can't watch the shows properly without feeling like I could turn into the very thing I hate by expressing any gratitude for the show what so ever! Is it impossible just for some one to say "I liked that. That was enjoyable" and then go about their everyday life without turning it into a way of expressing their apparent "individuality"? In a quote from (a very ahead of it's time) comedy Nathan Barley, "The idiots are winning". Judging by the conversation I had that previous day, I could be turning into one…..
