Iumor

Iumor is an romanian reality television humour competition broadcasted on Antena

1.

The show was first broadcast in April 2016 on Antena 1.

The motto “Iumor sau te omor” suggests a harsh jury and that it takes a lot of talent
to impress them which can be debateable.

The show's format consists of 3 juries : Mihai Bendeac,Delia Matache and Cheelo
and 2 hosts : Serban Copot and Vlad Grigoresc which is a former winner of Iumor.

The show is currently broadcasting its fifth season only after 2 years after the
broadcast of its first episode,being the most viewed reality show in Romania of
course because of its great ratings.

The show contestant’s are ussualy standupers.But some people come there and
dance ,sing,they mime,they perform artistic acts.In fact,the contestant’s act can
consist of anything as long as it is funny,as long and it is on a humoristic theme.

There are also a lot of magic acts that try to include humour,one of these magicians
actually winning in season 1.

The show begins with auditions,when the jury selects the best and the worthy
contestants,followed by a semi-final and of course a finale.

The winner is determined by television viewer voting by telephone,internet or

sms.

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety
show.The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title
NBC's Saturday Night.

The show was originally called NBC's Saturday Night, because Saturday Night
Live was in use by Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell on the rival network
ABC
The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are
performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members.

Traditionally the host of the show ends the opening monologue by introducing the
musical guest for the night.

Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening

monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances
by a musical guest.

Sometimes they even do the music bit themselves.

Guests that host five times (or more) are members of the Five-Timers Club (see
below)—a term that originated on December 8, 1990, when Tom Hanks became
the seventh person to host their fifth episode.

Throughout four decades on air, Saturday Night Live has received a number of
awards, including 64 Primetime Emmy Awards, four Writers Guild of America
Awards, and two Peabody Awards.

It was ranked tenth in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" list

The show format has been developed and recreated in several countries, meeting
with different levels of success.

Most famous SNL Hosts

Jim Carrey
With his "Living Colour" and comedy background, it made perfect sense for
funnyman Jim Carrey to host "Saturday Night Live" in 1996. His most memorable
skits were with him playing the overprotective "Jacuzzi Lifeguard" opposite Will
Ferrell and the new "Roxbury Club" hopper with Ferrell and Chris Kattan.
Justin Timberlake
Although he's most known for his vocal talent, Justin Timberlake has proudly
showed off his comedic skills on "Saturday Night Live. The six-time Grammy-
winner made history by being the first "SNL" guest host to win an Emmy in the
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series category.

Robert Deniro
While Robert DeNiro hasn’t joined the Five-Timers Club yet, his few stints as host
have been lively and mighty. For example, take his memorable 2008 skit where he
announced a list of most-wanted terrorists.

Dwayne Johnson
He is a member of the Five-Timers Club, hosting Saturday Night Live on March
18, 2000, April 13, 2002, March 7, 2009, March 28, 2015, and May 20, 2017

Romanian English Differences Similarities

-Most standupers start their act by telling a story about themselves and they make
fun of the situation they were in

-After they get warmed up so to say they start telling jokes based on different
topics,that may vary depending on the

standupers style

Most of the stand up topics that are used in British and American stand up are
common to other cultures as well,topics like

Politics,Relantionships,Work,Religion

Although these topics can be categorized as being universal there are certain topics
that can be classified as exclusive to a certain culture for example :

There are pun-based jokes that only makes sense in French or English. Also in
Romania there is dry humour that has a different meaning than English dry humour
French and English
A major difference can also be seen between French Humour and English humour.

Humour is by definition an Anglo-saxon concept and the equivalent in french

would be Espirit.

French Espirit is unique in the sense that it can be described by the Ango-Saxon as
Grincant, a concept typically french where the object of the humour is anything
else

Humour is by definition an Anglo-Saxon concept i.e. the equivalent in French

would be “esprit”, farce (prank) and humeur (a state of mind, or mood), but not
humour.

French esprit is unique in the sense that it can be described by the Anglo-Saxon as
‘Grinçant’ a concept typically French where the object of the humour is usually
somebody else

The main aim of la “derision” consisting of mocking someone else’s weak point or
naïve attitude.

Where British humour has a lot to do with self derision – which is perceived as
demonstrating low self-esteem in France

Because their language is so important for them, they love puns,