let's give examples of things the british find HILARIOUS and everyone else thinks is rubbish.

benny. fuckin. hill.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Old_Gregg.jpg

"I'M OLD GREEEEEEG!"

rustle brand

benny. fuckin. hill.

rare circumstances- hill counts. however, benny hill was incredibly repetitive. it was nearly the same show week after week, but he was "cheeky" so it continues to be popular.

rustle brand

awful

Yeah, and American comedy is always gold.
You're a fucking douchebag, Nimrod's Son.

rare circumstances- hill counts. however, benny hill was incredibly repetitive. it was nearly the same show week after week, but he was "cheeky" so it continues to be popular.
get off my board.

i really like russell brand

Monty Python.

I also kind of find Mr. Bean funny also, but I'll readily admit that is not for everyone. And I'm talking the show not the movies.

guys this is not about the ten or so actual funny things to come from britain.

Russel Brand was good in FSM but that was an American script lampooning an awful British rock star so there you go.

I don't really get Eddie Izzard or Billy Connolly. I think the Monty Python sketches can be ok at times but I don't really get the movies.

Monty Python.
are you saying monty python is not funny.

Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Watch episode 1 on Youtube.

IT Crowd is awesome.
So is The Office, as well as Extras.
Or Father Ted.
Mighty Boosh is nice
etc pp

couldn't. sorry.

i've watched that it crowd show and it was abysmal.

the live studio audience format is dead.

ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME?
:o

At least they're using a real live audience...

I don't really get Eddie Izzard or Billy Connolly. I think the Monty Python sketches can be ok at times but I don't really get the movies.

I'm speechless.

until further notice.

Yeah, and American comedy is always gold.
You're a fucking douchebag, Nimrod's Son.

This was the first thing I thought when I read the title of this thread.

^Great avatar.

I'm speechless.
me too. i just read that. ravenguy stays on the board but he gets electroshock therapy.

are you saying monty python is not funny.

No, I was listing that as an exception. I do find it to be one of those things that people either find brilliant or terrible though. I think it's great but do not know many other people who do.

Gotta look at when some of this stuff was made though too, comedy does not generally date well. I know when I've see some of the "classic" American sitcoms or dramas that they seem pretty shithouse by modern standards.

Spaced was awesome

The Mighty Boosh didn't do anything for me. My sister tried to expose it to me by shwoing me a few video clips on YouTube, but most of them were kinda ":erm: well I think if you watch the whole thing, it's funny in context... maybe you just had to be there"

I proceeded to show her this, and it got more lolls from her out of all the stuff she showed me put together.

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My old roommate had tapes of Are You Being Served? and Keeping Up Appearances and he thought it was just soooo funny. Yuck.

that wasn't very funny, pasta of muppet

Yeah, and American comedy is always gold.
You're a fucking douchebag, Nimrod's Son.

i never said that. i'm more than willing to admit a great deal of american comedy is shit, but you don't see people talking about "Dharma and Greg" or "Two and a Half Men" on here all the time now do you

Max Headroom

peep show is the best, sry

I watched all five seasons because of you aldango. Very funny show. Not life changing, as you claimed, but hilarious.

What a confusing thread. It's almost like individuals can have differing opinions influenced by their culture, community and life experiences or some such nonsense.

My Hero.

rare circumstances- hill counts. however, benny hill was incredibly repetitive. it was nearly the same show week after week, but he was "cheeky" so it continues to be popular.

benny hill = family guy

Whose Line is it Anyway originated in Great Britian. They're a funny people, really. Only problem is the accents make them all sound gay. It's a rather homoerotic culture. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

i never said that. i'm more than willing to admit a great deal of american comedy is shit, but you don't see people talking about "Dharma and Greg" or "Two and a Half Men" on here all the time now do you

Wait, no TV show mentioned in this thread is on the same level as Dharma & Greg, so don't give me that.
Fuck, I hate that show.

But she's so quirky and free-spirited!

isn't look around you from the bbc? that show rules

But she's so quirky and free-spirited!

Apparently Scientology does that to you.

This is like a banana thread, guys.

Excellent trolling from nimrod.

british comedy is the best in the world!

A shame that Nimrod's thread had to reinforce that fact :)

Oh and Nimrod, Mighty Boosh isn't funny, but like everything else you knew that right?

Shut the fuck up you UK sissy girls. Go slap each other on the ass and hold hands to your strange and unfunny comedic stylings. :mad:

When I think of US comedy I think of Seinfeld, which to be honest is an abortion of a comedy

When I think of US comedy I think of Seinfeld, which to be honest is an abortion of a comedy

So what is it with comedians, anyway?

so, who in the thread thinks blackadder is rubbish? Series 3 is possibly one of the funniest things i've ever seen

Series 4 is amazing as well. Especially the last episode.

2nd Season of Blackadder is the best, everyone knows that. This thread is a joke of course, modern british comedy is deteriorating i'll give you that but we have certainly made many exceptional comedy programs. Day today and Brasseye being peak shit, american comedy couldn't even get on the same level.

