What is as funny as a man in a dress?
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A man in a dress…a comic convention with a lot of miles on it.
Some Like it Hot, Monte Python, Bosom Buddies, Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, and the latest “Momma” series of movies…
It seems that a man in a dress is always funny.
So I’m wondering what other comic tropes rival that one for durability. What’s as dependably funny as a man in a dress?
and if you don’t think a man in a dress is funny, you can debate that here .This question is about what else is funny.
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I think men in wigs are funnier than anything they put on their bodies. I have a half-black friend who was a woman this year for Halloween and it was the funniest looking thing ever. He looked exactly like a woman (with very manly features, which is why I think it’s so funny), but it was all due to his makeup and wig.
Watching someone fall over (without getting seriously injured).
Rubber chickens.
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.” – Mel Brooks
I guess the great thing about a man in a dress – or more generally about a man imitating a woman – is that you can build a story around it.
Pratfalls and rubber chickens can be funny indeed. but they don’t have “legs”.
I dressed my ex husband up for a cross dressing Halloween party once and he won ‘best legs.’ Hahaha
Yep, size 11 pumps with black fishnet stockings, short shorts, a halter top stuffed with giant balloon boobs and a long, curly wig and earrings.
He was stressed out because he swore other men were staring at his legs. Obviously they were because he won the best legs award. lol
A woman in pants.
Seriously.
someone walking and talking/texting, not paying attention and running into something or falling(w/no injuries)! Hilarious!
A man with no pants on?;)
A woman in a huge, pink wig that she wears daily. sound familiar?
An older woman with false eyelashes and lots of lipliner wearing said pink wig. At a grocery store.
A man with a calculator up his backside! Smart arse…. Lol……. :-/
The “funny” drunk. Dean Martin, Foster Brooks, Lucille Ball (Vitameatavegamin), Charlie Sheen when he’s pretending to be drunk…Otis on Andy of Mayberry, Red Skelton.
The “amorous“older woman. Rue McClanahan on Golden Girls, Molly’s mother on the Mike and Molly sitcom.
Super nerds: Erkel, Sheldon Cooper, Niles Crane, Monk
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A well timed pie in the face is always pretty darn funny! And then a woman dressed to the 9’s with her pantyhose constantly falling down around her knees is pretty hilarious. And the best ever is the guy attempting to exit the restaurant via the walk in freezer door is a belly laugh every time! ;)
Stevie Wonder slalom skiing? Would make me laugh anyway.
A monkey in a tuxedo. Gets me every time.
Hubris followed by nemesis
A person who thinks a man in a dress is the funniest thing ever.
That “man” in a dress might not actually be a man at all. Gender isn’t always what you think it is.
FIVE men in dresses…and then you would have The Kids in the Hall.
Depends on the man. Chekc out the video of Lea T on Ophra today. Here’s some pictures of him modeling.
And if the men aren’t actually in dresses, but are wearing kilts, it’s not funny, it’s just hot. ; )
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An immaculately dressed woman coming out of a theater restroom with a trail of TP stuck to her shoe.
Or, a woman in jeans, with her underwear slipping out of one pant leg, now upon her shoe.
Then there is this that suggest the right guy can look just fine in a dress.
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