Has old fashionned slapstick died?

Magenta8 that would probably be You’ve Been Framed. I never tuned in until Harry Hill did the commentary and then I found it quite funny. But was no fan of the practical joke programmes like Beadle’s About or one with Dom Jolly. Noel Edmond’s did them too on the radio and on the telly. I think humour is not funny when it seeks to make someone the butt of a joke.

crazyH

Magenta - I think those videos were sent in by the people themselves and they were also paid, I believe. So, they basically asked to be ‘humiliated’

Their children didn’t.

I'm not a fan of slapstick either, apart from pantomime I never found it funny. Couldn't stand Norman Wisdom.

ViceVersa

merlotgran

I’ve never found slapstick funny. It’s OK in pantomime as an art form but other than that it leaves me cold.

You and me both. Never tickled my funny bone!

I have never found it funny, either. I remember being at my grandparents’ house around 35 years ago and Mr. Bean was being shown for the first time. My mother and I were the only two people in the room not laughing - to us it was too silly to laugh at.

merlotgran

I’ve never found slapstick funny. It’s OK in pantomime as an art form but other than that it leaves me cold.

Same here. I just want to cringe.

I for one am glad it’s died. I never found it funny, even as a child.
I don’t remember the children’s tv programmes mentioned, and when I was older the likes of Norman Wisdom left me cold.

Petra, I’ve seen thst video before but it still makes me laugh.

I can’t stand slapstick.

sodapop

I'm not a fan of slapstick either, apart from pantomime I never found it funny. Couldn't stand Norman Wisdom.

I couldn’t stand Norman wisdom either sodapop never found him remotely funny
I ve seen people curl up with laughter at watching him but I was always left po faced

crazyH

No Petra - haven’t watched Motherland

Shes hilarious in'Mandy'

National Theatre's One Man Two Guvners with James Corden is full of slapstick, physical and verbal. To be recommended. Can be rented from NT At Home.
I used to live Brian Rix.

Slapstick, ! No thanks.
Love Motherland and Amandaland.

Not keen on Pantos either. Irritating and longwinded.!
‘Oh yes they are’ 🥱😴

Hope so as I never liked slapstick.

BlueBelle

sodapop

I'm not a fan of slapstick either, apart from pantomime I never found it funny. Couldn't stand Norman Wisdom.

I couldn’t stand Norman wisdom either sodapop never found him remotely funny
I ve seen people curl up with laughter at watching him but I was always left po faced

I believe Norman Wisdom films were amazingly popular in Albania. And the 'Carry On' series of films.

Hmmmmmm.......

Watch Justin's house on cbeebies definitely slapstick

I hope so.

I have never found slapstick, blue jokes, mother-in-law jokes and so on funny, so if slapstick is on the decline or dead, I am not worried in the least.

No, I’m not a slapstick fan either, being left cold by Laurel and Hardy, but I do remember being amused by Norman Wisdom, and in later life Some Mother’s which I guess was slapstick.

I absolutely hate Pantomime ... Its just rubbish performed by people who think its funny to not know the lines of their play ... kids screaming and people throwing popcorn everywhere ! Never again ...

I share your loathing of pantomime suzie, I was taken once as a child and decided then it was definitely not for me!

I like a certain amount, I think Laurel and Hardy were great and a few Charlie Chaplin films were genius.

Oh, dear, guilty as charged! I love slapstick, pantomime, music hall, mother in law jokes, The Good Old Days. They remind me of the very happy days of my childhood when the adults around me roared with laughter and left their serious side at home.

I well remember those and the humour, I died laughing!

The phantom flange flinger! Mr Blobby!

I love slapstick. The Three Stooges were great!

I never liked panto or Norman Wisdom.

Philomena Punk is Philomena Cunk.. who is actually Diane Morgan. And yes, she’s brilliant in Motherland.
Slapstick does nothing for me.

As a small child it's funny but by the time your about 8... Nope not funny.
Never saw the point of Clowns either, falling over their shoes, foam in the face and such like.
Humour from a bygone era.