Jokes No Longer In the Comedy Arena: Part Deux

I thought I would come back to writing about something since it has been quite a while since I've blogged.  One of my recent posts, which I liked writing about, was the Jokes No Longer in the Comedy Arena post, which I enjoyed because it meant going back through old television shows and finding the jokes that had the laugh-tracks right after the jokes but would not get laughs or even thoughts of laughs in today's world.  So here goes:

The Dynamite Candles

I think this was last used by The Goonies for a live-action use, if my knowledge serves me correct.  I think the aspect of people exploring dark caves and having a match on hand (why Bugs Bunny, Wyle E. Coytoe and other cartoons carried matches is beyond me), lighting it against a rock or their ass, and then seeing whats exactly in the dark cave and then everyone finds out it's cases of dynamite.  I'm pretty sure this was often a trademark for when Wyle E. Coyote would make a birthday cake for Road Runner and put the dynamite sticks on the cake.  Actually, scratch that, I'm thinking of this clip:

Hilarious, but nowadays it doesn't work as good.  I'm sure that this would be a lot funnier if there wasn't sure a threat of people blowing things up in America and there wasn't a dozen agencies trying to find people with cases of dynamite.  But, this is the world we live in.

Explosive Cigar

This is a very famous and STILL active trick used in Television.  Except it's used in CSI episodes instead of comedies.  It was a gag in M.A.S.H. and it was also used in a Statler and Waldorf bit on The Muppets.  As I'm researching this, I found out that the C.I.A., (yes, the Central Intelligence Agency) tried to assassinate Castro using explosive cigars.  This might be where the comedy in it started to run out.  At least it's somewhat relevant and it's still available in some media, but alas, it won't ever make a comedy sketch in today's world.

Being Raped by an Animal (particularly a Gorilla)

This specific moment is at the end of Trading Places, one of the best Eddie Murphy movies out there.  Hysterical, still relevant today, and probably a very underrated comedy.  It ends with this scene:

Now I don't have to tell you, but the man in the gorilla suit is about to get raped.  Rape, from my current understanding, is not a joke and is very serious.  Law & Order: SVU has been on 20 years just because of rape.  However, in this situation, it's the cherry on the comedic sundae for how the bad guy will end up at the closing of this movie.  He gets raped!  And everyone in the theater probably laughed their heads off!  It's a perfect ending!  A man gets raped!  Now if only every episode of Law & Order SVU would end in laughter.

A Man dancing with a Mop, Pretending its a Woman

As I researched this, I found out that there is actually a nice sub-culture of men and women who clean their houses and take pictures while thinking they are Gene Kelly in this scene:

However, I've yet to see this back in the mainstream for television or movie comedy.  Actually, I have.  But I'm not sure that there has been any footage of a man dancing with a mop or broom in a comedic fashion since Mrs. Doubtfire:

I will say that in America, we as people still dance and sing and maybe even guitar riff out Swiffers and mops and vacuums, but I don't see Hollywood getting back into it anytime soon.  Thus, I'm submitting this into the jokes that are no longer in the Comedy Arena.

That's it for now.  I'll be back again!