>watching some trite American comedy to expand my horizons
>come across this episode of KOTH
>shocked to see the writers actually create a funny character that blends absurdity, physical comedy and expertly crafted satire
>pays direct homage to Molière's "Tartuffe" by juxtaposing the original character with Bobby's inversion of Tartuffe, cleverly portrayed as a joyful dog
>respects and draws influence from the greats such as Slava Polunin, Étienne Decroux, Jean-Gaspard Deburau and of course the latter era of Théâtre de l’Ambigu‑Comique
>get to the end of the episode, Bobby's routine being one of the funniest things I've seen on US television ever
>suddenly writers do a 180 and pretend it isn't funny
>episode devolves into a bunch of dumb fart jokes

Are Americans just incapable of high brow comedy?

>>213102849 (OP)
Why do you think comedy that makes a lot of cultural or literary references is an achievement?
Why do you think being derivative and part of a secret clubhouse makes you more intelligent than other people?

>>213102883
Go watch another Marvel bro

>>213102883
>part of a secret clubhouse makes you more intelligent than other people
Because intelligence is a minority trait, so being part of a minority means higher chance of intelligence than being part of a majority.
QED

the episode mocks modern education, where some fart sniffer with tenure gets to expound on their incredibly niche dissertation as if it's the highest truth, when in fact it's just a hot take on a topic literally no one else cares about. It's Bobby getting indoctrinated into the "PHD in Meyers-Briggs interpretive dance" class, and because he's an impressionable kid who doesn't know how to sniff out an adult's bullshit, he falls for it.

watch some looney tunes, europeon

>>213102849 (OP)
You should learn to animate or create some shitty youtube video so the next time you have a joke like this you can make some content out of it.

Trust.

>>213103231
Big teeth

>>213103407
do it faggot, take a few weeks out and figure out how to make a shitty animation of a british man sipping tea and getting excited for the first American show to ever get it right only to see Bobby shit his pants and the brit spills his tea.

dont let me down!

>>213102883
Eventually you'll come to realize that almost every artform is plagued with the kind of people whose enjoyment of something is derived largely from how they think other people would perceive them for enjoying it.

>>213102883
fpbp
pseuds btfo'd the fuck out

>>213103543
so is this pro or anti Tartuffe?

>>213102849 (OP)
Is it too late for me to learn about all of this?
t. 30yo high school grad with a 60 hour a week trades job
What are the best examples of highbrow comedy?

>>213104909
start with frasier