The Downfall of Downfall

We've all been there: you first see something funny, or hear a great joke, and it is hilarious. Real laugh out loud funny. Then you see it again, or an adaptation of it, and it is less funny. Or someone tells you a variation of the joke, and it gets less funny each time. And it goes on like that; a slow process of attrition, until you just think that the joke is shit and you are fucking sick of hearing it. 

I feel that way about those Downfall videos now.  The first time I saw one - about Hillary Clinton's failing bid for the Democratic nomination - it was laugh out loud funny. Now there are so many of them - dealing with everything from the BNP winning EU seats through to Derek Draper being a bit of a cunt - that it becomes more comment worthy if a political failure doesn't have the clip from Downfall adapted to suit the particular circumstances.

So enough already, people. Give the Downfall spoofs a rest. And if you leave it for long enough, you never know - it might get funny again.