Limmy has a sketch about a comedian going back to a real job: https://youtu.be/nSSV2SY3iu4?si=h0mANwVpxim2aMgh
Of course, tinged with his Scottish brand of existential dread.
Of course, tinged with his Scottish brand of existential dread.
I get the joke but that execution was .. awful. Must be a Scotch delicacy sort of thing and I'm just not used to the flavor. No American would stand there for 2 minutes asking the same person "Where's the printer?" over and over again.
It might've been funny if he walked around the office asking other "Limmys" where the printer was and got all sorts of different reactions from them, but he half-assed it and made it a tiresome joke by sticking with that one tiring interaction.
the other meme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKo1JPNf4s
I'm not sure the fact that he's Scottish has much to do with your appreciation of the comedy in the linked sketch per se. It falls into a tradition of British sketch comedy which is quite different in style to improv originated sketch comedy in North America - more confronting and unsettling.
Before you completely write it off, watch a few episodes of the series, or look at his Twitter.
It can work the other way as well. I actually like Hitman Agent 47 which got an epically bad rating of 8% from the critics though audiences were more indulgent at 40%. [0] It was comforting to read in the comments that the previous movie was less horrible. It should be an excellent viewing experience.
Strangely enough, I grew up in Germany and the only German show I remember at all is Asterix and Obelix but that may have been a language barrier thing.
I'll check it out!
Here's the rule about comedy: either you get it, or you don't and move on. The deeper you dive in, the more unbearably cringy it becomes, and no one will ever be able to convince you whether it is actually funny. Let it go, man.
Here's one to cheer you up: time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Also I think the joke is Scottish agnostic, it would have worked for me in an accent, if I'd have seen an American doing it, and insisting to stick with it, it would still be funny. Wouldn't feel out of place on "I think you should leave right now".