Most Overrated Comedic Actor

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MAKAVELI25
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edited January 2012 in Lights, Camera, Action!
Adam ? - I don't understand how a grown man can watch Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison and consider them funny

Chris Farley- Nuff' said

John Belushi's character in Animal House- Tbh, I have only seen one of his performances, so I cannot judge him fairly as a comedic actor. But his character is a buffoon, that doesn't always translate to quality comedy
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  • MysticBoy
    MysticBoy Members Posts: 793 ✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Katt Williams.
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  • stoneface
    stoneface Members Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Charlie Murphy.
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  • IceBergTaylor
    IceBergTaylor Members Posts: 19,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    stoneface wrote: »
    Charlie Murphy.

    WoooooooooooRRRRRD!
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  • MAKAVELI25
    MAKAVELI25 Members Posts: 5,595 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    stoneface wrote: »
    Charlie Murphy.

    I'm not even sure Charlie Murphy has a big enough fanbase to be considered overrated.....
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  • texas409
    texas409 Members Posts: 20,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    chris farley never made me laugh or jack black either
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  • im_lux
    im_lux Members Posts: 2,419 ✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Chris Farley
    Katt Williams
    Adam ?
    Dane Cook
    Russell Brand
    Jamie Kennedy
    Jack Black
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  • texas409
    texas409 Members Posts: 20,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    im_lux wrote: »
    Chris Farley
    Katt Williams
    Adam ?
    Dane Cook
    Russell Brand
    Jamie Kennedy
    Jack Black

    i cant stand that dude with a passion like seriously how did he become famous he looks like a big ?
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  • white715
    white715 Members Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Will Farrell
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  • sdca
    sdca Members Posts: 290 ✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    I'm probably too immature for this place lol. Happy Gilmore is funny!

    Nobody likes Farley?... 'fat guy in a little coat'?? lol

    Farley, ? , Jack Black, Ferrell...and Pauly Shore...love them all
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  • Just2C
    Just2C Members Posts: 931 ✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    sdca wrote: »
    I'm probably too immature for this place lol. Happy Gilmore is funny!

    Nobody likes Farley?... 'fat guy in a little coat'?? lol

    Farley, ? , Jack Black, Ferrell...and Pauly Shore...love them all



    that ? used to have me rollin back in the day
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  • im_lux
    im_lux Members Posts: 2,419 ✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    texasboi409 wrote: »
    i cant stand that dude with a passion like seriously how did he become famous he looks like a big ?

    Yeah for real. The only thing good Russell Brand did was ? Katy Perry. Otherwise dude is garbage.
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  • dogfromduckhunt
    dogfromduckhunt Members Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Adam ?
    Chris Rock
    Will Ferrell post-SNL
    Steve Carrell
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  • Just2C
    Just2C Members Posts: 931 ✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    dogfromduckhunt wrote: »
    Adam ?
    Chris Rock
    Will Ferrell post-SNL
    Steve Carrell


    I was thinking the same thing. Other then Pookie and Pootie Tang his movies and acting suck
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  • dogfromduckhunt
    dogfromduckhunt Members Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Surprises me every time he comes out with a new movie. Especially after that one where he turns to the fat white guy. Then that Death at a Funeral remake garage.
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  • S.jR.
    S.jR. Members Posts: 4,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Just sounds like different strokes for different folks.. because a lot of the comedic actors named have put out quality material especially early in their career BUT have over saturated the film industry with duds but someone pays to watch them/studios keep casting them so they eventually got labeled overrated.

    I guess what I mean is yea they are overrated but don't make it seem like they haven't done something funny before/they don't do the comedy you enjoy.
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  • Melanin_Enriched
    Melanin_Enriched Members Posts: 22,868 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Tracy Morgan
    Kevin hartt
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  • atribecalledgabi
    atribecalledgabi Members, Moderators Posts: 14,063 Regulator
    edited December 2011
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    slapstick comedians own this thread
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  • atribecalledgabi
    atribecalledgabi Members, Moderators Posts: 14,063 Regulator
    edited December 2011
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    isayas_2 wrote: »
    In this ? thread. We name considerable white people because we can't relate to their content?

    not for me...i just don't like slapstick, over-the-top comedy. most comedic, white actors do that ? ....*shrug*

    jonah hill, seth rogen, & (occasionally) steve carrell can get a laugh out of me pretty easily tho.
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  • KNiGHTS
    KNiGHTS Members Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    Jonah Hill and Michael Cera. Both play twists on the exact same character. To Hill's credit, he's in the only three funny things that happened in Superbad: Period on leg, hit by the car, and hit by the car again.

    Russell Brand. Is. Not. Funny. Period.

    Dane Cook, like Katt Williams, started off hilarious but then told the same four jokes over and over again. I understand having a bit when you're working comedy clubs, but you cannot appear on national TV televised specials telling the same jokes.

    Jack Black. The end. He's not funny because he doesn't give a ? . He's just a fat guy who doesn't give a ? .
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  • Esiam
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    edited December 2011
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    JIM CARREY

    Oh but the worst is:

    [COLOR="rgb(255, 140, 0)"]Monty Python: John Cleese et al[/COLOR]

    But comedy is very much based on personal taste and not "quality" so "overrated" is the wrong word, I just find these as funny as a can of frozen dogfood
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  • CeLLaR-DooR
    CeLLaR-DooR Members Posts: 18,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2011
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    CS the ? that hates slapstick...Hate all Adam ? films except for the Wedding Singer...that ? was hilare...Katt Williams not funny
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  • playmaker88
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    edited December 2011
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    Will Farell
    Zach Galasupercalafragalisticxpaladocious
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  • bankrupt baller
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    edited December 2011
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    happy gilmore and billy madison are classics
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  • stoneface
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    edited December 2011
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    bankrupt baller wrote: »
    happy gilmore and billy madison are classics
    Happy Gilmore is hilarious, I dont give a ? what no one says. Lol @ Carl Weathers with his extra long ass fake arm in that movie.
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  • sdca
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    edited December 2011
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    MAKAVELI25 wrote: »
    Adam ? - I don't understand how a grown man can watch Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison and consider them funny

    Chris Farley- Nuff' said

    John Belushi's character in Animal House- Tbh, I have only seen one of his performances, so I cannot judge him fairly as a comedic actor. But his character is a buffoon, that doesn't always translate to quality comedy

    I like this thread, because humor is so subjective...there's going to be a lot of opinions!
    I wouldn't call Farley overrated or underrated, he has his fans...but isn't revered as someone like John Candy.

    I don't know much about Belushi, I guess to understand his impact in comedy, we'll have to check his SNL skits. Animal House is funny, but I liked him better in The Blues Brothers.

    I think Steve Martin is a great comedic actor, because he has range.
    Actors like ? & Ferrell are limited, but it's still effective because they do that certain thing very well.
    Ferrell is a buffoon for sure, but it works!
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