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Old 01-23-2009, 08:22 PM   #41
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Wow. The sound of the pot calling the kettle black. In spades.
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:35 PM   #42
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Santino is not witty. Jericho was witty. Rock was witty. Santino just pronounces words funny and people on here suddenly are like "OMG Santino is so fucking funny. Here, look at my kids in my wallet!" BAM BAM BAM. I mean, come on.
You're missing the core of Santino's humour. He doesn't just mispronounce words, and he doesn't just speak funny. Santino is very aware of what he is doing. The way he mispronounces words to create obscure references (it's not just that he says something wrong, it's that he makes he says something wrong right). And as Tedious said, a lot of the time he gets names wrong on purpose because of arrogance, not because he is an idiot that cannot speak.

The slapstick stuff is a bit much, but that's just what Santino has to work with. But I guess humour is subjective. I'll go out to further depths than most people, though, and I'll say that Santino Marella is far more witty than The Rock. While he was purely entertaining, The Rock's comedy was pretty much just him getting in people's faces and talking trash to them. Sure, it was funny at times, but I'd definitely say Santino's comedy is more developed.

The guy almost made Vince McMahon, trying to be in serious heel mode, crack up laughing in his debut. That takes skill. Even if you're not big enough to admit it.
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:36 PM   #43
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You make it sound like he puts no effort into anything at all. I don't know if you're ever done comedy before but it's really hard. You're right in the fact that Santino doesn't have much material to work with but I think that also speaks leaps and bounds for his comedic timing. He can make something that is generally unfunny funny, which is an awesome trait. Also, the words that he mispronounces and how he mispronounces them are pretty ingenious sometimes. The guy knows what he's doing.
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My favorite bit is when Beth manhandles him, but then, I'm pretty sure most people on the roster could be funny in the role of "Phonics' bitch."
Ah, this explains it.
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