British Comedy

[Snow Wolf]

I am a big fan of British Comedy...some of my favorites are:

Bean
Are You Being Served
Keeping Up Appearences
Thin Blue Line
The Young Ones
Red-Green
Black Adder
Doctor Who.....not exactly comedy, but funny as hell
Johnny English

What do you all think of British humor and what are your favorite shows.

[gerard]

does shaun of the dead count?

[ftblplyr46]

does shaun of the dead count?

I love the fat guy in that one... Dude is hilarious

[SnoChica]

Coupling (and I mean the original Bristish version) was probably one of the funniest sit-coms to ever air on TV. Get the DVDs if you can. Worth every penny!

[Naked Hiker]

Monty python was the best! and AB/FAB !!!!!

[snohomie]

i love cyanide and happiness!! they are the best!


eeh.....is Burnt Face Man british humor??

even if hes not...i still think hes hilarious

[snowkat]

i love british humour, the young ones is my all time fav show, ive watched it so many times

also love

red dwarf
fawlty towers

[snowboardnguy90]

OHH i love monty python.

[Proximate Platypus]

Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, Mr. Bean, and I liked Shaun of the Dead, too... :lol:

[Snow Wolf]

Yeah...I love Monty Python too....Hey lets not forget about Benny Hill! I forgot to add that to my list....hysterical!!

[kelly]

... and Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, Coupling... british people are funny :)

[Levi]

I guess I should watch some monty because I don't know what the hell you people are talking about!!! :)

[snowboardnguy90]

I guess I should watch some monty because I don't know what the hell you people are talking about!!! :)

o...m...g... you've never seen... NEVER SEEN MONTY PYTHON? MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL??!?!?!

omg... somebody hold me...

[thedude]

i love cyanide and happiness!! they are the best!


eeh.....is Burnt Face Man british humor??

even if hes not...i still think hes hilarious

lol, well the guy who makes Burnt Faceman is british, so i guess that would count, along wiht the rest of the **** he makes when he is tripping acid, liek Salad Fingers or Spoilsbury Toast Boy

i like Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mr. Bean, Mrs. Bucket, and there are some others i;ve seen but can't remember the names of.

[thedude]

o...m...g... you've never seen... NEVER SEEN MONTY PYTHON? MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL??!?!?!

omg... somebody hold me...

i liek holy grail, but i just feel like that is played out these days. Meaning of Life and Life of Brian were ****ign hilarious. Meaning of Life is still my favorite Python movie. and the tv shwo is insane, with skits like Minestry of Silly Walks. "forgive my tradiness, but it seems my silly walk has gotten sillier in the past week." and the ever calssic Spanish Inquisition.
"nobody expects the spanish inqusition! our main weapon is suprise!"
"and alarm..."
"yes, and alarm"
"and torture"
"damn it! now we got to do it again! the suprise is ruined!"
"well, you coudl leave the room, come back, and we'll pretend to be surised"
"alright, that'll work"

[SnowGeek]

I remember liking Good Neighbors, about the couple that gave up their jobs to live off the land. Faulty towers, too. But these are all pretty old, and I haven't seen anything lately.

I've always been a fan of Dr. Who, but that's not comedy!:-) Wish I could see the new episodes, but I can't even find them on DVD yet.

[Levi]

Nope man it wasn't on my to watch list!!! I have always heard of it but never seen it.

[Jingo]

I remember liking Good Neighbors, about the couple that gave up their jobs to live off the land. Faulty towers, too. But these are all pretty old, and I haven't seen anything lately.

I've always been a fan of Dr. Who, but that's not comedy!:-) Wish I could see the new episodes, but I can't even find them on DVD yet.
Dude that Programs called The good life not good neighbours.

Ok i knew you guys loved fawlty towers, python and blackadder. But im surprised you like Coupling i didnt even know they played that over in the states! and someone said 'the original British one' please dont tell me they tried to remake it?!?

Also have any of u ever seen the american Red Dwarf? what was that all about?

Ok im off guys but im glad your all fans of comedy values!

Cheers!

[Snow Wolf]

I remember liking Good Neighbors, about the couple that gave up their jobs to live off the land. Faulty towers, too. But these are all pretty old, and I haven't seen anything lately.

I've always been a fan of Dr. Who, but that's not comedy!:-) Wish I could see the new episodes, but I can't even find them on DVD yet.

