tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post5226307142208106531..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: a short history of estonian comedyGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-9651024773124822072010-05-13T13:46:40.241+03:002010-05-13T13:46:40.241+03:00I've noticed a lot of things about the Estonia...I've noticed a lot of things about the Estonian attitude are very similar to the Australian way of looking at the world, which makes me wonder if Estonians would appreciate Australian comedians (and vice versa).<br /><br />Get some of your eesti mates to watch YouTube clips of Shaun Micallef and Cal Wilson and see what they think.<br /><br />Okay, technically Cal Wilson is a New Zealander, but she lives in Australia, and Kiwis and Aussies are practically interchangeable...Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383128449697415608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-81967177430115341752010-05-13T13:38:24.789+03:002010-05-13T13:38:24.789+03:00Hey, are you aware you're being "google s...Hey, are you aware you're being "google scammed"? Those comments with little to say and a lot of links to who-knows-what are basically using your page to bump up the linked pages' status in a Google search. It's some spammer messing with Google's algorithm and using your blog to do it.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383128449697415608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-55959775582985135562010-04-30T21:27:41.976+03:002010-04-30T21:27:41.976+03:00Ansip looks like he is in character. I always wat...Ansip looks like he is in character. I always watch him waiting for when he's gonna relax, smile, do high-fives and tell everyone that he was just kidding - "you alls just got punked!"<br /><br />He's gotta be an act. If it is not, gosh are we in trouble.LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-78064129616995732162010-04-28T09:41:54.326+02:002010-04-28T09:41:54.326+02:00If Eino Baskin´s Occupation-era comedy now seems r...If Eino Baskin´s Occupation-era comedy now seems restrained keep in mind how heavy the hand of the censor was at the time. The real fun where people could laugh themselves silly was the underground ´Armeenia raadio´ format - Q&A quips at the expense of the Communist system, passed around only among trusted friends.viimneliivlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17658164527165429943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-10136628104123200812010-04-28T08:49:00.042+02:002010-04-28T08:49:00.042+02:00Around 1998-99 in Tallinn there was a short-lived ...Around 1998-99 in Tallinn there was a short-lived comedy club in behind the WTC and across from Dekoltee between Ahtri & Narva mnt.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882225332320567906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1603731784266607062010-04-27T17:20:29.034+02:002010-04-27T17:20:29.034+02:00Mr. Juur is more like "funny" "jour...Mr. Juur is more like "funny" "journalist" than funny "journalist".<br /><br />> and even funny politicians (Edgar Savisaar)<br /><br />Not to forget our prime keep-always-smiling-man Ansip aka Brian.<br /><br />> Estonia has lacked its own Chris Rocks<br /><br />It would be intresting and fun to have a black, I mean Russian rooted, Estonian stand-up comedian making fun of Russian rooted Estonian prime minister candidate.-raul-https://www.blogger.com/profile/14842496066956885334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-42844568329052055732010-04-25T23:42:33.306+02:002010-04-25T23:42:33.306+02:00Just to note that the St. George's Night Upris...Just to note that the St. George's Night Uprising ended in the winter of 1345 with a peace agreement between the Oeselians and the Livonian Order.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08762009887149412727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-89019667439218357112010-04-25T20:58:25.464+02:002010-04-25T20:58:25.464+02:00"Meelejahutaja", a program that was on t..."Meelejahutaja", a program that was on the radio every sunday morning from 1972 till 1995 was stand-up material.<br />Personally i feel that the US style comedy clubs are about as welcome as McDonalds.McMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864600804688440880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-80576004481967317082010-04-25T18:43:17.039+02:002010-04-25T18:43:17.039+02:00what about Tallinn ?what about Tallinn ?Toivo Ellakverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17753681912737673083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-9473304569957939202010-04-25T17:19:52.279+02:002010-04-25T17:19:52.279+02:00In this climate, only drunks can laugh.
Or fore...In this climate, only drunks can laugh. <br /><br />Or foreigners on a brief visit.<br /><br />Often. <br /><br />Drunk. <br /><br />So.<br /><br />There's all your stand-up comedy. <br /><br />Laying down. <br /><br />Often.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788092047668832117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-17298348647275866572010-04-25T15:53:01.427+02:002010-04-25T15:53:01.427+02:00Stand-up comedy has been huge in Estonia all these...Stand-up comedy has been huge in Estonia all these years. Nobody just knew it was called *stand-up.* Did you know the most popular long playing albums (LPs) in 1970s and 1980s were stand-up routines by comedians like Eino Baskin, etc. <br /><br />Check this out:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQczPu8QaYo&feature=related<br /><br />Funny? I don't know. Stand-up? You betcha.bunsen_lamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17909581103495391945noreply@blogger.com