I wonder if it would even translate? Any Americans here big fans of Chris Morris?

Mighty Boosh isn't funny

get aids you nazi cunt

blackadder is awesome

2nd Season of Blackadder is the best

3rd & 4th are better. I mean it's like picking out your favorite gleaming, perfect diamond but whatever. I like 3.

this is a dumb thread

humorous british stuff i like

Blackadder
Monty Python
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Look Around You
Shaun of the Dead
Terry Pratchett novels
Are You Being Served?
Yes, Minister
Red Dwarf
Eddie Izzard
Jimmy Carr
i'm sure there's more.

3rd & 4th are better. I mean it's like picking out your favorite gleaming, perfect diamond but whatever. I like 3.

this is a dumb thread

I prefer 4th over 3rd in terms of overall consistency. 2nd pretty much got it that classic status, I think the 4th comes close though.

Series 4 is amazing as well. Especially the last episode.

I think each series is better than the last. The first is a bit dull, it's like Mr. Bean set in the Middle Ages. The characters were re-written for Blackadder II onwards so that he was wittier and had more common sense.

"Percy, you look like a flamingo that has swallowed a serving plate."

or how about when Percy invents "purest Green."

"I've got a plan so cunning, you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasle"

"We're in a sticky situation. It's the stickiest situation since Sticky the Stick Insect got stuck on a sticky bun"

Sometimes I feel like a pelican, Baldrick. Everywhere I turn there's an enormous bill in front of me.

Baldrick, go forth into the streets and announce that Lord Blackadder wishes to sell his house. Percy, just go forth into the streets.

Office
Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan in general
Jam
Father Ted
Ali G, Aka Borat (And that comedy he first appeared on, can't remember name)
Little Britain (well it started off good, I don't really follow it so much)
The League of gentlemen
Not the nine o'clock news

To add a few others

dont forget brasseye

shaun of the dead, if it hasn't already been mentioned, which i'm sure it has

edit: for a thing that isn't funny but unproportionally applauded, especially by britons

dont forget brasseye

Exactly, I mentioned that and Day Today earlier which I have rewatched recently. They are pretty much unbeatable, just complete hilarity and sharp satirical absurdity.

aye, anything with Chris Morris or Charlie Brooker


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joss eklunds spunky backpack / shatners bassoon

A shame that Nimrod's thread had to reinforce that fact :)

Oh and Nimrod, Mighty Boosh isn't funny, but like everything else you knew that right?

it's on in the US now and no it isn't funny

doesn anyone else find it odd that most of the british comedy people like is from 20+ years ago

When I think of US comedy I think of Seinfeld, which to be honest is an abortion of a comedy
just because you're not sophisticated enough to understand it doesn't mean you should blame the show

I mostly think of classic Simpsons when I think of the center of current American comedy.

doesn anyone else find it odd that most of the british comedy people like is from 20+ years ago

no you arent counting the office, red dwarf, extras, the it crowd, peep show, etc.

no you arent counting the office, red dwarf, extras, the it crowd, peep show, etc.

i'm saying that doesn't represent the majority of what non-UK people listed here.

also the IT crowd sucks

I also kind of find Mr. Bean funny also, but I'll readily admit that is not for everyone. And I'm talking the show not the movies.

you like Mr Bean, but not Monty Python?

I'm glad people like nimrod dont find british comedy funny. i dont want jocks listening to my 'underground' music either, mo fo!

anyone seen black books?
I got it on my pc, i wasn't sure what to expect at first but it provided the lulz.
The first / pilot episode seemed vastly different to what they ended up doing with the main character. Which is a good thing.

It's a strange one. It has some elements of cheese that are unintentional, but the laughs are there to make up for it i think. i'll give it some more time.

The Mighty Boosh didn't do anything for me. My sister tried to expose it to me by shwoing me a few video clips on YouTube, but most of them were kinda ":erm: well I think if you watch the whole thing, it's funny in context... maybe you just had to be there"

I proceeded to show her this, and it got more lolls from her out of all the stuff she showed me put together.

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how can you try compare that clip to the boosh without watching a full episode?
PS: mansons scream is awful.

it's on in the US now and no it isn't funny

i havent seen the US season yet, but it starts broadcast here on Monday.
when i first heard of it i thought it would probably be something to redeem this mediocre show.

I'm sure i'll laugh a whole bunch at the expense of you bastards from Monday.

Updates to follow.

humorous british stuff i like

Blackadder
Monty Python
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Look Around You
Shaun of the Dead
Terry Pratchett novels
Are You Being Served?
Yes, Minister
Red Dwarf
Eddie Izzard
Jimmy Carr
i'm sure there's more.

when you say the terry pratchett novels are you talking about those movie adaptions? cause they were kinda ruined for me with the theriatrical aspect of the acting. i dont like that vibe in movies, it's fit for stage.

