British Humor
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I wanna add a couple to that list... Spaced, Black Books and Green Wing.
got them all on dvd...well watched and well worth the money0 -
I second The Peep Show. It was on on Friday night and sometimes on Wednesday i'd remember something in the show that i identified with and laugh. I think it's very UNamerican though, it's all about the banal and the mundane and feeling a bit crushed under the weight of all of it. HILARIOUS HILARIOUS stuff though. It's NOT Friends ykwim. It's Friends but if they were "looooooooozers".0
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YES! Just saw this thread, so if I am repeating any suggestions, sorry!!
Love Black Adder so much that I went out and bought a couple of the series on dvd a few years back.
Red Dwarf and, as long as we're mentioning Ab Fab, I would be remiss if I didn't recommend French and Saunders!!! Their comedy spans many countries and generations of pop culture. Love them!!! (They were even characters in an episode of Jim Henson's The Storyteller when I was a child. Didn't know it then, though. But, I can tell you that when I watched it again as an adult, the episode soared to great heights of laughter for me.)0 -
RE i'm alan partridge. I sometimes get flashes of steve coogan in his underpants on a table in a nightclub. pants and a machine knitted jumper, brogues and socks.....
I love american tv as well though. bREAking bad (omg, excellent stuff) House, mad men, Dexter............
There just isn't enough time to watch all the tv that's been made!!!0 -
EXCELLENT POST ...blackadder is way way up there as one of my faves0
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Nobody has mentioned The Goodies.
And of course there is radio/audio. To mention only a couple,The Goon Show, the start of so much. The long running I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and its predecessor I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.0 -
And thus, deserves its own thread :bigsmile:
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Black Books is a must-see!0
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HUZARR! I have a cunning plan!
Lol I'm British so british by birth british by nature0 -
Fawlty Towers.... "Is this a piece of your brain?" will stay with me forever
LOVE Only Fools and Horses..... David Jason.... what a talent.
Peep Show excellent too0 -
~I love British humour. Not much of an input, but I don't want to lose this thread, sorry.0
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I might have to check a few of these out, but one of my all time favorite shows, of course is The I.T. Crowd.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?!?!?!
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One more reason that I know I was British in a former life is I never had to aquire the taste for British humor. I was born with it.0
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Black Books is a must, so is Spaced0
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For those of you recommending Blackadder etc., and sorry if this has been suggested already, look up Rowan Atkinson's standup on youtube. In particular, the Indian Restaurant is very very British & imo very funny.
Other classics are some of Alan Bennett's monologues - search for Alan Bennett 'The Telegram'.
Oh, and although Irish rather than British, Dave Allen was a comedy genius. Again, worth checking on youtube for some of his stand-up routines.
I don't think I need the disclaimer, but, just in case, some of these can be somewhat vulgar... :bigsmile:
Oh - did anyone mention Eric & Ernie? Another classic from the past. The Andre Previn sketch is awesome ("Griegs piano concerto, by Grieg with him & him" hehehe)0 -
STILL GAME! Wonderful Scottish humour, though it can be hard for non-Scots to understand...(dialect/accent, not just coz we're super intellingent )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khrpy4V0-U4
Also nobody has mention One Foot In The Grave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0tiNwOpZ68
So cute! Aaand Hilarious!0 -
It's the surprising adventures of me, Sir Digby Chicken Caesar! ;-)
Has no one mentioned the Fast Show yet????0 -
It's the surprising adventures of me, Sir Digby Chicken Caesar! ;-)
Has no one mentioned the Fast Show yet????
this is my ring tone.
also lookup Eddie Izzard and death star on youtube. one of the most british and amusing sketches ever.
i agree about peep show and the IT crowd.
also not forgetting QI and Mock the Week as good things to watch if you can get hold of them.0 -
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