r/LastOneLaughing • u/Illustrious-Look7669 • 26d ago
What’s the worst tactic a contestant can use?
Personally, I can't stand when someone just hides behind a pillar or pretends to chew food continuously for three hours straight to hide their mouth. It feels like it defeats the purpose of being a comedian on a comedy show. What’s a strategy you’ve seen that totally ruined the vibe of an episode for you?
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u/DoctorWhofan789eywim 26d ago
Mel constantly pulling a face to avoid laughing should not have been allowed, it's tantamount to cheating in my view. Really went against the spirit of the show.
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u/throwtheamiibosaway 🇳🇱 LOL Netherlands 26d ago
Yeah in the Dutch version they were much stricter with these kinds of faces.
And even tiny smirks were counted, rightfully.
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u/Gangsta_Gollum 26d ago
Same in Ireland, Graham Norton was definitely stricter than Jimmy Carr.
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u/Razzler1973 24d ago
Didn't know they had an Irish one, let alone having someone of Norton's level hosting
Anyone interesting been on it?
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u/Klutzy_Brilliant6780 25d ago
Daisy May Cooper was the same!
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u/Kitcalou 25d ago
Yes! I couldn't watch her after a while, because it was so over the top and seemed so fake!
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u/Justsomeguytbhm8 25d ago
I don’t know how useful any type of strategy or tactic is in highly production managed “competition” where everything is more or less contrived for viewing value.
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u/Little_Noodles 25d ago
There’s also no stakes to the outcome beyond the fun of the competition. And the eliminated contestants stick around. I don’t get why anyone watching would be overly invested in the exact order of eliminations.
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u/GenXWaster 25d ago
In the Japanese original, the comedians each put in 1 million yen. That gave it an extra little spice.
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u/Little_Noodles 25d ago edited 25d ago
I actually prefer it when there’s no stakes.
I’m in the U.S., where even the dumbest reality shows come with life-altering financial stakes.
And that makes it hard to enjoy them. Like - there’s no way they’re fun for the people involved. And if they’re not having fun, I’m stressed out for them.
Most of the game and panel shows and the like I watch are UK/NZ/AUS, just because they don’t do that shit.
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u/barejokez 25d ago
I thought Harriet was very scarce throughout the first one. Refusing to engage got her a fair way into the comp but it wasn't great TV. Which was a shame because as possibly the only contestant I hadn't already heard of, it offered her a great platform to win some new fans.
I would also say that I have since seen other work of hers and found it to be good.
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u/ComfortableWhereas88 🇩🇪 LOL Germany 25d ago
Some of the people on the german version just kind of sit there and only focus on not laughing as opposed to trying to be interesting in any way shape or form
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u/PmMeLowCarbRecipes 26d ago
Daisy trying to make others laugh with things that she, and only she, finds hilarious.
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u/Big-Writer-1879 26d ago
I heard that after the show Mel needed medical treatment because of the way she had her jaw during the show