Comedy

[hXc]

Go on, what's your favourite comedy show/film and who is your favourite comedian? The comedian has to be in another program/film than the 1st stated.

My program/film would have to be Monty Python and my favourite comedian is Benny Hill. American comedy needs funny things to be said, English comedy needs nothing to be said, you know exactly what's going on and you don't need words to ruin it.

[MidnightMike]

Team America, F#ck Yeah :spudguita
Com'n again to save the M*ther F*ckn day eyah.

Err ... team america

[Beemer]

The Brits have it over the Yanks any day for straight comedy, although I do like a few of their comedy series. Hate the canned laughter though.

Loved shows like Green Wing and Coupling, very subtle humour. Never liked Benny Hill though, too silly! You're right though, hXc, the Brits can make you laugh with things like silly walks and looks rather than just words.

[ManDownUnder]

Billy Connelly always has me going.

Other than that - the Muppets?

[bugjuice]

the brits start all the humor, the world follows. Can't beat class acts like Monty Python and Black Adder.. Spike Milligan, The Two Ronnies, Ali G.. the list is almost endless

[Karma]

eddie izzard!!

[skelstar]

Woo "So I married an axe murder" was my fav until "Life Aquatic" came along.

Bill Murray/Owen Wilson (writing) then.

[edit] dead-pan humour always wins.

[kro]

Not so persuaded to country of origin as I am to certain actors/actresses.

Randy Quaid
John Cleese
Chevy Chase
Jennifer Saunders
Bill Murray

The list goes on, I like a good mixture.

[hXc]

The cast:

MAN: John Cleese
CUSTOMER: Terry Jones
FIRST VOICE OVER: Eric Idle
SECOND VOICE OVER: Terry Gillam

The sketch:

(Cut to corner of cinema. A man in an ice-cream girl's uniform is standing in a spotlight with an ice-cream tray with an albatross on it.)
Man: Albatross! Albatross! Albatross!
(A cutomer approaches him.)
Customer: Two choc-ices please.
Man: I haven't got choc-ices. I only got the albatross. Albatross!
Customer: What flavour is it?
Man: It's a bird, innit. It's a bloody sea bird . .. it's not any bloody flavour. Albatross!
Customer: Do you get wafers with it?
Man: Course you don't get bloody wafers with it. Albatross!
Customer: How much is it?
Man: Ninepence.
Customer: I'll have two please.
Man: Gannet on a stick.
(The camera zooms past back onto the screen. On screen appears another 'Intermission' sign.)
First Voice Over: There will now be a very short...
(The intermission sign explodes.)
We now see a series on animated captions:
'NOW SHOWING AT OTHER DANK CINEMAS'
'AT THE PORTNOY CINEMA PICCADILLY'
'WINNER OF THE GOLDEN PALM, TORREMOLINOS'
'RAINWEAR THROUGH THE AGES'
'COMING SOON'
'AT THE JODRELL CINEMA, COCKFOSTERS'
Second Voice Over: The management regrets that it will not be showing a feature film this evening as it eats into the profits'
(Cut to the Queen on horseback; first few bars of National Anthem. Cut to Customer sitting in cinema seat clutching albatross.)
Customer: Well that's quite enough of that. And now a policeman near Rottingdeans ... Albatross!

[MSTRS]

OI - where's the 'If it's funny, who cares who did it?' option??

[hXc]

OI - where's the 'If it's funny, who cares who did it?' option??

You're the old bastard with no sense of humour. I had decided that well before I posted this thread

[Lou Girardin]

The blacker the better.

[James Deuce]

I like "Black Books".

[SPman]

The Brits have superiority in dark, anarchic comedy - Black Books, Bottom, and even quiet, gentle, incisive comedy.
Stand up - has to be George Carlin!
So - thats UK - 2, USA - 1!

[yungatart]

John Cleese, Eric Idle
I like The Young Ones-Neil, Vivian, Rick and Mike, Black Books and Fawlty Towers
Neil- "How come they can put man on the moon but haven't managed to de-fart the lentil?"
Now why can't they put that kind of stuff on TV again instead of all that reality crap?

[froggyfrenchman]

John Cleese, from both Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.

"dont mention the war!"

[MSTRS]

You're the old bastard with no sense of humour. I had decided that well before I posted this thread
THAT will cost you.
I am reminded of the Rowan Atkinson skit where the headmaster is telling a father that his son is dead......

[T.W.R]

Billy Connolly: live stand-up

Kenny Everett, Freddie Star,Not the 9o'clock News, Hale & Pace, Eddie Izzard, Dick Emery, Jokers Wild: Comedy shows

The Young Ones, Bastard, Bottom, Open all Hours, Father Ted: Comedy series

Monty Python series, The Plank : movies

US
Animal House, Wired (john Belushi), Cool Runnings, Uncle Bob ( John Candy), Stripes, Porkies, Married with Children, Night Court

[froggyfrenchman]

THAT will cost you.
I am reminded of the Rowan Atkinson skit where the headmaster is telling a father that his son is dead......


