Actually Pretty Funny: Difference between revisions

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Not only is Evil [[Evil Is Cool|cool]] and [[Evil Is Sexy|sexy]], but it also gets all the best lines. So much so that even good guys can't help cracking up at the [[Magnificent Bastard]]'s witty comeback or the [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]'s cutting insult, much to the insultee's chagrin. Occasionally, even the target of the insult can admire the sheer comedy value of the joke, in which case it can border on [[Insult Backfire]]. Compare [[Tough Room]] and [[The One Thing I Don't Hate About You]]. Contrast [[Dude, Not Funny]].

'''Tomas''': But I have to admit, it ''was'' pretty funny. }}

* In one [[Mad Magazine|A Mad Look At]] article, a student tells a teacher an apparently offensive joke. The teacher steps out into the hallway, laughs, then returns to the classroom and reprimands the student for the joke.

 

== Fan Works ==

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' by [[Margaret Atwood]], Jimmy is shocked when he hears that MaddAddam have been genetically engineering mice that eat electrical insulator, parasitic wasps that spread chicken pox, asphalt destroying microbes, etc., but when he hears about the neon-coloured herpes, he thinks it's "pretty funny".

* There's some sort of variation in the book ''Deadline'' by Chris Crutcher. The main character gets into an argument with the teacher about his school project. His teacher ends up saying "I think now's a good time to take your leave, Mr. Wolf." This causes his brother to stand up and say "Okay, but I don't see what I did." Even someone who hated his brother thought it was funny, but the teacher's opinion was never directly stated.

* One of the ''Soup'' books opens with Rob bringing a note home saying he made a rude remark to the school nurse. She had asked him "Did your bowels move today?" and he answered "Yes, thank you. Did yours?" Once he confesses that he and Soup drew straws to see who would ask, his mother gives him only a halfhearted whipping.

'''Dan''': Well, he’s the reason they’ll still stuck on that island.}}

* A sitcom called ''The Hughleys'' had an episode where the male lead feuds with his Korean neighbor; at the end, the two men are discussing the pranks they played on each other. Mr. Park criticizes one of Mr. Hughley's jokes (a reference to the stereotype of Asians eating dogs) but admits he thought the '''way''' Hughley did it (apparently ventriloquism, making some food seem to '''bark''') was very funny. Hughley says in return that Park's ultimate prank, jacking into the cable connection to replace the show Hughley wanted to watch, was "absolutely brilliant!"

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

'''Dad:''' BUT YOU'RE ''STILL'' IN '''BIG''' TROUBLE!!}}

* In a ''[[Peanuts]]'' strip, Charlie Brown is watching Sally do homework:

''[[Beat Panel| (Confused look from Charlie Brown)]]''

'''Charlie Brown:''' Keep going. I can hardly wait to see what comes next.}}

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

* [[Jerry Lawler]], who normally sides with Vince McMahon, he thought the antics of DX during their feud with Mc Mahon as this. You can hear Lawler laughing along when DX took over the production truck in 2006 when they messed with Vince’s microphone, and as Vince leaves… well, it was priceless.

** He also got back at [[Wade Barrett|Bad News Barrett]] when Barrett marks a remark about heart problems that many who watched the Superbowl. Considering he's a heart attack survivor, Lawler wasn't going to let Barrett get away with that it, with [[Michael Cole]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYP1Y93xsbE finding himself laughing].

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130817194834/http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/07/01/346-kirbys-comic/ This] [[Brawl in the Family]] Comic.

* Black Mage has a moment of this near the end of ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' where, after having become a super-powerful, super-evil version of himself, he stops in the middle of attempting to slaughter the rest of the main cast to admit that a prank they pulled on him [[Brick Joke|700 or so strips earlier]] actually was pretty funny.

 

== Web Original ==

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Discord makes Pinkie Pie laugh by [http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/Kerrah_photos/Boogie.gif doing a little dance] on the head of an image of Twilight Sparkle. [[Memetic Mutation|The fans certainly found that animation amusing.]]

** In the episode "Baby Cakes", Pinkie Pie becomes the victim of a running gag. The only way the foals she's baby sitting will quiet down is if flour gets dumped on her (in one case while she was soaking wet). At the episode's end, the foals do the flour gag to themselves to cheer up ''Pinkie''. She admits they were right, that ''is'' funny.

* In an episode of ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'', Sabrina gets her wisdom teeth removed by magic with the result that she starts being brutally honest to everyone around her. In one scene, Sabrina responds to one of Gem's insults with "Oh, real funny, Gem! ...Actually, it was pretty funny."

* On one episode of ''[[Family Guy]]';, two mob thugs come to beat up Joe Swanson, bringing a message from their boss that if he doesn't pay his debt to them, he'll make Joe into a "Swanson frozen dinner." Joe can't help chuckling a little at that.

* An episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' had Gerald get his tonsils removed. Before, he had an amazing tenor singing voice, given a role to sing the ending lyric of "Moonlight Bay". After, his voice is so raspy and baritone that, during rehearsal, it distracts the other kids and gets them all hysterical. Mr. Simmons tries to calm them down saying "It wasn't that funny," but then admitted "OK, it was.... ''pretty'' funny." To his credit, he tried to look serious and understanding the whole time.

* The [[Recess]] episode, "The Hypnotist", ends with Principal Prickly looking at his picture that he doodled a goatee on while "[[Man Child|hypnotized into a child]]", and he considered growing a goatee himself.

** In “Good Ole T.J.”, when the class was being assigned a study on ancient civilization leading to this:

* Comedian/motivational speaker John Bytheway has a bit where he laments the [[Never Heard That One Before|lame jokes people make about his last name]]. He then tells a story where an airport security guy asked him if he was going to name his son "Owen", which actually got a chuckle out of him.

* In 1992, [http://youtu.be/YhQoXDLDIHM?t=2m35s Gennifer Flowers] was giving a press conference regarding Bill Clinton; John Melendez was sent by [[Howard Stern]] to ask about her sex life with Clinton. Many of the press conference including Flowers herself was left snickering.

 

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