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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Malc on December 27, 2007, 04:26:15 PM
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The idea is that these are pupils in a Scottish country dance group. They're rehearsing "Marie's Wedding". Does that come across?
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The idea is that these are pupils in a Scottish country dance group. They're rehearsing "Marie's Wedding". Does that come across?
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Unless you know the words, it may seem a little obscure to some readers. (It takes me back to my school days...)
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Even with your explanation I don't understand it.
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I had to sing the song :-[
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Quite clearly, he's gay, while she's an exhibitionist. You just know she isn't wearing underpants.
These snowflakes affect the scrolling ability of Firefox, by the way.
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I like the joke a lot but I'm guessing the number of people who know the lyrics of "Marie's Wedding" is pretty limited.
(Okay, my 18 year-old son and two of his pals are in at the moment so I asked their opinion. They remembered singing the song in primary school and also liked the cartoon but I still think its appeal is limited almost entirely to Scotland.)
It's funny, though.
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...I still think its appeal is limited almost entirely to Scotland.)
It's funny, though.
I'll show it around on Bute, tonight.
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It means nowt too me.
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It may work better if the dancers were in plaid.
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This is very valuable feedback. I had thought a Scot/Brit audience would have cottoned on to this one, but it seems I was right to be wary.
I posted this on a US site and whilst the gag went down well visually, they certainly didn't get the punchline.
Sometimes the colonials hold onto the vestiges of the Old Country longer than the Old Country does.
I'll rework the punchline and test some alternatives out on you, if that's ok?
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Fire away, Malc. Is there an American folk song that might work?
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How about changing the caption, Malc:
"We just sing "Ging-Gang-Goolie" at the Scout Fair, Mr Johnson - we don't show them to the ladies!"
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*sigh* ::)
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Or:
"Hey! Guess what. We're in one of those obscure McGookin cartoons."
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How about changing the caption, Malc:
"We just sing "Ging-Gang-Goolie" at the Scout Fair, Mr Johnson - we don't show them to the ladies!"
Ha ha ha ha ha
Are the two in the background going through their karate kid routine?
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I decided to spare youse all a long drawn out debate. Does this work better?
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I didn't find it quite as funny as the other one but I think the punchline would be more understandable to those who don't know the words of the song.
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Hmmmm... :-\
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It's quantum theory at work.
L ? U = h
where L = laughter content, U = understandability, h = Planck's constant.
As L increases, U decreases.
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My sister Cath solved the whole problem. I just phoned her in Saltcoats, and she said "put thae wavy lines wi' music comin oot and huv the words 'STEP WE GAILY ON WE GO' waftin' in the background".
To think we thought she was the thick one.
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Good to see your sister still has her Scottish accent, an' a'.
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It's finished now, and I'm not showing it to you. You'll see it in the Readers Digest and I'll get paid loads of money, so thrrrrrp.
I'm going to bed. Night night.
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It works well, Malc, and I can't wait to see it in the dentist's in four years.
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How about changing the caption, Malc:
"We just sing "Ging-Gang-Goolie" at the Scout Fair, Mr Johnson - we don't show them to the ladies!"
Ha ha ha ha ha
Use the caption that got a laugh, Malc. I'll be happy with just a split of the profits.