Just pm me with the funeral date, guess there's a cheap spada avaliable too:laugh:

[NhuanH]

No particular order:
The Office
Chris Rock
Seinfeld
Reno 911
Harry Enfield

[Sniper]

Brits win, hands down

[APPLE]

British hands down?great comedians..........and if u want a really good laugh? go see CHUBBY BROWN.he is Brilliant?

[zadok]

Mainly British for sure. Ronnie Barker one of the best.

[yungatart]

Mainly British for sure. Ronnie Barker one of the best.
Porridge, Open All Hours, Two Ronnies

[zadok]

Porridge, Open All Hours, Two Ronnies
Right on:banana: :banana: :banana:

[Unit]

It's just finished but we have been watching "A Pint of Lager and a Packet of Crisps". Bloody funny, British of Course. Men Behaving Badly are on again as it's replacement which is also pretty good. Watch Channel 4 each night from around 10.30pm and you will pick up on a bunch of comedies, all british. I do like some of the American stuff, like Team America, thats an all time classic. Um, kung Pow is pretty good also. Oh, and I do like Joanna Lumley.:banana:

[Swoop]

The Brits do comedy.
The Americans do SITCOM... (SITuational COMedy - where they have to use laugh machines to make you think it's funny...)
The US does bloody fantastic stand-up comedy though!!! George Carlin, Robin Williams, etc....

Put me down for the poms!:beer:

[Indiana_Jones]

John Cleese, from both Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.

"dont mention the war!"

That's me at the moment, got a German homestay lol

I think 'Blackadder' might be my fav Brit comedy, though I also like 'Red dwarf' and 'Men behaving badly' quite abit :spudflip:

Brit comedy pwns Yank American comedy anyday, the Americans are too in your face, though I must say I do like Family guy alot :D

-Indy

[Goblin]

Harry Enfield
Bugga! Ya beat me to it...my absolute favourite comedy actor!
That ginga chick who played Linda Lahue on Gimme Gimme Gimme, she's farkin funny. :rofl:

Ohh and Barry Humphries.

[Maha]

Blackadder, Fawlty towers, The Office, Little britain, 3 news, oh and scrubs..... :laugh: :killingme :laugh: :killingme :laugh:

[Colapop]

The Life of Brian.

Mony Python's Flying Circus - Ministry of Silly Walks.

Robin Williams - Stand Up Show

Kung Fu hustle

[hXc]

English comedy pwns American comedy. American comedy is gay in the face

[Colapop]

English comedy is, making fun out of normal things. American comedy is, falling down. Asian comedy is subtle.

[Mad Cow]

Definitely British! Subtle & sarcastic...... anyone seen Max & Paddy???? Road to Nowhere?:rofl:

[rudolph]

Bottom, The young ones, Read dwaf, Blackadder they are my favrout:spudbn:

[Indiana_Jones]

Only fools and horses

The young ones :D

-Indy

[sennandy]

Pheonix Nights, Max & Paddy, Alan Partridge, Billy Connelly(a native Scot), Peter Kay. Father Ted, Chewin the Fat, Still Game, Rab C Nesbit, Monty Python sketches i.e. Life of Brian, Holy Grail etc there are loads.

Now funny American shows, only a few Married with children, Cheers, Mork & Mindy, Simpsons(the best american show of all time)

[Holy Roller]

Red Dwarf is excellent:Punk:

[buellbabe]

[QUOTE=skelstar]Woo "So I married an axe murder" was my fav until "Life Aquatic" came along.


BRILLIANT FILM! What about "theres something about Mary", that got me laughing.

Generally love British humour, grew up with Spike Milligan ( even read his books ), 2 Ronnies, Morecambe & Wise...

Canadian humour is also pretty good, they do alotta "quirky" stuff. Check out TV2 11pm Monday/Tues? for "Trailer Park Boys". If ya liked "Back of the Y" you'll appreciate this deliberate B-grade offering...

[outlawtorn]

Billy Connolly - The best there is, was and ever will be....

[Beemer]

I forgot Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps - that was brilliant but hardly anyone saw it because it was on at about 11.30pm. I loved Rab C Nesbitt when I was in the UK but I'm not sure if anyone would understand his accent if they ran it here! And what about Red Dwarf?

All the old Carry On films were great in their day, and Doctor in the House, Open All Hours, that kind of stuff. Shame they mostly make crap nowadays, with so-called celebrities fronting reality shows deemed as entertainment.

[terbang]

Grew up with Monty Python even went and saw Cleese when he was here, Farking funny guy he is.
Couple of good black humour pommie movies
Lock Stock & two smoking barrels and Snatch

[Sniper]

Snatch

"I thought you said he was a getaway driver? What tha fuck can 'e get away from?"

