y_feldblum Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 The British aren't funny?! Have you never heard one of them speak?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyAyn Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I love to watch As Time Goes By...the humor is very different from American comedies. There aren't a lot of episodes of this one, but I think Judy Denche (spelling?) is a fantastic actress and is very fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I love to watch As Time Goes By...the humor is very different from American comedies. There aren't a lot of episodes of this one, but I think Judy Denche (spelling?) is a fantastic actress and is very fun to watch. I like that show as well. The actor who plays Nigel (I think that's his name, it's been a while since I've watched it) is also very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
source Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I like "The new Statesman" and "Black Adder." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagny Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 my husband, who's british, introduced me to Monty Python...my favorite is "life of brian". i also like "keeping up appearances" and watch it when i can. hyacynth reminds me of an aunt i have. someone highly recommended "The Office" as the funniest show on tv...but i havent watched it as i dont have BBC America. one of my favorite movies is Trainspotting. from all the british shows/movies i've seen...and from knowing my husband...british humor is certainly more witty and sarcastic. as he likes to say "sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 someone highly recommended "The Office" as the funniest show on tv...but i havent watched it as i dont have BBC America. The Office is hilarious, it is probably my favorite show on TV. Both the first and second seasons were recently released on DVD and I know BlockBuster carries them, so, no need for BBC America. If you like British Comedies these are a must see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfarmer Posted July 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 i also like "keeping up appearances" and watch it when i can. hyacynth reminds me of an aunt i have. I feel for you if you have an aunt like Hyancinth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetest01 Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 Well, it was written by Kubrick, but Peter Sellers really makes the film fantastic; I honestly think "Dr. Strangelove" beats anything previously mentioned. Best double-feature I ever saw: First feature: Fail-Safe Second feature: Dr. Strangelove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pericles(MBA) Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 I love Ab Fab. The party hound/public relations mother character is funny on so many levels. I'm going to have to look into some of the other ones people have listed here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalism Forever Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 Although James Bond movies are not comedies, there is quite an amount of truly excellent humor in them. I especially love the parts where Bond defeats a bad guy in funny way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 I was just introduced to Coupling last week, watched the first few episodes, and thought it was often quite funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfarmer Posted July 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Just an observation: has anyone noticed that American shows which are based on British shows tend to be some of the most popular shows in television history? For example, Sanford and Son, All in the Family, Three's Company, and Cosby were all based on shows imported from England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles T. Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 "Cheers" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" were also "imports". It wasn't a very good show overall, but there was a British sci-fi comedy series called "Red Dwarf" that had some funny bits. Smeg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank_frackis Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 My favourite British comedies are The Fast Show, Brasseye and Red Dwarf. Johnny Depp was in the Fast Show for a couple of episodes and Brasseye is probably the best Satire I've ever seen on television (it caused front page outrage when it was shown here the first time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovenstein Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 My favourite British comedies are The Fast Show . . . If memory serves, it's called "Brilliant!" in the U.S. for anyone interested. I haven't seen it in a while, but I vaguely remember it being pretty funny. Others I haven't seen in a while but remember being quite funny are "The Young Ones" and "Are You Dave Gorman?". TYO was good ol' Brit sketch comedy from a chunk of years back. AYDG is more recent, and I remember it being a damn riot. Basically, this guy Dave Gorman made a bet with his flatmate that he could go meet 52 other guys in the world named Dave Gorman. The show only lasts a few episodes and it's just DG putting on a presentation about his trip. I could see some people, even Britcom fans, not liking this, but I loved it. The guy's a stitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michero Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Blackadder is perhaps one of the funniest shows ever produced. Coupling is great. I also love those Brit crime dramas and I'm sure I've mention Spooks before. Also Top Gear, a car show is pretty damn cool. If you get a chance to check out the new Doctor Who I recommend that. I think despite the fact that the BBC is gov funded and controls tv in the UK they have had some gems over there (I wonder how that happened). Someone on this board brought up (as a hypothetical) jamming BBC's feed-- I was like, well hell I kind of like their broadcasting. Do you think once they get cable the public TV will get worse? Is there already some private television broadcasting in Britain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Its a film rather than a TV series, but Withnail and I is one of the funniest things ever created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottkursk Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Others I haven't seen in a while but remember being quite funny are "The Young Ones" and "Are You Dave Gorman?". TYO was good ol' Brit sketch comedy from a chunk of years back. AYDG is more recent, and I remember it being a damn riot. Basically, this guy Dave Gorman made a bet with his flatmate that he could go meet 52 other guys in the world named Dave Gorman. The show only lasts a few episodes and it's just DG putting on a presentation about his trip. I could see some people, even Britcom fans, not liking this, but I loved it. The guy's a stitch. Don't forget, Dave had a self-imposed mileage to prevent him from flying all over the world to do it. So he had to be very judicious in his travels which is what made the series so oddly compelling. Especially considering how many times he made the front pages of small countries official state newspapers. Though my favorite was when he found the Tel Aviv (?) phone book and found a listing for like 30 Dave Gormans and it turns out to be just one guy with 30 phone lines much to his chagrin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovenstein Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Don't forget, Dave had a self-imposed mileage . . . Ah, yes, one of my favorite parts of the show. What was it, the "Zone of Gormanness"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 If you get a chance to check out the new Doctor Who I recommend that. ...There's a new Doctor Who? As in post-Sylvester-McCoy? (and I don't mean that damn movie...) Speaking as someone who's seen almost every episode of that show not including the first doctor (and that's saying something!), I would really like to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingles Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Has anyone ever seen Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights? I thought it was really funny, and interesting from an Objectivist point of view now that I think about it- a struggling businessman fighting for his livelihood despite being disabled and putting up with repeated arson attacks. Ricky Gervais' stand ups are also very humorous but his latest show "Extras" wasn't up to his usual standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michero Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 ...There's a new Doctor Who? As in post-Sylvester-McCoy? (and I don't mean that damn movie...) Speaking as someone who's seen almost every episode of that show not including the first doctor (and that's saying something!), I would really like to know. You haven't heard? The newest season with Christopher Eccleston as the Doc just finished airing on the BBC like a month ago. The writing on most episodes was great. Chris was a hilarious dr. but sadly he will not be around for the next series which is filming already--david tennant is replacing him. Billie Piper played his companion and to my surprise did an amazing job. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/characters/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 You haven't heard? The newest season with Christopher Eccleston as the Doc just finished airing on the BBC like a month ago. The writing on most episodes was great. Chris was a hilarious dr. but sadly he will not be around for the next series which is filming already--david tennant is replacing him. Billie Piper played his companion and to my surprise did an amazing job. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/characters/ Neat. Will it be aired on BBC america? Or anything I could conceivably watch here in America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Only Fools and Horses is good, it's about a market trader in London and all the problems and adventrues he encounters (in the end he becomes a millionaire). The problem with the BBC (as well as being state owned) is that it is still showing comedies made in the 1970s at prime time. They need to come up with more comedies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles2112 Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Also, both the british and American versions of "Who's line is it anyways?" were/are pretty funny. I've always enjoyed that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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