Who`s your favorite Dcotor? For me its Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker....I think the lines are very funny so in a way it is like comedy....especially Tom Baker!

[Jingo]

Have you guys not yet recieved the new dr's yet then? Tom bakers good but old school, i think the new school doctors are just a touch better and ive seen most episodes,

Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant in case u didnt know.

[Snow Wolf]

No, I have`nt heard of those guys at all....usually the local PBS station airs Doctor Who, but lately they arent on even that....we can find a few DVD at the media shops but never full collections....I would love the entire Pertwee and Baker series on DVD!

[rustybean]

gosh, ive hvnt seen much british comedies but i so so so love Little Britain. It's the best!

[xVT. RIDERx]

british comedy is the best, because it's witty and creative. it's like they don't hold back like some american comedies try to do, as not to offend some and bore others. i belive british comedy is a more sophistacated comedy that takes a little more thinking than just a bunch of vulgarities and a "your mom" joke. Monty Python kicks ass. and i've probably seen others on tv. is Uptight Citizen's Brigade a bristish one?

[pixi]

I love the sarcasm, cynicism and dark humour of british comedy!

Every one HAS to watch a British TV series called "spaced"...the idea for shaun of the dead came from one of the episodes of spaced.

Shaun of the dead has the same director and all the cast of spaced too...its liek my bible! And for the height of messed up, dark british humour...check out a series called "Jam" and another called "Brasseye" By a genius called chris morris (warning...Chris morris is one messed up little puppy!)

I adore "Alan partridge" too it really splits my sides

[pixi]

gosh, ive hvnt seen much british comedies but i so so so love Little Britain. It's the best!
Little Britain is also worryingly accurate!!

[kelly]

Nope man it wasn't on my to watch list!!! I have always heard of it but never seen it.
I have two copies, you can have one.

[rustybean]

Little Britain is also worryingly accurate!!


what?! u mean there are actually men in britain who walk around the streets dressed in female victorian clothes?!?

ROTFLMAO!!!

[snowkat]

Also have any of u ever seen the american Red Dwarf? what was that all about?

Ok im off guys but im glad your all fans of comedy values!

Cheers![/quote]

Haha, Ive seen snippets of that on a red dwarf dvd, funny how they still had the same british dude playing kryten in the american series, was nowhere near as funny as the original tho

[pixi]

Ther American version of the office was baaaaaad (sorry if that annoys anyone)
You cant beat the original...Ricky Gervais is a genius!

I had no idea they remade Red Dwarf

[pixi]

what?! u mean there are actually men in britain who walk around the streets dressed in female victorian clothes?!?

ROTFLMAO!!!
You would be surprised hehe!!! But the "am i bovvered" Girl (Vicky) is a carbon copy of most British teenage girls these days! It makes me very sad!

[SimonInAustralia]

Some of Little Britain is too funny, that fat girl is awesome (is that Vicky), and the young homo guy that lives with his parents.

Ali G is good.

Fawlty Towers is just legendary, John Cleese is fu cking funny as, some of the Monty Python's are classics as well, Holy Grail/Life of Brian/etc.

Being originally a British colony our public TV station shows a lot of British shows, and growing up there was only 2 stations to watch.

Some shows I liked when I was a kid...The Young Ones, The Goodies, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Kenny Everett Television/Video Show, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Love Thy Neighbour, Are You Being Served, Some Mothers Do Ave Em, Porridge/Going Straight, Open All Hours, The Good Life, The Benny Hill Show, Dad's Army, Steptoe and Son, Man About The House.

[TheDanger-Zone]

Monty python was the best! and AB/FAB !!!!!

Two great ones brother, there is also Benny Hill he was great.. :pound:

[Nephyte]

CBC used to have a British Comedy night, with like 2 or 3 hours of back to back Brit sitcoms.

I used to love watching one called: 'allo 'allo.

[pixi]

allo allo is a classic!

[thehippiekid]

I love Brit Coms... that is the only thing I watch on TV... My friends tell me whenever they are on pbs lol... If they don't tell me I have no clue but oh well... I also like that they call couches chesterfeilds because that is so cool... I have started using it but no one ever knows what I am talking about

[viggo-rolig]

...love

red dwarf
fawlty towers totally agree. those are the BEST. monty pythons sweet too.