And if novels are being mentioned then it's probably some kind of crime to leave out Robert Rankin.

terry practchett cites him as one of the rare authors who make him laugh (probably out loud).
Or so it says on some of my book covers anyway.
I hope it is not some elaborate hoax.

The Thick of It is pretty good too

If not a single person here as mentioned Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, everyone should be bitchslapped.

Calling Sinefeld and abortion of a comedy is downright uncalled for and fairly stupid. Christ, it basically re-invented the sitcom genre (by making all the main characters assholes, true, but you've never seen a show do that. Archie Bunker was always proven to be the fool. Sinefeld characters didn't learn, didn't change, didn't grow, and were happyily petty, that's why it was genius. Until they went to jail, that is.) Also, it had a hugely diverse set of supporting and minor characters. (Aside: that's where the US Office has very much improved over the UK Office. The supporting and minor characters on the US show are wholly original to that series and very funny.) And, next to The Simpsons, it's infinitely quotable and memorable.

you like Mr Bean, but not Monty Python?

:mad:

NO. I like both. Did you notice how most people are listing British comedy that they like? Gah. I really like most of the Monty Python I have seen and am a bit embarrassed I forgot to mention Blackadder. It's been a while since I have seen it, sadly.

we're going too far with the US over UK office thing though.
The only thing they're better at is continuing to make new seasons.

and also making television shows

like dhama and gregg, right?

monty python makes me cringe.

father ted is funny, but it's irish not british.

like dhama and gregg, right?

the creators of the US office made dharma and greg?

when you say the terry pratchett novels are you talking about those movie adaptions? cause they were kinda ruined for me with the theriatrical aspect of the acting. i dont like that vibe in movies, it's fit for stage.

And if novels are being mentioned then it's probably some kind of crime to leave out Robert Rankin.

terry practchett cites him as one of the rare authors who make him laugh (probably out loud).
Or so it says on some of my book covers anyway.
I hope it is not some elaborate hoax.

i mean the novels, never saw any of the made-for-tv movies. not really interested in them too much either.

never read rankin

but i has read every pratchett novel up to Thud! at least twice.

And no mention of Fawlty Towers? C'mon people.

father ted is funny, but it's irish not british.

no it's not

set in ireland /=/ irish

And no mention of Fawlty Towers? C'mon people.

oops

no it's not

set in ireland /=/ irish

It was written by, and starred, Irish people. I think we can give them a pass on this one.

the heavy Anglicization of Ireland practically makes this distinction negligible

While you may be right, I wouldn't say it too loudly in Belfast.

I watched all five seasons because of you aldango. Very funny show. Not life changing, as you claimed, but hilarious.

i am flattered - did you watch that mitchell and webb look too?

FUCK I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT RED DWARF

smoke me a kipper and smack me in the face

the various alan partridge series were exemplary; steve coogan's saxondale (middle-aged ex-rock roadie exiled in suburbia) worth a look. oh, i forgot, his paul calf "northern dickhead" stuff was funny too, though pretty crude...

no it's not

set in ireland /=/ irish
have you been to ireland

and no this isn't relevant

Ancestral links, dude. We've covered this. Also, post more - the board needs you.

Damn that's some punctuation.

ANyone in the UK watching the new Red Dwarf episodes?

Tonights episode (2/3) was absolutely shite. Really unfunny pish.

read robert rankin!
god damn!

ANyone in the UK watching the new Red Dwarf episodes?

Tonights episode (2/3) was absolutely shite. Really unfunny pish.

There are new Red Dwarf episodes? I'm American but we used to get this on the public broadcasting station and I was a big fan. I used to stay up late on Saturday nights and watch it with my mom when I was like 12. I heard rumblings about a movie for years but never anything about new episodes.

new episodes? weird.

Red Dwarf has a pretty solid downward trajectory after about...i dunno 5 seasons in? i think some of the best episodes were at the beginning and then when they lost the ship and were stuck on Spacebug. After they found Red Dwarf and the crew was reassembled or something and then there was that whole prison colony thing with hot Kochanksi...i mean it was still pretty good but not really <i>that</i> good. Turned into actual science fiction instead of just hilarity.

have you been to ireland

and no this isn't relevant

no, it's tops on the list of places to go

While you may be right, I wouldn't say it too loudly in Belfast.

there isn't much you can say loudly in belfast like

"Celtic forever."
or
"Rangers forever."

I wouldn't say that here on the West coast if Scotland either.

Oh and you are right about Red Dwarf, the last seasons kind of lost any humour, but these new ones are really abysmal.

HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN FOREVER

Only the craziest motherfuckers shout that

gazpacho....soup......*

I didn't know gazpacho soup was meant to be served cold. I called over the chef and I told him to take it away and bring it back hot. He did. The looks on their faces still haunt me today! I thought they were laughing at the chef, when all the time they were laughing at me as I ate my piping hot gazpacho soup.

oh arnold judas rimmer, you are such an utter smeg head