Fred Ain't Funny

Most of my posts have been me praising several comedians, close to the point of worship.

Well, I have a mean side too.

Earlier in my posts I mentioned a youtube comedian named Fred. And I've said he's not funny. And now I'll explain why.

Let me give you some background info. Fred Figglehorn (haha, his name sounds funny, that's real funny) was created by Lucas Cruikshank, a teenage boy from Ohio. Since then, Fred's received one million subscribers, and became the most subscribe channel, before falling to Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi as the most subscribed (at least they are funny).

A typical Fred video




As we can see, all Fred does is speak in a high-pitched voice, which is edited, and crosses his eyes, and says weird stuff. If Fred spoke with a normal voice, he wouldn't be as funny. This shows that practically anyone can make a Fred style video and have people find it funny. In order to illustrate, I have made this video below. I did a monologue from a play, and sped up my voice.



Fred is part of what I call OMG SO RANDOM! Humor that is dominating the younger generation today. Some may call it surreal or absurdist. The thing is, surreal and absurdist humor is thoughtfully planned out. OMG SO RANDOM! Humor are kids just throwing inside jokes and things they find funny into a comedy melting pot. And other kids enjoy it. And they will become belligerent if others point out the flaws. Now, these kids will make up the next generation of comedians, and will create stuff that will make Aristophanes roll in his grave.

As well, let's look at Fred's subscribers: Kids and tweens. His target audience is kids and tweens. Try to debate them on how Fred isn't worth subscribing to and they'll freak out, and bombard you with hateful comments. And like I have said, these kids are the next generation.

So, what can we do? Well, Fred is already becoming capitalized, with several sponsorships. As well, Lucas has made appearances on both Disney and Nickelodeon. So now he's more famous than ever. But he might get old soon, and his fans might grow up.

And don't think I'm the only one who is ranting on Fred.

Here is Peter Chao, and yes, the accent is part of his persona, impersonating Fred, who he has stated in a few videos that he dislikes.



And here is another youtube user, popking, who points out funnier comedians, such as Jay Pharoah--yes that's the new guy on SNL.






So, youth of today who want to be comedians. Quit watching Fred or iCarly. For the love of all that is funny, watch some classic SNL. You know what's funny? Bassomatic! Bag of Glass! Jon Belushi as a Samurai! Then work your way up to some Python, but you must understand, it's not funny because it's random, in fact, it's not random.