"Its a fucken anti-aircraft gun Vincent"

"Whot? Propa fucked?"

Three best quotes from that movie.

[bugjuice]

I guess the americans make Family Guy, which is bloody funny..

[Sniper]

I guess the americans make Family Guy, which is bloody funny..

True, and the simpsons.

[skelstar]

I guess the americans make Family Guy, which is bloody funny..
Love the Family Guy.
What I love about it is that it is like the Simpsons, but takes gags one step further. Diff to explain but if homer said "Remember the last time this happened"...FG would actually show you the last time it happened, and it would be bloody funny.

Nope, FG funniest thing on TV at the mo (that I watch anyway).

Scrubs is also quite funny...bit too accessable for me though.

[Clockwork]

Used to think British comody was easliy the best, all the shows already mentioned (and I'd add The Royale Family) but some American sit-com are also excellent, Scrubs, Frasier, Friends, Family Guy, Simpson........ remember MASH? The biggest problem I find with the American stuff is they either flog it to death (ie they don't realise when they've run out of ideas) or they mainstream it and "tone it down" to suit a wider audience.

For stand-up comedy there's Billy (of course) but Ben Elton has also had me in stiches. From America, has anyone seen thst "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" which is shown on SKY from time to time? It features four really funny American (southern) stand-up comedians.

[Indiana_Jones]

Red Dwarf is excellent:Punk:


Cat, You're looking sharper than a page of Oscar Wilde witticisms that has been rolled up into a point, sprinkled with lemon juice and jabbed into someone's eye.

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-Indy

[Indiana_Jones]

John Cleese, from both Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.

"dont mention the war!"


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ah a golden oldie, from 6th form I belive, Wasn't I the little knob cheese :shifty:

-Indy

[Grahameeboy]

Looking more at Comedian's in NZ......Jeromy Elwood gets a big vote.......does some great improvisation stuff.......

UK - Red Dwarf was excellent
USA - Fraser was quite good.

[Colapop]

Improv is good. Who's line Britsh vs American. Really like the black guy, Wayne on the yank show, but the dry some of the dry british episodes are priceless.

[buellbabe]

RE: NZ comedians, think PIO is great.

[Grahameeboy]

RE: NZ comedians, think PIO is great.

Agreed.......don't like Brenden Lovegrove even though I know him.......he tends to get a bit abusive.......maybe he should be on KB....OKAY JUST KIDDING

[Biff]

British humour any day, but for the sake of arguement I voted English. Sorry Billy.

There's plenty of half decent American stuff though.

[Disco Stu]

Hi y'all! I'll be formally introducing myself in the new biker forum soon, but the poll caught my eye first!

I'm definitely a brit-comedy fan - grew up with the Blackadders and Monty's, Red Dwarf, Hale & Pace etc... Ben Elton I think is one of the most underrated live comedians out there - go and get his Motorvation video!!! Black Books is one of the best around at the moment... mmm fizzy good! And Green Wing... the first show I saw left me both amused and confused, it's an odd show, yet brilliant at the same time.

On the American side - there's 3 shows I can't get enough of. Scrubs (Dr Cox is my patron saint :p ), Family Guy, and Duckman. Bring back Duckman!!!

[Biff]

Welcome Stu.

[Colapop]

Just a had a remember. Jeff Foxworthy cracks my acorns!

[Sniper]

Welcome Stu.

Why thanks you..... err I mean.....


Welcome Disco Stu. (prepear for much confusion on my part) :niceone:

[MisterD]

Good bloody grief, 58 posts and:
a) Only one mention of Eric Morecambe...I'd love to be able to do that "Way-hay!" thing with the paper bag.

b) What about Tommy Cooper..."Cup - spoon, spoon - cup, ah-ha". A comic genius and he died on stage too, untouchable.

[Swoop]

Ben Elton I think is one of the most underrated live comedians out there - go and get his Motorvation video!
AND MOTORMOUTH!!!!!!! (d'unno about video - but casette certainnly)
And welcome by the way!!!!

[Swoop]

[CENTER]Cat, You're looking sharper than a page of Oscar Wilde witticisms that has been rolled up into a point, sprinkled with lemon juice and jabbed into someone's eye.
Ahhhhhhhh. The cat!!!

[Swoop]

Dave Allen.

So fucking brilliant!

The PC bastards will be turing in their (well-deserved) graves if this is re-run nowadays.......:Punk:

[jazbug5]

How do you 'ture'*? Sounds fun!
I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm supposed to be PC, but I love Dave Allen. Bugger... what's a hairy feminazi to do...?


*GOTTIT! It's 'touring' for Scousers..!

[Beemer]

*GOTTIT! It's 'touring' for Scousers..!

Mmn, GOT TIT - as a female, I'd fully expect you to have GOT TITS woman!

[jazbug5]

Nah, cut one off so as to be more Amazonian. Raaaar!