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tucsonspeed6 10-06-2004 11:28 AM

British Humor
 
So....do all Brits actually think it's hillarious when a man runs around in women's underwear? A more generalized question is whether or not all Brits think that the so called "British humor" is all that funny. Here in america most of that style of stuff is :| , with the exception of stuff like Red Dwarf and Mr. Bean.

Ogen 10-06-2004 11:36 AM

Mr Bean is hardly highbrow stuff so if you like a middle aged man obsessed with his teddy then you can't criticise men running around in womens underwear ( which I don't recall seeing very ofter ).

Ricky 10-06-2004 11:36 AM

All american sitcoms are hilarious.

TheNamelessOne 10-06-2004 12:35 PM

Do all Americans think it is funny to have some Jew doing stand-up cracking jokes about plane food?

The Mask 10-06-2004 12:43 PM

I have no idea what show you'd even be talking about there.

We have our fair share of wank stuff though.

Check out brass eye and the day today.

The Mask 10-06-2004 12:44 PM

ps. red dwarf is hardly highbrow humour either.

Ricky 10-06-2004 01:04 PM

We should make more cartoons about yellow people, that would make us funnier.

The Mask 10-06-2004 01:07 PM

oh yeah ricky, go for the one show that is actually funny.

Mike the Metal Ed 10-06-2004 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by The Mask
oh yeah ricky, go for the one show that is actually funny.

*Was

Mike the Metal Ed 10-06-2004 01:23 PM

I watch practically every British sitcom there is, and I am yet to see...

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Originally Posted by tucsonspeed6
a man runs around in women's underwear

Except Herr Flick in Allo Allo once, which was funny due to the context.

el fregadero 10-06-2004 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TheNamelessOne
Do all Americans think it is funny to have some Jew doing stand-up cracking jokes about plane food?

No, but the show that follows the thirty seconds of stand up is comedy gold.

El Capitano Gatisto 10-06-2004 02:27 PM

What show is he talking about?

British humour, at it's best, devours American humour. Easily.

Boondock Saint 10-06-2004 03:57 PM

British Humor is great. Granted, I haven't seen a lot of the t.v. shows and whatnot. But I love Monty Python, Eddie Izzard, The Office, and Shaun of the Dead was brilliant.

Pretty much the main stuff that has carried over to here, but I'd love to seek out some other stuff. I hear "Spaced" is pretty good?

Funky Fly 10-06-2004 04:04 PM

Watch Spinal Tap. Watch The Holy Grail. Watch Black Adder (Atkins is better in this than Mr. Bean). Watch Brass Eye. Watch Chef!.

All of those are hilarious.

Boondock Saint 10-06-2004 04:08 PM

Spinal Tap is classic of course. Although they aren't actually British. Close enough.

Mr. Monday Morning 10-06-2004 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Boondock Saint
British Humor is great. Granted, I haven't seen a lot of the t.v. shows and whatnot. But I love Monty Python, Eddie Izzard, The Office, and Shaun of the Dead was brilliant.

Pretty much the main stuff that has carried over to here, but I'd love to seek out some other stuff. I hear "Spaced" is pretty good?

If you liked Shaun of the Dead you'll love Spaced, same people behind it.

Ricky 10-06-2004 05:06 PM

Do they show Only Fools And Horses in america?

Ogen 10-06-2004 05:16 PM

Only Fools And Horses
Black Adder
Father Ted

Watch at least 2 episodes of each of them and tell me British humour is shit

Boondock Saint 10-06-2004 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky
Do they show Only Fools And Horses in america?

Not that I know of, no.

Ricky 10-06-2004 07:15 PM

You should try to get some DVD's of it if you can. It is THE British sitcom.

Mike the Metal Ed 10-06-2004 07:35 PM

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...s=dvd&n=507846

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...s=dvd&n=507846

:y:

CosaNostra 10-06-2004 08:09 PM

Monty Python is pretty funny. Especially Quest For The Holy Grail.

Jonster 10-06-2004 08:28 PM

I haven't seen any British comedy shows with a man running around in women's underwear.

ericbisch 10-06-2004 10:24 PM

i am an aussie here and i think british humor is much funnier than american comedy

The Mask 10-06-2004 10:54 PM

out of curiousity, which american humour are we compared to anyway?

Gonzo 10-07-2004 12:08 AM

I believe Rocky Horror Picture Show has the aforementioned humor.

Also, with the cultural barrier, we are to find different things humorous.

Kapoutman 10-07-2004 02:32 AM

I love British Humour.

yianni 10-07-2004 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ericbisch
i am an aussie here and i think british humor is much funnier than american comedy

So am I and I agree.

British humour shits on American humour.

We get fed so much American bullshit here that it's just :|. We need more British stuff.

Mike the Metal Ed 10-07-2004 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapoutman
I love British Humour.

:eek: Gotta send you some episodes.

Mr. Monday Morning 10-07-2004 10:58 AM

Alan Partridge :love:

Ferocious 10-08-2004 11:15 AM

Only Fools and Horses
Red Dwarf
The Royle Family
Black Adder
The Office
Little Britain
Peter Kays Pheonix Nights

There are so many fantastic British comedies, where as America have

Frasier :| - One good gag per show
Friends :| - Was funny in the first series, then got very old - very fast
Sienfeld :-\ - WTF was this shit

I think Will and Grace is the only American sitcom I actually enjoy.

Ogen 10-08-2004 12:10 PM

It was all going so well until you said Will and Grace

TheNamelessOne 10-08-2004 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Boondock Saint
Pretty much the main stuff that has carried over to here, but I'd love to seek out some other stuff. I hear "Spaced" is pretty good?

Definatly. A fairly cheap (Cheap by British DVD price standards) 3 disc set of the 2 Spaced series and an extra disc full of stuff has just been released. Fantastic for me, who bought the 2 disc set 2 months ago.

Its not hilariously laugh out loud funny, but there are tons of hilarious parodies in there. Lots of making fun of the new Star Wars movies. Plus, theres a character in the series who got kicked out of the terretorial army for trying to invade Paris with a tank.

A lot of the people involved with Shaun Of The Dead were involved with Spaced, hence the reason why Simon Pegg and a few others have starred in both. Simon Pegg was on Xfm a few weeks back and said that a new series of Spaced will come out eventually, but they are planning on working on a new movie, which features a British policeman as an action hero.

Cactus Sid 10-08-2004 12:32 PM

British Political comedy = The Biz

Mr. Monday Morning 10-08-2004 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SirRoundSound
Frasier :| - One good gag per show

:wtf: Gotta disagree with that one

Danny Electric 10-08-2004 03:50 PM

Anyone remember the Stare-out contests in Big Train. They were hilarious.

TheNamelessOne 10-09-2004 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Cactus Sid
British Political comedy = The Biz

Bremner, Bird & Fortune :y:

Ol Dirty Dastard 10-09-2004 12:01 PM

Blackadder is gold. I saw a bit of Only Fools and Horses, good times. Fawlty towers is the man.

Imagi-Nation 10-10-2004 02:52 AM

I'm an Aussie also, and I too believe British humor is far more funny than American humor. No argument.

toxic rooster 10-10-2004 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto
What show is he talking about?

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Originally Posted by The Mask
I have no idea what show you'd even be talking about there.

Seinfeld.

Also, the Brit version of Whose Line is it Anyway shits all over the American one.

even though I don't think they even still make the Brit one :-\


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